Same issue on my end. I even deleted the app and reinstalled. Guessing the layout is on Instagram's end and hasn't been pushed to our accounts yet?
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Instagram Updated With Brand New Icon and Flat Design
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Same issue on my end. I even deleted the app and reinstalled. Guessing the layout is on Instagram's end and hasn't been pushed to our accounts yet?
love it. black & white nice and simple. i don't need a funky color scheme to look at ****ing pictures get over it people
I don't mind the new icon, but this one was beautiful, wish they went with it.
I do like the new clean app though. Overall, pretty decent update. For anyone complaining, let's see your mock up of how it "should" have looked...
This is what you get when you clamor for a flat design. You get disappointed because "flat" design isn't as great as it seems for a lot of uses. The only really good flat designs are the ones that started that way. Anything non-flat that moves toward flat design feels like regression because "going flat" is regression by definition.
You all didn't learn your lesson from iOS 7. You ask for a flat design to replace one you're mildly content with, and then they give you what you think is bland, generic, and unoriginal. Then you regret it.
You all didn't learn your lesson from iOS 7. You ask for a flat design to replace one you're mildly content with, and then they give you what you think is bland, generic, and unoriginal. Then you regret it.
No, it's not. Instagram's logo isn't the camera, it's the "Instagram" name. The camera was just an icon... and an ugly one at that.
thats why u can buy merchandise of the logo? theres even a camera designed after it and everyone could tell its Instagram without seeing the word just like the swoosh of nike
Completely agree. This is just so uninspired and super cheap. I cannot stand these neon colours on iOS anymore.
I am old school Apple, I love Skeuomorphic they should have never changed. Do not like all the flat icons.
Only 20 more years till they make the app universal and design a native landscape iPad app
Scratch that. Installed on my iPad with same account and it has the updated UI. iPhone 6s still doesn't. Strange.
I like the new icon. And the new UI. But I also barely use the App. The old icon was very busy compared to modern design and just flattening that design would have left it still very busy. I kind of wonder how they ended up with the color scheme though. Maybe it was just an effort to differentiate the app from other social media apps by color. On my phone Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are all shades of blue. This will stand out in comparison to them.
Luckily, I have a backup of the old .ipa on iTunes (which was v7.21.1). I understand Instagram's change to the new icon to try to fit in with Jony Ives flat UI but, it's too radical. I'm really getting tired of this flat UI. On a surprising note, I found out that the new update supports iOS 7 and greater. Pretty Interesting since the last iOS 6 compatible update (v6.5.1) does not support the newer Instagram Direct Message system.
So far, I hear more complaints than compliments about the update. Maybe Instagram will revert back to a similar one?
On the bright side, you can create a shortcut to the new Instagram app without jailbreaking. I've done this to a few of my apps.
So far, I hear more complaints than compliments about the update. Maybe Instagram will revert back to a similar one?
On the bright side, you can create a shortcut to the new Instagram app without jailbreaking. I've done this to a few of my apps.
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I quite like the icon. Change generally is never met with acclaim at first. Give it a few years and everybody will be talking about the iconic Instagram colour palette for the icon.
They are "unique glyphs" that can be trademarked.
The Ü that Uber was using was not unique enough for trademark. The same with the Instragram camera as it was too common of a shape. Thus, going to unique abstractions or unique alterations makes them distinctive enough for trademark. A good trademarked logo can significantly increase the value of a company making it more noticeable and memorable. The simplified Apple logo falls into this type of graphical art.
Curious to see if they have similar legal console.
Everything has ads. This website has ads.
If you don't want ads... how much would you pay per month to use Instagram?
Wow. It really took a few seconds to find it. Crazy how it just kind of blends in now. I love the new design, but the icon blows.
