As has been noted time and time again, there's a Find My iPhone beta on the developer portal. As a developer, you would of course know that by now?
Thanks for the heads ups. Well that's one thing off my list
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Thanks for the heads ups. Well that's one thing off my list
As has been noted time and time again, there's a Find My iPhone beta on the developer portal. As a developer, you would of course know that by now?
Amen!
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Thanks for the heads ups. Well that's one thing off my list
The one in the developers portal is version 2.0.3 I believe
Exactly the same issue on my iPhone 4. Battery crashes minutes after update from Beta 2 to Beta 3.
Interesting. My problem was that I have lyrics on most of my songs. If you have lyrics, tapping the album art shows those. It only shows the rating by tapping there if you don't have lyrics. If you do have lyrics you have to tap on the song title. Better but still not discoverable.
The one I found was double tapping the artwork to view the album list then tapping Rating in the top left corner. As with most things in iOS 7, the lack of actual buttons makes buttons not look like buttons and most people (myself included) tend to overlook them when they're staring them in the face.
At any rate, thanks for the tip.
Why? Not everything Apple does is good per definition - and why shouldn't people complain if they feel that this ugly-looking excuse for a good icon set is completely off?! Feedback is important!
I can't believe how the design luddites cannot see that this new iOS design is a game changer and very splendid.
One part of usability is being able to quickly and easily distinguish the various programs by their respective icons. Flattening everything and getting rid of strong colours creates a pastel-colored pulp where everything looks similar and makes using the UI counterintuitive.
The funny thing: OS7 is still full of skeuomorphism - Ive can't do the UI without it.
Imagine using a triangle for making a phone call. Or a tube for Messages. Or how about an orange square for Safari? Apple would have to explain the whole interface to its users. And would confuse new customers coming from other platforms, as e.g. the handset symbol is used by all operating systems on all devices to indicate that you can make a phone call by tapping this button/icon.
The following examples are just to prove my point that skeuomorphism still exists in iOS7 - i don't necessarily have alternatives to offer (neither do i want to).
- Settings: Gears
- Phone: An old handset
- Mail: A paper envelope
- Factime: An old analogue camera
- Notes: Lined paper
- Camera: An old photo camera (iOS6 is even less skeuopmorphic here)
- Clock: An old analogue clock
- Newsstand: A bunch of (cheap-looking) magazines with skeuomorphic elements (plane, tennis court) on the frontpage
- Movies: An antique clapperboard
- Contacts: A human silhouette next to an alphabetic register
I could easily go on here (or even split hairs by asking why "Maps" is called that way instead of e.g. "Navigation", as it offers much more than simply maps - that naming is just another form of skeuomorphism).
What Ive did is simply to apply his (by now becoming boring) minimalist design approach to the existing UI. Only that a software UI functions completely different from a physical device - both in usability and in perception by the beholder.
Perhaps because design and taste are perceived very individually? Or because usability suffers significantly with the new design? It surely is a game changer, but not necessarily to the better.
To put it in your words: "I can't believe how the usability luddites cannot see that this new iOS design is an awful example of form over function and looks like a tacky me-too copy of existing UI's".
Then go complain to Apple. Complaining here isn't going to change anything is it? Since the icons don't impact functionality my guess is Apple isn't concerned with them right now. iOS 6 and prior had some ugly looking icons but it didn't stop anyone from using the device (or Apple achieving record iOS device sales).
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And iOS 6 and prior's use of faux leather, linen, green felt etc. wasn't form over function? What purpose did any of that serve? There are a number of places in iOS 6 and prior where function was compromised in order to achieve this real world physical object look.
Thats a shame, I thought that was one of the more successful interaction ideas in the earlier betas.
I'm not a developer, so I can't give feedback, but the one thing I wish they would do with folders is make it more like stacks in OS X where each icon is kind of "piled" on top of each other and clicking it opens up a tooltip in a grid form. I think it would make the icons look just a little nicer.
Of course I wouldn't mind bringing over an expose or launchpad type of window to iOS, also. Swipe all the way to the left, brings up Launchpad.
Of course I wouldn't mind bringing over an expose or launchpad type of window to iOS, also. Swipe all the way to the left, brings up Launchpad.
I don't understand your point here.
Much of marriage is spent arguing... Much of young love is agreeing.
But that is just it, somehow Apple have designed a flat UI yet it looks very distinctive and even without using it, it is obvious to me that it will become a more intuitive interface and easier to use.
Obviously I agree that design is a personal preference, but I am not just talking from my pov, I'd put my arse on the line that this UI will set a new standard. Although with the distinctive bright colours and lots of white it is impossible to see how it could be copied.
A tour de force in design under very difficult conditions.
Feedback is one thing regarding developer seeds. Personal opinions and taste regarding their icon design choices are gonna get largely ignored at this stage.
Those animations are annoying as hell. The first time: AWESOME! The second time: Hmmmmm. After that: Just annoying.
Only thing bothering me now is the badge issue with Mail and after I check emails there's at least 1 that is still "unread" but really read.
Ugh. Such a tedious post. Yes, obviously having real-world referents is good and necessary to usability. But surely you'll agree that there is a spectrum of design sensibilities in implementing those referents? One school prefers heavier skumorphism, enjoying the shiny, literalistic look of icons and surfaces themselves. Another prefers lighter, flatter skumorphism, seeing the heavier use as unnecessary and distracting to the content itself. Apple feels that the former is a bit old-school, whereas the latter is more current and progressive. They believe that the former hinders content usability, where the latter enhances. That's all. Stop being so simplisticly black-and-white about it.
I am running iOS 7 beta 1 on my iPhone 4 and want to update to beta 3 but am not getting any notifications that there is a new version. When I check for an update, I get "This version of the iPhone software (7.0) is the current version." Obviously it isn't. Has anyone else had this issue?
If you were a registered developer you would have went to the site and downloaded instead. Clearly it's not gonna notify you because hello it's a beta iOS so you either have to hit Settings>General>Software Updates or download it from the dev site or where ever you got it from
Beta 3 is quite snappy on my iPhone 4S. Just use a static wallpaper and if it's still slow, then reset your settings (settings -> general -> restore -> restore all settings).
Uk users
I hate how Siri doesn't have the female version option or the high quality versions.
Non uk:
They've changed the way call, FaceTime, contact card appears in messages on an open conversation. Can't remember what it looked like exactly I'm beta 1-2 but this is different and I like it.
I hate how Siri doesn't have the female version option or the high quality versions.
Non uk:
They've changed the way call, FaceTime, contact card appears in messages on an open conversation. Can't remember what it looked like exactly I'm beta 1-2 but this is different and I like it.