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coldjeanzzz

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Nov 4, 2012
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I've been out of the loop on iOS 10 lately, but I remember people were complaining about how ugly it looked if you didn't have a person's photo there from your contacts. Does it still look like that?
 

C DM

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Oct 17, 2011
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What part of that looked ugly (as in where exactly)? And ugly in what way?
 

QuarterSwede

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Oct 1, 2005
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He's talking about the contact icon if you don't have a picture for a contact. It instead shows the first initial and last initial. People thought the grey circle with white text was ugly.

OP, they've flattened it so it isn't 3D.
 

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Mlrollin91

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Nov 20, 2008
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I just don't understand why we can't remove it. We can remove contact photos from the list view of messages, but not the thread itself.
 
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stooovie

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Nov 21, 2010
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These icons use mathematical center instead of optical (that would move the text a little bit downward), which looks odd and unnatural.
 

C DM

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I just don't understand why we can't remove it. We can remove contact photos from the list view of messages, but not the thread itself.
At one point we couldn't even remove those until an update added that functionality. Perhaps that option will be added at some point (or be linked to the option for the messages list view).
 

Mlrollin91

macrumors G5
Nov 20, 2008
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At one point we couldn't even remove those until an update added that functionality. Perhaps that option will be added at some point (or be linked to the option for the messages list view).

I sure hope so, I just feel like its completely wasted space.
 

Mlrollin91

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Nov 20, 2008
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What do you mean by 'remove contact photos'?
Exactly what C DM said. In iOS 9, you can remove the photos or initials from the message thread list. The setting is located Settings -> Messages. This option is still available in iOS 10, but it only applies to the thread list view and not the individual conversation.
 
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SuperKerem

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Oct 29, 2012
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Exactly what C DM said. In iOS 9, you can remove the photos or initials from the message thread list. The setting is located Settings -> Messages. This option is still available in iOS 10, but it only applies to the thread list view and not the individual conversation.
Found it! I'd never actually noticed this, thanks.
 
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