Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 2 to Developers with iPad and iPad Mini Support

[memrtn]

Noticed the dock is always blue regardless of background. As are folders. Compare beta 1 (left) to beta 2 (right) which shows the dock (font text is also still mostly illegible with this background):

And the folder color:

Also seeing a bunch of graphical redraw artifacts, in particular horizontal lines/flickering near the dock when exiting apps.

That isn't true. I've a golden/orange/yellow wallpaper and folders aren't blue, just like the dock isn't.

 

[AppleInLVX]

Voice Memos are back!

Thank goodness. I was really worried about that.

 

[rsdcountry]

Does month view in the calendar app have the dots on the days you have an appointment?

Nope

 

[LaDirection]

The update gear icon looks terrible compared to ios 6

EVERYTHING looks terrible compared to iOS 6. And it's even more horrendous on the iPad screen.

 

[hkenneth]

Errr... those childish icons again... it hurts my eyes... the page icon looks so gorgeous in comparison...

 

[50548]

Done...thanks for the suggestion.

Great, thanks for the quick fix.

 

[PrometheusGeek]

Noticed the dock is always blue regardless of background. As are folders. Compare beta 1 (left) to beta 2 (right) which shows the dock (font text is also still mostly illegible with this background):

And the folder color:

Also seeing a bunch of graphical redraw artifacts, in particular horizontal lines/flickering near the dock when exiting apps.

Looks like they're using not only adaptive color technology, but adaptive general taste tech, too. If you pick a butt-ugly wallpaper, it adjusts the OS to be more butt-ugly as well.

 

[Razeus]

iPad 3 is the red-headed step child. Glad I sold mine for a 4th gen a couple of weeks ago.

 

[HiRez]

The part where he put the marketing team in charge of icon design for the first beta.

Maybe a mistake. However, Apple has some one of the best marketing teams in business, with their own large and experienced design team. They may not have "gotten" the look Ive is going for yet (maybe after years of training themselves to apply more and more eye candy), but I wouldn't write them off as typical corporate marketing clowns, these guys (I mean their designers) are very talented.

 

[chr1s60]

Does weather instantly crash for anyone else when you try to delete a city?

 

[beaniemyman]

i hope it improves the battery life and the appearance of the new icons.

 

[MarkCooz]

Does weather instantly crash for anyone else when you try to delete a city?

Yup crashes for me

 

[mashkina]

Lol. He designs icons like he's 9 years old.

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso

 

[rsdcountry]

Siri is faster though, but what about the overall performance?

my iphone 5 is crazy fast now ... but having problems seeing a a3 line text message with imessage

 

[3282868]

Servers must be slammed. Never experienced difficulties downloading updates through ADC.

Now, an update for 10.9 would be nice. Loving the system so far, but it's definitely a beta.

 

[SchneiderMan]

Typography of what exactly? Certainly not icon names on the Springboard

Before updating:

After updating:

 

[Simplicated]

I think they renamed the iTunes app iTunes Store.

 

[Krayzie116]

I'm glad to hear that some of the Music.app bugs have been fixed. Now, if they could get Podcasts straightened out, I'd go back to iOS 7 in a heartbeat.

Are the album covers showing up? I have some they are not showing up on beta 1

 

[tommyminahan]

Before updating:
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After updating:
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Looks like the status bar got a bit smaller too, according to those screen shots..

 

[Mike MA]

I'm on Wifi, so I can't tell you about network performance with siri, but it definitely launches a ton quicker than it did in Beta 1. It might be the wifi, but she/it/he also responds much faster as well.

my iphone 5 is crazy fast now ... but having problems seeing a a3 line text message with imessage

Thanks. And what about the quality of answers? Any difference after switching to Bing (and still Wolfram|Alpha if I'm not wrong)?

 

[Gjwilly]

The indicator icon for Do Not Disturb is back.

 

[GustavPicora]

face Time app changed look

Now it has dark background, and its more fluid. .

Pls stop with the icons things, if you are graphical designer and believe can do better, why don't you send your cv to Apple headquarters and stop complaining about it.?

 

[memrtn]

Noticed the dock is always blue regardless of background. As are folders. Compare beta 1 (left) to beta 2 (right) which shows the dock (font text is also still mostly illegible with this background):

And the folder color:

Also seeing a bunch of graphical redraw artifacts, in particular horizontal lines/flickering near the dock when exiting apps.

So to give you the evidence it isn't true what you're saying:

 

[akac]

Your'e kidding me? Is the calendar still as good as a static picture in beta 2? Well that's crap.

And that's why I'm happy with where we are with our calendar/task/notes/contacts app

 

[jpetticrew]

Anybody else stuck on "Checking for Update?"

My iPhone is still reporting that it's up to date on the software update screen.