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Details on Jony Ive's 'Very, Very Flat' Design for iOS 7

I love how everyone is freaking out about their interpretation of the phrase "Flat UI" when the article used that phrase with the intent that people would google it, being a real thing and all, and no of course not, everyone has to freak out for 23 pages about some ******** they imagined ugh. seriously, don't comment until you google "Flat UI".

Speaking of Design, Arn when you gonna update the theme over here at Macrumors? Looks hella dated bro.
 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!......
The history repeats itself. One day we'll see the return of the man who will save Apple one more time. Scott Fortstall, we're awaiting you.
 
ChrisCW11 said:
It will be very much in keeping with Apple if they release a flat mobile OS, just like Windows and Android and everyone else these days, but then claim they have invented a new level of flatness that is superior to everyone else's flatness.

Apple will then patent flatness and sue everyone else for flat UI.

Honestly if Apple wants to be revolutionary bring back glass buttons and at least look different than all their competition.

Geeze, if this is Apple's idea of innovation, to duplicate other people's design trends now, its game over.
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It must take a lot of work and dedication to be this ignorant.

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At the risk of making a point to be buried under 24 pages of comments, I have to laugh at how much angst people invest in the cosmetics of the system UI.
The point of iOS is the apps, not the way-station between the apps.
I spend maybe 1% of my time looking at the system interface. The apps I use 99% of the time are not going to change in their appearance.

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Toltepeceno said:
I'm in my 60's and started building "clone" pc's in the 80's.
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Meaning that you think you're typical of the vast majority of people in their 60's?
I'm in your demographic and understand that you and I are very atypical.
 
Peace said:
The new Yahoo weather app is probably what Apple will do with it's weather app. Also people won't be able to say Apple copied android since it incorporated Yahoo weather into the system.

That's a clue right there.

;)
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I very much agree with this (and welcome it).
 
GQB said:
At the risk of making a point to be buried under 24 pages of comments, I have to laugh at how much angst people invest in the cosmetics of the system UI.
The point of iOS is the apps, not the way-station between the apps.
I spend maybe 1% of my time looking at the system interface. The apps I use 99% of the time are not going to change in their appearance.
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You haven't yet read scores of comments about how the UI is "boring"? Get out while you can. Apparently an OS isn't an interface that's supposed to disappear so that you get things done, it's supposed to be in your face as a source of novelty.
 
"Gloss" (like some of the default icons, or the bubbles in iChat) is certainly looking dated these days, and it's on the way out.

However if "flat" means it's going to look like some hybrid of Google's app designs and Windows Phone, I think that would be a very bad mistake. These UIs (Google's especially) are really lifeless and uninspired compared to iOS.

I'd also argue that depth, if used correctly and tastefully, adds a lot to good UI designs. For example, to create subtle visual separation of control elements from content.

The same goes for Skeuomorphism. I think most of us are also in agreement that this has been overused by Apple and could be toned down a notch. However there are places where it does make sense when use subtly - it's hard to imagine the notepad app, for example, having quite the same character without it.
 
Peace said:
The new Yahoo weather app is probably what Apple will do with it's weather app. Also people won't be able to say Apple copied android since it incorporated Yahoo weather into the system.

That's a clue right there.

;)
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I think you might be on to something here. Apple and Yahoo! are going to do some great things if the weather app is any indication of their relationship. I have ditched all other weather apps in a heartbeat.

Even the application icon is flat

I am excited either way. I am sure that whatever they introduce will be met with criticism, and then in a month we will all have that "oh, I get it" moment that happens each year.
 
ChrisCW11 said:
It will be very much in keeping with Apple if they release a flat mobile OS, just like Windows and Android and everyone else these days, but then claim they have invented a new level of flatness that is superior to everyone else's flatness.

Apple will then patent flatness and sue everyone else for flat UI.

Honestly if Apple wants to be revolutionary bring back glass buttons and at least look different than all their competition.

Geeze, if this is Apple's idea of innovation, to duplicate other people's design trends now, its game over.
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Orlandoech.com said:
this mad me lol... because, well its sooooooooo true (imo).
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You obviously have no idea how much time Apple devoted to designing the original iPhone UI.
 
Something like this

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Carouser said:
You haven't yet read scores of comments about how the UI is "boring"? Get out while you can. Apparently an OS isn't an interface that's supposed to disappear so that you get things done, it's supposed to be in your face as a source of novelty.
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Agreed. That's why I have kept my silence.... It has all become a bit nonsensical :)

The old expression "You don't look at the mantlepiece whilst you are poking the fire" comes to mind....
 
macnisse said:
"I'm at a proverbial crossroad with my iPhone. I feel slightly stuck in the ecosystem as I have a macbook pro and iPad (which I love them both), but I don't love my iPhone. I'm honestly considering everything from the Blackberry Q10 (yes, thats right) to a Galaxy Note 2/3 at this point."
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I pretty much had the same feeling, then I did the jailbreak = now I am enjoying my iphone5 more than ever, and it is super customizable :D[/QUOTE]

You are correct, jailbeaking is one option. If you don't mind my asking, what jailbreak/how did you do it? I'm a complete ignorant when it comes to jailbreaking, but I do believe it could offer the level of customization that would satisfy me. I worry that it won't be worth the hassle though when it comes to updates in the future, backups, etc....
 
calisurfboy said:
My dad, who is 68, recently purchased an iPhone and I received about a dozen calls within the first five minutes on how to use the phone.

For starters, there is no instruction manual of sorts included with the iPhone and so you have to rely upon "ease of use" to use it. Unfortunately, many of the things my father was looking for was buried deep within the iOS.

I think, besides a cosmetics update, the main structure of iOS needs fine tuning. Too many windows or clicks to get to what you need or you find its spread across several areas and not centralized.

It would be nice to have a central page with widgets for information you constantly are checking or need instead of having to click on repeated apps to find that information. Also, the ability to multi task or have two apps open on the same screen would be very helpful. Its difficult flipping back and forth when trying to find and type in phone numbers, links, etc.
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I wonder if they should preinstall iBooks and include the manual for your device?

It's not easy to make something easy. What would you change specifically?
 
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Flat is not enough. I think they also need larger resizable animated tiles.
Ken Burns photo animations. Swipable scrolling text updates.

I guess this borrows from Windows Phone 8 though.
 
starbird said:
For the record? When/if iOS gets widgets? I want all the Apple haters to go to this post before they claim Apple is "copying" android.



Click the link, and look at this image from 2005

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The birth of the iOS "App" and Widgets...
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Windows XP had desktop widgets and it was released 2001 so your post is invalid. The "birth" of widgets on desktops. Hell I think even KDE had desktop widgets before 2005.

Sooo.. your post. Obsolete.
 
Teste said:
I'm thinking the same thing. I'm not sure a 100% flat design would look good, or if it would look simply lacking polish.
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It's one of the things which drove me from Windows to Macs. I can't stand "flat." It looks old and bland. Reminds me of 80s style GUIs.
 
jhead95 said:
Umm, no it doesn't. It is flatter by comparison, but definitely not flat. Flat, in the design community, refers to a complete lack of depth: i.e. no shadows, gradients etc etc.
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So basically it is just today's fad in design. But the pendulum will swing back in a few years to bold 3D with crazy psychedelic colors man, and flat will look retro (which it sort of does now anyway). Which is the only reason design people are all about flat. Its just different from what we have seen recently (not necessariliy better).
 
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