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How come nobody hates the Clock icon?

It looks like the inside of a blender.

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I'd like to know when someone will get original and stop using eighth notes for music. Make it a whole note. Ooh, or make it an alto clef. Or the Db key signature.
 
.beam. said:
The icon I really hate is this settings icon.

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It's unsettling and it bothers me.

It looks dangerous. If you were to touch it, it looks like your fingers would get eaten.
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Yeah that icon is just weird. If you can make out the gears it's not too bad, but even when you know they are there the initial image that jumps into your head when you look at the icon is not that of gears or anything related to them. That's some "simplicity" for you there.
 
To depend apple, no one really thought when iOS6 was coming out that Forstall would be fired and the move away from skeuomorphism. I agree its an incredible waste of money and why not use what you bought.

I can understand the move away from skeuomorphism but some of the elements like the clock were classy.
 
C DM said:
Yeah that icon is just weird. If you can make out the gears it's not too bad, but even when you know they are there the initial image that jumps into your head when you look at the icon is not that of gears or anything related to them. That's some "simplicity" for you there.
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What I think happened is that they tried to make it seem like it has dimensions, or layers. Like going through settings has layers that you have to wade through.

But, just do a regular gear. The image that they have is nasty looking.
 
Icons changed > Not happy
Icons remained ALMOST the same> Used to like it , now hate it
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So, you only hated the clock icon in iOS 7 when it looks exactly like what iOS clock icon looked like over 7 years of iOS?
 
CallOfDuty said:
Icons changed > Not happy
Icons remained ALMOST the same> Used to like it , now hate it
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So, you only hated the clock icon in iOS 7 when it looks exactly like what iOS clock icon looked like over 7 years of iOS?
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Did you read my post? I was making a point that nobody is uncomfortable with how the clock icon fills up most of the space, but people don't like how iTunes, App Store, safari, photos, fill up the icon with the same dimensions.
 
C DM said:
There's more than becoming used to them. The neon-like gradients on some of them is a bit too much. The white emptiness around the Safari compass is just bad/strange looking. The glossiness and 3D-like look of Game Center (which is just odd bubbles that are not representative of anything) is also rather inconsistent.

So, will we get used to them if they remain this way? Sure, more than likely. But, it still doesn't mean that at least some of the icons are poorly designed in one way or another.
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With the exception of the Game Center, which I agree does need a little work, the others I don't think are poorly designed at all.

I honestly don't understand the constant complain about the safari icon, because the white space isn't excessive at all, but the neon gradients are a little aggressive and could be turned down, but the design is a WIP after all.
 
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