Counterintuitive Animation in iOS7

[kevin4s]

Say i got a web bookmark on the home screen
when i tap on it, the whole screen slides to the right and safari slides from the left
it just makes people think the home screen should now be on the right, hiding
but double tapping the home button shows the exact opposite
simply counterintuitive and the animation is a bit over in my view

so, what do your guys think?

 

[jbenkelman]

Not sure I 100% understand what you are getting at here? I put a bookmark on my homescreen, and its just opens like any other app to the safari application? Maybe clarify a bit?

 

[kevin4s]

Not sure I 100% understand what you are getting at here? I put a bookmark on my homescreen, and its just opens like any other app to the safari application? Maybe clarify a bit?

yes, but if you jump from a app to the safari, the original app slides to the right and the safari slides in from the left. it makes perfect sense as the safari is now the current app you are using, and the original one is the second app.
it is alright because when you double tap the home button and call out multitasking, the order of those two apps are consistent as the safari is on the left and the other is on the right.
but apple decided to use the same animation when you open up a bookmark on the home screen, the home screen is now like an app and slides the the right, which makes no sense to me because when you double tap the home button, the home screen is always on the most left side

 

[GreyOS]

Yeah, someone in another thread few days back noted a few spatial inconsistencies in iOS 7, particularly for iPad. Your one affects iPhone too though.

 

[stooovie]

Yeah, it's a shame because in other areas, 7 is trying too hard for consistency. Think folders - they are arranged in 3x3 grid on iPad just because it's consistent with how their icon looks (which wasn't the case with ios 4-6). So in this area, Apple's stubborn love of consistency actually hinders usability.

Consistency for the sake of consistency is silly and Apple really didn't think these things through.