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Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 3 to Developers

iTunes Radio songs are no longer censored. Or did that get worked out in b2? I remember people talking about it.
 
I notice the thicker font, but I'm not really a fan of it in Messages or on the lock screen on the status bar. To me looks like I turned up the font size in settings when it's on the default setting. And hopefully battery life will stay consistent with beta 2, if not better.
 
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MaxMike said:
I notice the thicker font, but I'm not really a fan of it in Messages. To me looks like I turned up the font size in settings when it's on the default setting. Hopefully battery life will stay consistent with beta 2, if not better.
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Thicker font by default? Or do you have to enable something?
 
aristotle said:
I predict that iOS 7 is going to be the Vista of Apple.

I hate the icons. They look like something out of an unpopular jailbreak theme. No class at all. Jony Ive needs to go back to working on hardware and then need to hire someone who understand software usability.

I really don't care if you guys think that skeuomorphism is not chic or hip anymore. It lends itself toward usability because user interfaces are for the "user", not the hipster wannabe designer. Usability sometimes requires a few compromises for a designers "vision".

Even these icons use skeuomorphism because without it, you would not recognize which is the phone icon.

See this article on what it is any why it can be useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph#Arguments_for_skeuomorphism_in_digital_design

That design philosophy is context sensitive where the look and feel is suited to the context. The current design language in iOS 7 is not context sensitive. It is harder to use for new users and is really boring visually IMHO.
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I think you are wrong and I will think back to this post about how wrong you were and how iOS 7 will have a large amount of success.

Asking my wife who is in no way friendly to technology changes and she loves the UI. Even dealing with the current lag issues on her iPhone 4 because it's that beautiful to her.
 
Well, beta 3 fixes the movement problem I had in KOTOR. It was really difficult to walk in the direction you were swiping before.
 
aristotle said:
I predict that iOS 7 is going to be the Vista of Apple.

I hate the icons. They look like something out of an unpopular jailbreak theme. No class at all. Jony Ive needs to go back to working on hardware and then need to hire someone who understand software usability.

I really don't care if you guys think that skeuomorphism is not chic or hip anymore. It lends itself toward usability because user interfaces are for the "user", not the hipster wannabe designer. Usability sometimes requires a few compromises for a designers "vision".

Even these icons use skeuomorphism because without it, you would not recognize which is the phone icon.

See this article on what it is any why it can be useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph#Arguments_for_skeuomorphism_in_digital_design

That design philosophy is context sensitive where the look and feel is suited to the context. The current design language in iOS 7 is not context sensitive. It is harder to use for new users and is really boring visually IMHO.
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I disagree completely. And how exactly did reel to reel, spiral binding, and torn calendar pages make interfaces more usable?
 
folders on the lockscreen are darker now. Looks great

Podcast app is working again (god thanks)

Still no animation with folders in the dock. Wth!
 
aristotle said:
I predict that iOS 7 is going to be the Vista of Apple.

I hate the icons. They look like something out of an unpopular jailbreak theme. No class at all. Jony Ive needs to go back to working on hardware and then need to hire someone who understand software usability.

I really don't care if you guys think that skeuomorphism is not chic or hip anymore. It lends itself toward usability because user interfaces are for the "user", not the hipster wannabe designer. Usability sometimes requires a few compromises for a designers "vision".

Even these icons use skeuomorphism because without it, you would not recognize which is the phone icon.

See this article on what it is any why it can be useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph#Arguments_for_skeuomorphism_in_digital_design

That design philosophy is context sensitive where the look and feel is suited to the context. The current design language in iOS 7 is not context sensitive. It is harder to use for new users and is really boring visually IMHO.
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Well you guys get over the damn icons. It's not bout the icons anymore and thats not what this theard is about
 
Now I'm waiting on DP3 of OS X Mavericks to be released! Anybody have an idea when it will be released?
 
The blue bar loading animation for apps and folders is gone. Now it's a clear timer animation over the whole app or folder.

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Not sure if this is iTunes or iOS related but when you have a folder with more than 9 apps and sync the phone using iTunes these folders burst! Just wondering if others experience this!
 
Underlined dates / times in Messages can now be clicked to make an event / appointment.
 
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