Did it not also used to scroll to the top of the list of conversations automatically every time you opened Messages?
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I know I'm late to this but iOS 5/6 was way faster and easy to use than 7
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Did it not also used to scroll to the top of the list of conversations automatically every time you opened Messages?
this was a huge problem for people that have read receipt on. if the app goes straight to the new message, it shows the other party you read the message, now people can keep it unread until they want the other party to see the message has been read.
not an unecessary second step at all.
further, some people like to keep things unread until they're ready to respond to them, as a reminder (like me).
Lastly, you can go straight to the message via notification center or swiping the notification on the lockscreen.
Very few people I know use read receipts. The only people who use them that I know are those who are the least tech savvy and are inexperienced with iOS and the iPhone.
that would be your subjective experience.
most people i know use read receipts, especially the most tech savvy of my friends, including people that work in the tech world, technology reporters for publications like the business insider, etc. that is my subjective experience.
and the rest of my post detailed other instances beyond read receipts that make the change useful.
perhaps there is a jailbreak hack that reverts functionality back to taking you to the new message when you hit the icon. i find jailbreak to be a very useful tool for people like yourself that are looking for very specific tweaks that suit their subjective needs.
Yeah I can see how they might be useful in that if you can't respond to someone right away it's a way of letting them know that you haven't yet read it, but in the non-professional world of the 16-25 demographic most kids in my experience do not use them as they don't like others knowing whether or not they've read their texts. It's consistent with other preferences for privacy in communication technologies and social networking.
I will look for the jailbreak hack.
It's certainly a good step towards it. Perhaps in iOS 8.
iOS 7.0 to 7.1 is about the same speed difference as 7.1 to 6.1.3.
7.0 was unbearable though. Many claimed it was just as responsive, or that it was "fine".
It's certainly a good step towards it. Perhaps in iOS 8.
iOS 7.0 to 7.1 is about the same speed difference as 7.1 to 6.1.3.
7.0 was unbearable though. Many claimed it was just as responsive, or that it was "fine".
It was fine speed-wise providing you had reduce motion switched on. Now 7.1 is much faster but I still have reduce motion toggled off because parallax is nauseating, and the app open/close animations are crappy.
The features and user experience aren't really aimed at a particular subgroup, especially the youngest of subgroups, otherwise people would be looking for the Messages app to automatically delete their texts and photos/videos a few seconds after reading them like Snapchat or something.
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I would bet you serious money that the 15-30 demographic texts significantly more than any other
And the iPhone features are still not designed specifically with them in mind. Not to mention that majority in that demographic could still like it more the way it is now than how it was before (or at least don't care).
True, there is room for improvement. But it's on par with iOS 6. Add in the back gesture and control center and the workflow in general is much faster.
It's closer but not quite on par I would say. In particular for somewhat older devices like iPhone 4 and 4S.
It's not on par, iOS 6 still beats it easily with its stability and speed. iOS 7.1 still runs crappy on an iPhone 4 (iOS 7 should not have been compatible with it imo).
Two possible scenarios.
Answer 1: No. It's always behaved this way.
TH55: "Ah it's alright then. Works fine like this anyway. Actually it makes perfect sense."
Answer 2: Yeah, but they changed it now.
TH55: "Why would they do that?? It sucks now. I liked it better the way it was before!
"You're right, 6 is still noticeably quicker at navigating than 7.1.
I think part of why it iOS 7 was released for the iPhone 4 was that they were still selling the 4 as a brand new device.
My 5S on 7.1 significantly outperforms my 4S on any of the OS6's. It's not close.
Now OS7's on the older iPhones that may not be true. But you could not pay me to go backwards with this 5S.
Now OS7's on the older iPhones that may not be true. But you could not pay me to go backwards with this 5S.
Two possible scenarios.
Answer 1: No. It's always behaved this way.
TH55: "Ah it's alright then. Works fine like this anyway. Actually it makes perfect sense."
Answer 2: Yeah, but they changed it now.
TH55: "Why would they do that?? It sucks now. I liked it better the way it was before!
You, sir/madam are a very observant person....