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

[iPaf]

This could be the biggest thing to happen to iOS since it was first released.

App Store, nothing's going to beat that!

 

[DouglasDubya]

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.

This. The Yahoo Weather app is the latest to replace a stock app on my 5. It is so fresh, so good-looking and has such a wealth of information it was a no brainer. I'm hoping this is somewhat like what Apple is up to.

Gmail/Chrome/Maps are all other apps that have replaced stock apps, just because they look and function sooo much better than the old worn-out stock apps.

 

[bag of kittens]

I don't care what they do with iOS 7, as long as they make Safari snappier!!!!

 

[phillipduran]

I really hope that is the direction they are taking it. very elegant and more user friendly imo

Did you know that the volume knob in the music app changes its "reflection" if you move the phone/ipod around?

I hope we don't lose that when we go 2D with iOS 7.

 

[iTeleport]

For once I'm genuinely excited about an Apple update. Flat design is awesome, I've always hated gloss and reflections. Keep it simple!

 

[Codyak]

All I want is to choose default apps for email, browser, maps etc....

This and switching Google Now for Siri (button wise) are some of the reasons I've jailbroken mine.

 

[komodrone]

So they are copying Windows 8 Phone? Just great.

Last I checked, people LIKE gloss and shine.

Last I checked, this site is called MacRumors.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Like Windows 8 then?

No.

While it's true that Windows 8 is very flat in that it lacks shine and gloss, I believe that the OS design they're describing is going to lack corners (unlike Windows 8 which is full of corners) and it'll also turn down the saturation (the way that OS X has slowly lost its shades of blue in favor of shades of gray.)

I'm in favor of iOS ditching some of its excess bubbliness. (Like notification pop ups.)

 

[bushido]

Yeah, the 6 year old glossy buttons and text messages look horrbile. On the other hand I don't want it all flat, something in between, so the buttons would look like buttons, which improves UX. Also if the UI goes well with the 3rd party app icons like now, that will be great.

i hate the freaking pop up bubbles that have been there since the beginning and dont go with anything on the OS anymore. they need to be more "flat" and modern

 

[Karma*Police]

The look is important, but not nearly as important as the functionality and ease of use, so it's good to hear they're not messing with that too much.

 

[chrisrosemusic1]

Any visual changes are welcome IMO, so bored of looking at the same icons and folders

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i hate the freaking pop up bubbles that have been there since the beginning and dont go with anything on the OS anymore. they need to be more "flat" and modern

Amen on the bubbles!

 

[charliex5]

This could be the biggest thing to happen to iOS since it was first released.

No, "copy and paste" definitely was.

 

[Rogifan]

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.

I love the new Yahoo weather app. If this is the direction Apple goes in then home run.

 

[ppdix]

But Samsung told me that the iPhone is for old people...

Jailbreak your phone and make it easier to navigate...

 

[SpaceJello]

Yeah, the 6 year old glossy buttons and text messages look horrbile. On the other hand I don't want it all flat, something in between, so the buttons would look like buttons, which improves UX. Also if the UI goes well with the 3rd party app icons like now, that will be great.

I think if there's a new iOS UI, it wouldn't be all flat like Windows 8. While it should look good, it is horrible when in use. It is hard to tell where one place start and ends in an Outlook tablet app.

Majority of 3rd party apps don't have a "shiny or gloss" to them these days anyways, think Yahoo Weather App.

So I think the new UI will be flatter but not just a solid flatness like Windows 8.

 

[Wolffie]

Manuals

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.

I hate it when people claim there are no manuals...
First place I send people with new iOS gadgets

http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone/
http://support.apple.com/iphone/
Bookmarks, last one, User Guide

Sorry they are not printed on paper.

 

[henrystar]

Flatter than it is now? May God help Apple.

Wrong! Clean and simple and easy to use, no silly distractions ("leather stitching" junk, etc.). This is a fundamental transition in human history. Apple will slowly take over the world with an integrated system and everyone will want to be on board, not left out with gimmicky "competitors."

 

[baller1308]

what do they mean by Flat? i may be using iOS for 6 years, not sure what they mean flat ...

It's similar to what Google Now looks like, and most of Google's products. No gloss, no gradients, mostly just solid colors. You can find some website examples here: http://fltdsgn.com/

 

[you people smh]

sounds boring

 

[spazzcat]

what do they mean by Flat? i may be using iOS for 6 years, not sure what they mean flat ...

How iOS looks right now is the opposite of flat.

 

[mozumder]

Finally.

Adults should never use color gradients in anything.

 

[jrswizzle]

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.

To be quite honest, I wish Apple would just let Yahoo's be the stock apps much like they did with Google Maps for so long. Difference being, they aren't competing with Yahoo here and Yahoo needs the mobile presence.

The Yahoo weather app is awesome

 

[Mike MA]

Some Apple developers went on vacation in Austria it seems

 

[bushido]

I hate it when people claim there are no manuals...
First place I send people with new iOS gadgets

http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone/
http://support.apple.com/iphone/
Bookmarks, last one, User Guide

Sorry they are not printed on paper.

u have no idea how many people come to the store i used to work at as a student who asked me where the iTunes cd is cuz they cannot find it anywhere. i told them to download it from the apple page and they were like huh how do i find that? and this actually required people knowing that they need something called "itunes" thats a whole difference story

 

[2bikes]

When will Samsung say they have been working on a flat design?