If there is one thing Apple do well its with their styling. Whatever iOS 7 looks like, you can be sure it'll look very slick IMO. 
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Flat designs and pitfalls
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I'm looking at my home screen now and all the icons are "Flat" except Apples. lol.
Spotify
Paypal
etc etc.
You might want to check your history there mate.
I've never known them mess up their styling, but quality control and software glitches are something they've lacked in the past. Then again I only referred to one thing and didn't compliment the entire company reputation.
Either iOS 7 is going to be delayed or it will not be entirely 'flat' if that's the route they are heading. It may be several updates 7.x before it gets finalized which is something I doubt Apple would do.
If anything, I see a few apps getting an update for iOS 7 that will give it a flat or new look, but won't be an entire OS change if released anytime soon given the rumors of how late the iOS 7 project has started and with all the team/executive shifts made.
If anything, I see a few apps getting an update for iOS 7 that will give it a flat or new look, but won't be an entire OS change if released anytime soon given the rumors of how late the iOS 7 project has started and with all the team/executive shifts made.
I don't think "flat" means "Windows 8".
Look at the more modern-looking apps like Gmail and OkCupid. They still use the navigation functionality we're familiar with, but the buttons just don't look super raised up and physical. They look sleek, nice, simple... "flat".
I think we'll see more stuff like that. It looks way better than fake leather notepads and such.
But basically, veryone needs to stop freaking out and just wait a few weeks.
Look at the more modern-looking apps like Gmail and OkCupid. They still use the navigation functionality we're familiar with, but the buttons just don't look super raised up and physical. They look sleek, nice, simple... "flat".
I think we'll see more stuff like that. It looks way better than fake leather notepads and such.
But basically, veryone needs to stop freaking out and just wait a few weeks.
Hmm...the PayPal and Spotify icons don't look completely flat. Just looks like they removed the gloss.
You should really read this article: http://bit.ly/11t2Q4G
This is iOS 6 messages icon vs a "Flat" iOS 7 icon.
This is iOS 6 messages icon vs a "Flat" iOS 7 icon.
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Here's a Pinterest app the Apple way and a more flat way. The first one looks incredibly dated to me. I hope Apple is doing more than just removing the glossiness.
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Not a fan of all lighting removed. I can barely tell if they're buttons now.
They can be used to emphasize objects. With all lighting removed, it gets confusing - is it a button or something that grabs your attention? I believe Apple will retain some lighting, but remove the fugly gloss.
I've been using the metro UI for a while now, and what you Win8 haters need to understand is that in a well designed Metro app, every single bit of text is supposed to be clickable - with 2 exceptions: The title, and a paragraph of text. Any short words or numbers, such as a phone number, if clicked, should make a call. Tapping on an email should open your email app. Tapping on a person's name should open their contact info, etc...
You need to understand that people who are critical of the interface aren't automatically Win8 haters. I personally use Windows 8, but I don't like how the interface works, because there's no visual clues for buttons apart from, maybe some brighter colors.
Haters may have been a bad word, I apologize. My point was simply that it's far too easy to create a bad Metro style app (even for Microsoft!), and it seems to give them all a bad name.
Here is an example of how iOS could be flatter, and yet still look recognisable as iOS. You don't have to get rid of every texture or shadow, just remove the sharp shininess it has retained since 2007.
I reckon they'll build upon what they started with iOS 6, making apps appear more like the new iTunes & App Stores, removing the skeuomorphism from apps such as Reminders, and getting rid (or toning down) of the texture they use everywhere (like the background of Notification Center).
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I'd laugh so hard if iOS 7 came out with the same old UI...
I reckon they'll build upon what they started with iOS 6, making apps appear more like the new iTunes & App Stores, removing the skeuomorphism from apps such as Reminders, and getting rid (or toning down) of the texture they use everywhere (like the background of Notification Center).
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I'd laugh so hard if iOS 7 came out with the same old UI...
I'd love iOS to look like that, just slightly lighter.Here is an example of how iOS could be flatter, and yet still look recognisable as iOS. You don't have to get rid of every texture or shadow, just remove the sharp shininess it has retained since 2007.
I reckon they'll build upon what they started with iOS 6, making apps appear more like the new iTunes & App Stores, removing the skeuomorphism from apps such as Reminders, and getting rid (or toning down) of the texture they use everywhere (like the background of Notification Center).
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I'd laugh so hard if iOS 7 came out with the same old UI...
Here is an example of how iOS could be flatter, and yet still look recognisable as iOS. You don't have to get rid of every texture or shadow, just remove the sharp shininess it has retained since 2007.
I reckon they'll build upon what they started with iOS 6, making apps appear more like the new iTunes & App Stores, removing the skeuomorphism from apps such as Reminders, and getting rid (or toning down) of the texture they use everywhere (like the background of Notification Center).
[url=http://s24.postimg.org/gv80n6qdh/Flatter.png]Image[/URL]
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I'd laugh so hard if iOS 7 came out with the same old UI...
I think this might be the most accurate mockup, hopefully.
That is horribly distasteful.. totally bland.
You want the remaining colors to be taken out too, like the green button -> gray for more flatness?
That looks like a third-rate Blackberry 10 OS instead of iOS
That is horribly distasteful.. totally bland.
You want the remaining colors to be taken out too, like the green button -> gray for more flatness?
That looks like a third-rate Blackberry 10 OS instead of iOS
I'm pretty sure I left all the colours in the mockup that were in the original.
The aim of the mockup was only to show that the skeuomorphic elements such as the background of Notification Center (the colours of which remain in the mockup) and volume knobs in the Music app could be removed to make it look modern without moving things around and re-inventing what already works.
I didn't say remove the colour... I don't wan't Apple to go iTunes 10 on us any more than you do. If it helps, I forgot to put the icons in the selected tabs at the bottom of the Photo's and Clock app's in blue, like in the current iTunes store.
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That is horribly distasteful.. totally bland.
You want the remaining colors to be taken out too, like the green button -> gray for more flatness?
That looks like a third-rate Blackberry 10 OS instead of iOS
I love how people react to mockups and discourage the designers instead of providing constructive feedback.
