Apple Introduces New Test Design for iCloud Website

[gk_brown]

Great, maybe they will fix App Store Connect next.

 

[mgworek]

Still can't search photos

 

[Surrylic]

Looks good but how often do people use iCloud in this way, in a web browser?

I can't have my phone at work so I use the website all the time. I also use it at home occasionally when I'm on my Windows machine. Fringe case, I'm sure, but people like me exist!

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

In iTools, you could log into your account on any computer (Mac or PC) and open a browser window that had links to all your Safari bookmarks. That's what I wish they brought back

Oh wow. Didn't realize that specific feature existed.

 

[R3k]

More of this Apple!

 

[bad03xtreme]

My iCloud mail still doesn't work. Whenever I try to view an email I get a "This message cannot be loaded at this time..." I don't know what the deal is but Apple needs to fix it ASAP, it's been an issue for months now.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Let me guess, you have to PAY for the service in order to see the UI. Just another money grubbing move from Apple, forcing people that want the services and see the new UI to pay for them.

 

[belvdr]

Let me guess, you have to PAY for the service in order to see the UI. Just another money grubbing move from Apple, forcing people that want the services and see the new UI to pay for them.

What are you talking about?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Let me guess, you have to PAY for the service in order to see the UI. Just another money grubbing move from Apple, forcing people that want the services and see the new UI to pay for them.

Instead of getting riled up, all you had to do was try and go to the link in the story and you'd see it is available to all Apple users free. Just need to login with your Apple ID there.

 

[fwmireault]

Looks great! It would also be nice if Apple merged iCloud Web with the Apple ID management website. The split of functionalities between the two is kind of confusing, and I think it would be a lot simpler if we had one unique portal to manage Apple account and services.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Looks good, but I think I would like to see a more compact version of the tiles that can show more items inside.

 

[Act3]

I’d use it if it had iCloud messaging

 

[maxoakland]

First glance: it looks pretty nice!

 

[nt5672]

Half of the page space on width wasted for background :/

Welcome to modern UI design. It has to look simple or the idiots that are Apple customers and developers will be too confused to use the site. Skip the fact that you have to delve into multiple levels to find what you want, that there is no logical ordering, and the front page only gets things that have good looking icons.

I only wish more people had paid attention in high school so we could have more functional UI. Usability gurus from the past are turning over in their grave. But it is different and it does look good. Yeah, J. Ive would be proud.

 

[ddhhddhh2]

Well... There's something new, and that will increase my willingness to go to the iCloud site.

 

[josielinnea]

That's fugly.

 

[dwright1974]

I like it. I like it a lot.

Looks good but how often do people use iCloud in this way, in a web browser?

A lot more if this sticks, especially when not on a Mac.

Not a lot to like about Apple‘s recent announcements but this, this is good IMO.

- D

 

[planteater]

Why the MASSIVE headers?

Actually everything on the site is MASSIVE. It looks and acts like a toy. Terrible to the core.

 

[cgsnipinva]

Looks good but how often do people use iCloud in this way, in a web browser?

I do when I am at work or on my Linux laptop

 

[JGIGS]

when is imessage coming to icloud online?

Probably never. Thus this update seems to be just cosmetics for something I never use anyway. I'd use it a lot more if it included iMessage but can't see that ever happening.

 

[eyeseeyou]

Aren’t there things you can do in the mail app on iCloud that you can’t do in the iOS app (like set up rules that move messages to certain folders)?

Might be iCloud-specific emails.

I don’t use my iCloud email so since the web portal only shows iCloud emails it’s useless to me.

 

[Chrisjmv]

Now Apple needs to update its iCloud Drive. Make it as an Dropbox alternative and update and redesign the Mail App on both devices. Then their job will be well done.

 

[Techwatcher]

This looks a million times better. The current version looks like an afterthought.

 

[Channelsurfer63]

Me likes 👍

 

[MazingerZND]

I'm not a huge fan but I understand the appeal. My only concern is speed.