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iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More
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Just make iOS 7 more stable than it is now and I'll be happy.
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I'm glad we're getting that option too.
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I'm glad we're getting that option too.
Way too many people use speakerphone while holding the phone. Plenty of people need to enter various information using the keypad during a call. Some need to use mute or other functions. So it's fair to say quite a few interact with the phone while on the call. Whether or not more experienced accidental hangups in iOS 7 or not is certainly a question, but if that was happening it could be at least partially behind this. That said, quite a bit simply could be just a move to circular buttons for one reason or another as part of an overall design.
Ugg it annoys me to no end that they won't fix this. There's no good reason to not show lower case when typing. Both wp8 and android do this.
Whether 7 sucks or not is an individual thing. So, you don't like the flat look - plainly obvious.
Flat iOS is here to stay for a while, so you can like or it whine. Your choice.
And you haven't noticed that trends are very much rotational, especially in computing.
As someone whose first foray into the world of Graphical User Interfaces was Macintosh System Software 1, I, for the most part, really like iOS 7.
Does this bother anyone else? The circular buttons in phone, contact images, and the new stuff in 7.1b3 vs the rounded square app icons and keyboard keys. Something about the two coexisting in iOS bothers me.
Would also love to see the option for a darker keyboard. Is it so hard to give the user the option of a darker and a lighter theme?
And agree, they should spend more time fine tuning. I just went from an iPad 2 with iOS 6 to a new iPad 4 with iOS 7. I swear, I miss my old iPad. I have more crashes and resets than I have ever had on my iPad 2. Sigh...
And agree, they should spend more time fine tuning. I just went from an iPad 2 with iOS 6 to a new iPad 4 with iOS 7. I swear, I miss my old iPad. I have more crashes and resets than I have ever had on my iPad 2. Sigh...
yeah it looks bad funky having a circular end button.
I don't like the new less dark messages/phone icons either, and the power off is ok but looks kinda jailbreak-y (and I love jailbreak, but I mean that as in something not stock).
No, I am not saying the keyboard should have circular keys, maybe the phone app should have rounded square buttons? Look, I am not a graphic artist, but the circular buttons and rounded square buttons/app icons do not look right.
Your reply is so obnoxious you don't have a clue what you're talking about really.
Come on!!...... bring it on baby
Can't wait, looks SO MUCH better and enough of that neon green.
Can't wait, looks SO MUCH better and enough of that neon green.Wow, looks like Apple continues to innovate [/sarcasm]
Ref: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1687611/
Ref: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1687611/
Music App
I wish they kept the same design for the music app. It's hard to navigate the music and feels really clunky.
I wish they kept the same design for the music app. It's hard to navigate the music and feels really clunky.
Unified Search Bar
Am I the only one who is waiting for the option to remove the unified address bar in Safari?? Or at least give us the option to remove/hide that pesky period on the keyboard!!
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I am glad I am not the only one who is waiting patiently for that...Hopefully we won't have to be patient much longer!
Am I the only one who is waiting for the option to remove the unified address bar in Safari?? Or at least give us the option to remove/hide that pesky period on the keyboard!!
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I am glad I am not the only one who is waiting patiently for that...Hopefully we won't have to be patient much longer!
I think Apple's rational is that because WiFi always supersedes cellular data, that and the airplane mode toggle are therefor adequate for most users.
Some of these changes look nice, but I'm not keen on the new 'Call' icon beneath the keypad. An updated 'Slide to Answer' is also welcome, but the current design looks a bit awkward and bulky. Otherwise I'm looking forward to 7.1, especially the iOS 6 layout in Calendar.
I just hope they revert the contacts layout back to iOS 6, and make the Music App icon less harsh on the eyes in beta 4.
Edit: Also, fix Notification Centre already!
I just hope they revert the contacts layout back to iOS 6, and make the Music App icon less harsh on the eyes in beta 4.
Edit: Also, fix Notification Centre already!
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This would be perfect! Can't believe they haven't thought of that in over 7 years.
perhaps they figure if you can handle permanent capital letters on a computer keyboard, you're probably able to deal with it on the phone as well
perhaps they figure if you can handle permanent capital letters on a computer keyboard, you're probably able to deal with it on the phone as well
Isn't that a little... skeumorphic?