It’s pretty much the same badge as the one in Apple News (I believe this one has been around for a few years). I’ve always found this badge to be out of place, but it’s even worse in iCloud. Let’s hope the beta process will fix this.
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iCloud Interface Gets Overhaul in iOS 18
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And it is not recognizable as a touchable element (from the description I understand, that it is).
Wow, this looks very close to how things are on some Android phones. Like, almost an exact copy.
Normally, I like iOS getting features from Android, but in this case, no. The new design looks dated compared to the current one. Especially with that weird badge. Looks extremely old and unnatural.
Overall, I like the UX in Android better than iOS, but much prefer the UI in iOS compared to "most" Android phones.
What's going on here is that Apple is importing the UI while mostly leaving the UX as is, which is the worst of both worlds and makes iOS lose its unique look and feel.
Normally, I like iOS getting features from Android, but in this case, no. The new design looks dated compared to the current one. Especially with that weird badge. Looks extremely old and unnatural.
Overall, I like the UX in Android better than iOS, but much prefer the UI in iOS compared to "most" Android phones.
What's going on here is that Apple is importing the UI while mostly leaving the UX as is, which is the worst of both worlds and makes iOS lose its unique look and feel.
This is the real problem at Apple. It used to be that shiny was more important than working. These days it is bad shiny is more important than working.
This resonates as a long-time android and windows user - always been told apple had a more user friendly design and easy to use (which to me means intuitive/seamless) and that's just not been my experience for the past year using iphone and mac. I think when i used Mac in the 90s that may have been more true.
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I have no idea why you disagreed with my post above. I guess you think it's a good idea to see your own name at the top of settings or Cloud on your personal device when you already know it's you and your account and thus no chnage/switch in an account occured. Wierd to be reminded of whom you are but each to their own I guess.
This is what happens when everything goes subscription. A badge is a cheap way to make people who pay extra feel special.
That said, if this replaces the extremely slow and buggy current iCloud page with something that actually feels native and not like a really bad web view, then fine.
how many times are you going into iCloud settings while around others? I feel like I've never once needed to go into iCloud settings while I was around another person..
All the time, unfortunately. I don't any longer via ios or Apple ecosystem but it's still there with Samsung Cloud in its devices main settings.
Ios still has apps that do not have their own built in settings for whatever reason. Sometimes switch qpps you'll pass by an open Settings card as well.