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iOS 6 is BORING?
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McDonalds sells more hamburgers too. The point being, Apple could really blow our socks off with the next OS, but they chose to put out another 1/4 pounder. Maybe with cheese.
Blow your socks off is subjective, to some the features in iOS6 blow their socks off. So far I'm seeing new Maps and better Siri integration plus other little things. Does it blow my socks off, not really but I am still pleased as I usually am with each upgrade.
I'm surprised that it's usually exclusively the iPhone that comes up when on the topic of an unchanging UI.
iOS 1.0 v iOS 6.0:
OS X 10.1 v 10.8:
Windows 95 v Windows 7:
Android 1.0 v Android 4.0 (Note: I've never personally used any version of Android and these images are just from a quick search so if I am wrong on this one, point it out):
I fail to see any MAJOR UI changes in any of these comparisons. All of them are practically the same with some refinements.
iOS 1.0 v iOS 6.0:
OS X 10.1 v 10.8:
Windows 95 v Windows 7:
Android 1.0 v Android 4.0 (Note: I've never personally used any version of Android and these images are just from a quick search so if I am wrong on this one, point it out):
I fail to see any MAJOR UI changes in any of these comparisons. All of them are practically the same with some refinements.
Virtual buttons, enhanced widgets, and limitless customizability on Android 4.0.
If you don't see how Android 4.0 was a huge step from Android 1.0, you're just being biased. Apple hasn't even gotten rid of the home button.
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I think public perception of phones and computers is radically different. People WANT evolution from their computers, but revolution from their phones.
This is why the evolutionary policy when it comes to phones attracts more complaints.
IMHO
I agree with some of those complaints, but I am getting very sick and tired of people complaining that Apple let them down because they didn't slap a new coat of paint on the OS just for the sake of slapping a new coat of paint on it. It's a curious thing to note in the article that Vista made changes to XP, when Microsoft has just revealed that all of those visual changes (i.e. Aero) are getting scrapped even in the traditional non-Metro experience in Windows 8. Making changes without clear purpose is foolish.
The core idea of iOS is that the OS is just a shell. Want something new? That's what apps are for. You can do anything you want in an app. All the OS is there for is navigating the apps. What Apple needs to focus on is providing the hardware to allow app developers to continue to do new and innovative things--and where they've most notably failed to do that right now is in offering a Siri API. But presumably the new iPhone will have NFC and that will help push the envelope forward in that space.
As far as the OS goes, I would like to see some of the UI inconsistency corrected (and streamlined between iPad and iPhone--I don't understand why there is any difference in experience when you use one versus the other), and there are some obvious usability features that Jailbreakers corrected a long time ago, that for reasons passing understanding Apple has not. But aside from that, my biggest concern is that Apple is spending the majority of its time the last couple years undermining Google (Siri to replace search, Maps to replace Google Maps) rather than pushing the iPhone forward.
The core idea of iOS is that the OS is just a shell. Want something new? That's what apps are for. You can do anything you want in an app. All the OS is there for is navigating the apps. What Apple needs to focus on is providing the hardware to allow app developers to continue to do new and innovative things--and where they've most notably failed to do that right now is in offering a Siri API. But presumably the new iPhone will have NFC and that will help push the envelope forward in that space.
As far as the OS goes, I would like to see some of the UI inconsistency corrected (and streamlined between iPad and iPhone--I don't understand why there is any difference in experience when you use one versus the other), and there are some obvious usability features that Jailbreakers corrected a long time ago, that for reasons passing understanding Apple has not. But aside from that, my biggest concern is that Apple is spending the majority of its time the last couple years undermining Google (Siri to replace search, Maps to replace Google Maps) rather than pushing the iPhone forward.
Some people get this, android fanboys don't.
You want the OS out of the way and not doing rogue "stuff" that crashes, lags, requires reboots and battery pulls. The OS is not now, and nor should it ever be the destination.
It's all about the apps.
This is actually a pretty good analogy. MCdonald's is the most successful hamburger chain in America (maybe world?) yet most of their food is flat out terrible. Never thought of it that way.
It was a decent update. But they could have done a lot more in my opinion. It seems like apple has been doing minimal upgrades on everything lately. Nothing that they introduced was "revolutionary" or "ground-breaking" this year.
The home screen definitely needs a switch up. We've been using the same stale looking iOS UI for almost 7 YEARS! Sure, I can (and do) jailbreak my phone. But it would be nice if I didn't have to. Most of those siri upgrades just jailbreak tweaks that were re-released by apple. It would be a lot better if apple would open up the platform just a liiittttlleee bit more.
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Are you blind? or just extremely biased.
The home screen definitely needs a switch up. We've been using the same stale looking iOS UI for almost 7 YEARS! Sure, I can (and do) jailbreak my phone. But it would be nice if I didn't have to. Most of those siri upgrades just jailbreak tweaks that were re-released by apple. It would be a lot better if apple would open up the platform just a liiittttlleee bit more.
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Are you blind? or just extremely biased.
Why would people want Revolution on either?
People only tend to want revolutions if there something fundamentally wrong with that thing/government/company.
I mean my phone is the device I use most often and least focused, so I'm going to value shallow learning curve and consistency. There is room for novelty and new stuff but it should be well thought out and valuable.
Sure I can see how people think iOS6 might be light on in Apple provided new user features, but on the Twitter Feeds the Developers at WWDC have been going nuts hinting new things they can't talk about in public. It would seem weird that there are features that big but not talked about as a tent pole.
We do need to remember though that the iPhone still has not been announced, and there could be features that are tailored to it that Apple wants to keep close to the chest until its announcement.
+100 I have had many android phones and since i started with them i have used less and less widgets. Honestly now i only have a HTC Sense styled clock widget. Most widgets are useless, and clutter filled , dont work properly (twitter), dont show all the info you want (news), useless to navigate (facebook). Widgets in notification bar is much nicer to me.
They are rather useless, save for a few nice ones, Gmail & Email on stock ICS 4.0. Although you can see little more then the sender and subject on the widget.
Sadly Android has fallen into a crack, and they need to pull out in my opinion. There can only be 2 different kinds of mobile OS's.
1: App-Centric - Apple has apps far beyond those in found on Android. Very rarely is an app better designed on Android then iOS. Especially when speaking about Tablets. This kind of OS relies heavily on the use of apps to get what you want. Honestly it works. Im in Flipboard about 75% of my time on my Tablet, most of the rest is spent in Tapatalk. Lets not even go near iMessage. A genius app IMO. Google has the tools to compete with this. GTalk integration into its messaging app would be huge, but they fail to do it.
2: Integrated - Microsoft really nailed this one. Never have I seen an OS so deeply intertwined with social media and other stuff. The stock apps will show you twitter, facebook and other updates all without using a third party app. Android has tried this and failed horribly. (see G+ & Twitter Integration in the ICS 4.0 "People" app... didnt know it was there did ya lol, yeah thats the problem) The new WinMo will have Skype built into the dialer.. absolutely Genius and ripping a page right from apple, but going further. Skype is much more used and available the Facetime. Google has gTalk and G+ but without iPad apps for these your killing more than half your market.
Sadly im a huge google fan. I use google everything, and will continue to use its online services for much time to come. But they have seem to lost their way a bit with Android. In all the innovation and leaping forward and bounding i think they have lost the small details apple is building on. Android wont be going away in any sense of the term, as long as it is free and cheap, "notch over feature phone smartphones" will keep the O-So important activation numbers climbing.
All that said, im not bored with iOS 6. As long as stellar A+ apps are developed then I think ill be making the switch with the New iPhone.
Apple has always released products that they believe to be the best with what the general consumer needs not necessarily what the vocal minority asks for. They have also always focused on simplicity and elegance.
At the end of the day we are paying Apple a premium for these smart phones and it's their job to come up with the design and we trust their judgement on the UI, industrial design etc. There is nothing worse than design by committee so all these people asking for a different look really don't get the Apple model.
Do a Google search for "iphone themes" and just take a look at some of the HORRID things people consider as a design for their phones.
Here's a poignant quote from Paul Rand who designed the NeXT logo he was a designer that Steve really admired.
Steve had asked for different options for the NeXT logo.
"No. I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve your problem for you the best way I know how. And you use it or not. That’s up to you. You’re the client. But you pay me."
We are paying Apple to solve our problem for us in the best way they know, if we wan't options on the design etc. we can go somewhere else...
At the end of the day we are paying Apple a premium for these smart phones and it's their job to come up with the design and we trust their judgement on the UI, industrial design etc. There is nothing worse than design by committee so all these people asking for a different look really don't get the Apple model.
Do a Google search for "iphone themes" and just take a look at some of the HORRID things people consider as a design for their phones.
Here's a poignant quote from Paul Rand who designed the NeXT logo he was a designer that Steve really admired.
Steve had asked for different options for the NeXT logo.
"No. I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve your problem for you the best way I know how. And you use it or not. That’s up to you. You’re the client. But you pay me."
We are paying Apple to solve our problem for us in the best way they know, if we wan't options on the design etc. we can go somewhere else...
But you can move them around and customize your screens with them in any way you like! Then you can turn on your phone/screen 200 times a day just to look at them and kill your battery!!!
One thing I'm quickly learning about this site is that it's such a small % of the true apple users on here. A buddy of mine said after the WWDC keynote "did you guys see all the great new features for the new iOS coming out this fall?". I asked him to name a couple and he couldn't name anything other then the Facebook integration...that's the normal apple customer, not small % bitching and moaning about no widgets and iOS needing a complete overhaul on these forums...
Visually, OS 10.0 and OS 10.8 are nearly identical. There have been minor adjustments over the last DECADE. In 5 years take a look at iOS and compare it to iOS 1.0, you'll be surprised at how similar it will look. And yet, it will still be an extremely popular device.
And to most users, that's great. In fact, to most users, that is preferred. My coworker just got an ICS phone and he wonders why the battery runs out. I showed him how to remove widgets now he has one. It's the same as every previous Android version. People don't want useless widgets that fail to do anything special, or analog clocks, or any of that garbage. Most users just want a smart phone.
"power users" or "smartphone enthusiasts" should just jailbreak, and do whatever in the world they want with their iDevices.
And taking that a little further, look how much they HAVE changed. It's all small steps and refinements that end up taking you farther then it seems
New lock screen, why? The purpose of the lock screen is to keep your phone from activating in your pocket. It does that, what more does it need to do?
Password lock on app folders, OK I could go with that as an option if i ever let anyone else use my phone or iPad, but it's not high on my list.
Animated backgrounds? CPU cycle sucking, power sucking wastes.
Of all the people I know who use iPhones and iPads not one of them, except on forums like this, has ever talking about the IOS UI being 'stale'.