Logo is one thing but the whole experience being replaced with bare bones basically and lots of abstracts and empty space, that way way beyond a logo or something minor like that.
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I'm not saying the old design was incredible but come on
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Holy hell some people love to complain...
No one's being forced to use Apple products.
Go to another manufacturer & system design if it all bothers you that much.
No one's being forced to use Apple products.
Go to another manufacturer & system design if it all bothers you that much.
Sorry but I thought it was pretty straight forward. A plus sign to add an alarm. Duh. I like the simplicity.
So if you like everything else about the software and hardware but don't like the new visual design you should just suddenly forget it and move to something else? What's the probes with voicing your opinion and discussing it? Is this not what the nature of forums such as this one is all about?
I'm not saying things can't be discussed, but a lot of people on here seem to be complaining more because some elements are no longer familiar, and not because they've lost functionality.
Apple has improved upon many dated and awkward elements of the previous iOS versions...good on them.
It's all subjective when it comes to appearance... I use the Clock app for the alarm feature all the time, works fine to me. You guys are just complaining because it doesn't look the same...
I don't see why Apple couldn't give you the option to pick "themes" and have the old style as an option.
Oh well...
I don't see why Apple couldn't give you the option to pick "themes" and have the old style as an option.
Oh well...
I think the biggest contributing factor is their choice of color scheme. Nothing is bold or profound enough to have a professional feel to it. The soft pastel colors make it seem like an online design portfolio rather than an OS from the world's most innovative technological company.
The funny thing is, I was going to make a comment on how Apples obsession with simplicity would lead to iOS being no apps, just Siri, and Ive would go on about how it's the distillation of elementalism........
Then I read your post
Edit: I use the clock app because it's far quicker to toggle my several alarms and visually see that they're all on. (Yes I'm a heavy sleeper)
I don't have ios 7 yet, but I assume apple has implemented some customization options, so you can control screen colors, text colors, menu colors, etc. I'm sure if you tinker with the settings you will find something you like.
You cannot customize screen colors, text colors, or menu colors. You can change your wallpaper which will cause some visual changes, but that is all.
Funny, I thought that the APPLE Moto was >>> "It's All in The Details" now all of a sudden everyone has amnesia...WTF?
This iOS design is god aweful and as lack luster as when I first started using APPLE back in 82 when it was just green print on a black screen
This.
It's all in the detail, and the details in iOS7 are all wrong IMO.
Minimalism on the one hand; that crazy 3D picker control and parallax effects on the other. Fonts which are either too fine or too thick.
Someone mentioned the clock, saying "oh, it's not hard to understand". No, it isn't hard, but it isn't as obvious as it was. Again, it's details; subtlety. Windows wasn't particularly difficult to use, but it did sometimes become a bit awkward and non-obvious.
Everyone who I've spoken to about the update (like, 10 people today) has mentioned the fonts and the calendar app. No good words about either.
iOS7 feels like a Microsoft product. There, I said it. It's not that the overall design is intrinsically bad, but it's missing that Apple X-factor.
Exactly. The design is still lacking, it needed more polish before release. I guess the reports about how iOS 7 was rushed were true.