Do you want control over text/menu colors

[3bs]

it wouldn't have to be a disaster and it wouldn't have to be endless.

For example, go into settings app>Messages>Text Bubble Color:

• Blue
• Green
• Yellow
• Grey
• Orange

Now, wouldn't it be refreshing to change this up every once in a while?

It would be but with Apple you get what they want to give you, take it or leave it unfortunately.

 

[Carlanga]

I prefer other things before this. IMO current ones are OK.
I was never a fan of theme-ing while jb neither.

 

[KALLT]

The biggest reason is, a large portion of users have really bad taste.

Of course, you could argue that taste is subjective, but it isn't. There is good taste, and there is bad taste, just like there is good design, and bad design.

For proof, look at the home screens of the majority of jailbreak users, they are hideous, absolute eye soars, installed by somebody with really bad taste.

The thing is, ugly UI's don't sell phones, beautiful UI's sell phones.

If I'd never seen an iPhone before, and a geeky kid showed me his iPhone, with a custom ROM, neon, glow in the dark Winterboard theme installed, I wouldn't buy one. I'd think it was ugly.

This is what Apple doesn't want.

Apple allows some customisation, but never enough to make your iPhone ugly.

Beautiful Handcuffs shall we say.

I love your sarcasm.

 

[C DM]

I can imagine a tech support call.

Q: "Why is one text message in blue and the other in green?"

A: "Did it start out that way or did you change the color?"

Q: "I don't remember, how do I know?"

*Quiet sound of a face palm*

Yup, the quite low capabilities of the common user got to keep the rest of us back.

 

[Italianblend]

I'm sure there can be an easy "reset colors" settings in the settings screen. That is an extreme case.

 

[thegreatdivorce]

I can understand not caring, but why would anyone oppose this option?

 

[betabeta]

I don't see why anyone would not want a choice, and if you worried about tech support, don't, you could place this deep in the settings.

Trust me, know one that would have issues would find the settings in the first place, heck most users never even change sounds from default.

 

[davidg4781]

I don't see why anyone would not want a choice, and if you worried about tech support, don't, you could place this deep in the settings.

Trust me, know one that would have issues would find the settings in the first place, heck most users never even change sounds from default.

I wouldn't want a choice. I have no sense of design and not creative at all. It'll be pointless to me.

 

[shenan1982]

Your survey indicates the mentality of a troubling group of people. "I'd rather someone else make choices for me" ... welcome to America.

It didn't say, do you want them to MAKE you chose, it said, would you want to be able to control it. Why would anyone say no?

 

[C DM]

I wouldn't want a choice. I have no sense of design and not creative at all. It'll be pointless to me.

So you'd have a choice of not using the options.

 

[shenan1982]

I wouldn't want a choice.

Really? LOL

 

[davidg4781]

Really? LOL

Really really.

 

[shenan1982]

Really really.

Should McDonalds allow you to chose cheese or no cheese, or only offer with cheese?

Why would anyone not want a choice? Sheep following the herd? I dunno, just really weird anyone would say "make my choices for me and give me no options!"

 

[Italianblend]

People really seem to think that apple designs are not to be messed with and that it will somehow diminish their experience if they have a hand in the customization.

How could it possibly ruin your experience with an iPhone or ipad if someone else has different screen colors than you?

 

[LV426]

People really seem to think that apple designs are not to be messed with and that it will somehow diminish their experience if they have a hand in the customization.

How could it possibly ruin your experience with an iPhone or ipad if someone else has different screen colors than you?

If 'you' happen to be an Apple support engineer, your day could easily be ruined if some numpty has chosen white text on a white background.

If 'you' happen to be in Apple's brand awareness department, your day could easily be ruined if an Apple phone with its Apple logo appeared on TV with a garish dysfunctional theme (no iOS 7 jokes anyone, please).

Just saying.

 

[pittpanthersfan]

No. iOS 7's transparency allows for color to be dynamic depending on what you're doing.

It's unobtrusive as it inherits the predominant colors that you're already seeing and rarely are those colors the same.

 

[Italianblend]

I think "Themes" might are a great idea. Why do you think Apple will not implement their own designed themes and sell them?

 

[Razeus]

Yes. The Music.app shouldn't be pink. It should at least be blue or black.