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Apple Unveils iOS 7 with Major Design Overhaul, Multitasking and Control Center
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Spotlight is actually still available in iOS 7. Pulling down from a home page (not from the very top) reveals a search bar for Spotlight!
Spotlight is actually still available in iOS 7. Pulling down from a home page (not from the very top) reveals a search bar for Spotlight!
Two things regarding iMessage that I would've liked to see:
1) The ability to remove yourself from a group message somehow. Some people just don't know when to shut up.
2) If I delete a conversation on my iPhone, I would like it to be deleted on my iPad and Mac too. It's kind of annoying having to go on all 3 individually and delete the unwanted conversation. If they can do it with notifications, it could probably be done in Messages too.
1) The ability to remove yourself from a group message somehow. Some people just don't know when to shut up.
2) If I delete a conversation on my iPhone, I would like it to be deleted on my iPad and Mac too. It's kind of annoying having to go on all 3 individually and delete the unwanted conversation. If they can do it with notifications, it could probably be done in Messages too.
How long did it take you to come up with that list? These functions are present in most if not all mobile operating systems.. It's not about who does it first, it's about who does it better. And I dare you to say that Android does everything the best.
Problems?
It's the first beta I understand
Just got it on my iPhone 5...
The internet is EXTREMELY slow with this first beta. It's crazy.
It's the first beta I understand
Just got it on my iPhone 5...
The internet is EXTREMELY slow with this first beta. It's crazy.
I used to think the iPhone screen was ok, but honestly I think my eyes are just getting worse. I totally understand all the benefits of the iPhone's current size. I'd like to see them offer choices, not force one size on all their customers. Once I started playing with other phones I changed my tune and now I really enjoy larger screens. With 4 different screen sizes now running iOS, I don't think there would be too much harm in adding one more to the mix, a slightly larger iPhone, somewhere around the 5 inch mark.
As for my sig... I'm just glad you get it!
I like the redesign. It looks clean while staying away for the superflat look ala metro which was my concern. Although nothing new the translucency of the OS looks nice. I really hate the safari icon through it needs to be changed. The new OS meshes much nicer with todays Apple's design aesthetic.
Love it! This is a step in the right direction for Apple and in the future.
I'm so glad I didn't wander off to another mobile platform.
Well done Apple!
I'm so glad I didn't wander off to another mobile platform.
Well done Apple!
It has been a significant amount of time and I still do not like, nor will I ever like the "new" iTunes logo in my dock. I don't think any amount of time will help with this undefined, unrefined, blah iOS 7 look either.
My main issue is not with the introduction of features that should have been introduced yonks ago, but more with the way they introduced it.
I watched this keynote from the start, but wasn't always sure. At some points it felt like a stream of the nearby Scientology gathering was broadcast instead. The way the speakers introduced pretty minor improvements made me think they actually cured cancer (this was amplified by the odd "woo woo" shouts made by the audience (why do Americans do this? I tried it whilst watching it and my flat mate just looked at me funny)).
Most stuff was pretty underwhelming but we are made to think world peace will ensue once we download this thing.
"We now added moving clouds to the weather app. It's truly astonishing. And look, when i press the + it adds an event to the calendar. Amazing! This is what we do here at Apple"... *Crowd goes wild: " Woooooo Woooooo..."*.
It's all very strange and very cringeworthy.
I watched this keynote from the start, but wasn't always sure. At some points it felt like a stream of the nearby Scientology gathering was broadcast instead. The way the speakers introduced pretty minor improvements made me think they actually cured cancer (this was amplified by the odd "woo woo" shouts made by the audience (why do Americans do this? I tried it whilst watching it and my flat mate just looked at me funny)).
Most stuff was pretty underwhelming but we are made to think world peace will ensue once we download this thing.
"We now added moving clouds to the weather app. It's truly astonishing. And look, when i press the + it adds an event to the calendar. Amazing! This is what we do here at Apple"... *Crowd goes wild: " Woooooo Woooooo..."*.
It's all very strange and very cringeworthy.
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Ridiculous. iOS has lost its elegance. It's like a kod's toy. Popping up folders, silly effects, gradients (?!)
Ripped off from WP, Android and WebOS.
Ripped off from WP, Android and WebOS.
Isn't airdrop just apple for Wi-Fi direct? If so android has that too so you can Tao phones (often much faster than seeing up airdrop) or share over Wi-Fi direct.
You don't and it's not a great icon. The pages icon is easily understandable, even if you see it for the very first time and you've never used a computer before. And it's because of skeuomorphism. Not functional skeuomorphism but semiotically skeuomorphism. The look of an tear-off calendar is important for understanding this icon.
Should a Calendar App Look Like a Calendar?
Yes off course! It should. Why are you even asking? It just should not limit it's functionality to mimic real world constraints. A calendar app should not work like a calendar, but at least it should look like one.
Apple's new Weather app reminds me of Yahoo's and their Photos/Moments reminds me of Flickr. Huh.
I also was hoping for just one feature, but I don't think it happened.
Overall I am excited to try it out when it's released. My little sister said "now that's an iOS update" when I showed her. LOL.
I also was hoping for just one feature, but I don't think it happened.
Overall I am excited to try it out when it's released. My little sister said "now that's an iOS update" when I showed her. LOL.
Oh dear, that Safari icon!
Everything is fine but what's with those half baked icons?
I mean, look at that Safari icon! It's like the guys who were designing it went for a coffee break and never came back.
Everything is fine but what's with those half baked icons?
I mean, look at that Safari icon! It's like the guys who were designing it went for a coffee break and never came back.
Agreed on the poor color scheme. Font choice, layout and design otherwise is actually pretty good. A ripoff of Windows, but good. I have to say, I really quite like my Nokia. I had thought about returning it, but now I think I'll be keeping it.
This is a design that I would expect from Apple. It's beautiful.
I like every part of it, BUT the home screen icons need more work, I know it's flat and all, but many of them look half-baked. I think there should be more details in the icons.
I like every part of it, BUT the home screen icons need more work, I know it's flat and all, but many of them look half-baked. I think there should be more details in the icons.
Was that the first Apple Keynote you watched? I've been laughing at OSX presentations for years. Tabs in Finder! WOOOW! Sold! I have to have that OS SO BAD! ... Sorry guys, don't get me wrong, I'm in an all Apple household (aside from my Gaming PC), but the way Apple presents some of these features is so unbelievable silly... I mean come on, finder tabs is a major new feature? Or having a dock on 2 displays?! And how people cheer for those features...
Well anyway, I like the additions they're making to iOS, lots of it is basically copied from the jailbreak community and Android, but I don't see it as a bad thing. Better copy something very well, than try to invent something new, very poorly...
For me it's just the way Apple presents these features, I really don't like. Because they always make it look like they invented the ****. And its the best thing that ever happened, to anyone, ever!
Like back during the OSX Lion keynote, where they showed one of the major new features, you can now drag and drop files onto the dock and the corresponding app comes up and you can drop files right into that app... I just thought, really? Windows has been doing that since... I don't know, 95? Don't get me wrong, its a good feature, but going on stage, telling the world how innovative and great your new OS is, and then showing that, as one of the major new features, is just silly...
I'm not sure what to make of the new iOS design yet, I don't hate it, but don't love it either... But I don't care all to much about the design. The new features are mostly great, not really gamechangers, since the competition already has most of them, but iOS feels like it arrived in 2013 and isn't stuck in '09 anymore.
Two things, I haven't read or heard anything about, I'm really really missing, are a Keyboard API and the ability to change default apps like browser or mail.
What did Tim mean when he said "they would open up more"? I for one was really hoping for these two changes.