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iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More
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yes maybe, but still fugly as hell...
Apple doesn't know why way they should go.
the name has circle in it iOS, then why not circles in design.
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there is a logic, with small icons screen will look bigger, means less complaint about iPhone small screens
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thanks for reminding that, i didn't noticed, you are right with dirty hands it was impossible for me to attend the call, cuz touchscreen never worked, but instead of round buttons rectangular shape was more than welcome.
First of all, Android was years behind iOS, they had to play catch-up.
Second, of course iOS 4 to 6 is 3 years of development, but I'm pointing out the yearly iterations. The differences between iOS 4/5 or iOS 5/6 are just as big as 4.3/4.4.
I understand that logic but I prefer to minimize the amount of unnecessary RF I'm exposed to in close proximity. The radio is still transmitting if you're on wifi and cellular is on. I've absorbed enough radiation standing next to a c-arm with a lead vest in the IR/Cath lab.
Besides that both are analog and show nine o'clock, I don't see any resemblance...
it's Beta 3 - give it a break.
Come on guys, these changes are building as the release is finalized. Feel lucky to have the visibility of the myriad of beta release accessibility during the process. Complaining of graphics issues is a waste of time - as is this reply to the folks complaining about circles and darker green.
Come on guys, these changes are building as the release is finalized. Feel lucky to have the visibility of the myriad of beta release accessibility during the process. Complaining of graphics issues is a waste of time - as is this reply to the folks complaining about circles and darker green.
Has anyone observed anything different in the way the latest beta handles network band switching? I swear IOS 7 is a lot worse than IOS 6 was as far as going from 4G to 3G to 1x. With IOS 7, phone will go from 4G to 1x a lot. With IOS 6, it would fallback to 3G much more often instead of 1x. Phone is almost unusable at times on 1x.
I dont see any tons of reports for iOS 7.1 beta being faster, and its less than 24 hours
The first beta for 7.1 was released over a month ago. There have been tons of reports over that time.
Just adding my two cents:
I'm glad they are working on some UI changes, but I'm not sure about some of these circles associated with the phone app. If they really want to change an icon that desperately needs work--Reminders. That is by far the worst icon. It's also the app with the strangest of the new interfaces. It doesn't feel right and isn't intuitive.
I also wish they would allow you to copy and paste events in calendars. Creatintg a new event each time is very time consuming and I don't always have access to a computer to make those changes.
I'd also like to see more iPhone detection integration. When you text someone and it realizes it is communicating with iMessage it seems to remember this. I'd rather the Facetime icon in contacts be triggered by phones it knows are iphones rather than having it appear under contacts that are not using any iDevices.
I'm glad they are working on some UI changes, but I'm not sure about some of these circles associated with the phone app. If they really want to change an icon that desperately needs work--Reminders. That is by far the worst icon. It's also the app with the strangest of the new interfaces. It doesn't feel right and isn't intuitive.
I also wish they would allow you to copy and paste events in calendars. Creatintg a new event each time is very time consuming and I don't always have access to a computer to make those changes.
I'd also like to see more iPhone detection integration. When you text someone and it realizes it is communicating with iMessage it seems to remember this. I'd rather the Facetime icon in contacts be triggered by phones it knows are iphones rather than having it appear under contacts that are not using any iDevices.
I hate the whole "symbols and text on a white background as buttons" theme in iOS 7.
Who at Apple thought it was intuitive to put symbols and text, mixed in with text in the same area, and assume we would know, somehow, that these are pushable buttons? Are we supposed to push everything on the screen to see if it's pushable?
It's littered throughout the UI and hope that is one thing that changes.
Who at Apple thought it was intuitive to put symbols and text, mixed in with text in the same area, and assume we would know, somehow, that these are pushable buttons? Are we supposed to push everything on the screen to see if it's pushable?
It's littered throughout the UI and hope that is one thing that changes.
Yeah. They are slowly correcting things that shouldve been obvious from the beginning, the overly whiteness, the neon green bright icons, etc.
Just a matter of time before they start changing text buttons back to actual symbols too.
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this has to grow on me
Thats what she said.
www.nin.com still crashes my iPad Air with beta 3 - but not my iPhone 5. Same as the previous beta.
It doesn't bother me - but it would if I were a nine inch nails fan!
"Who at Apple thought it was intuitive to put symbols and text, mixed in with text in the same area, and assume we would know, somehow, that these are pushable buttons? Are we supposed to push everything on the screen to see if it's pushable?"
None other than the great Apple guru - Jony Ive.
Apple, ahead of the curve!
None other than the great Apple guru - Jony Ive.
Apple, ahead of the curve!
And do you think it's the same ? Two buttons on iOS, two slides on Android .... ooh but they are red and green. Shame on you Apple, for using green and red on those buttons
Now could we speak about iOS again ?
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I think you could discuss about that on any android based forum out there ... Here is just off topic.
Do you like Android ? You and the other keep speaking about that os are free to go elsewhere and speak about it as long as you want.
This is MacRumors forum, and this thread is about iOS 7.
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Didn't you realize they are two different websites ? On the iPhone is a mobile version, on the iPad a full desktop version designed by a totally incompetent web designer.
That website is heavy on a MBP with a quadcore i7 and 8 Gb of RAM ....
I sort of do this already, for example if I need to type a capital letter, I start by pressing the shift key then sliding over to the key I want and let go and that letter becomes a capital letter. same thing with numbers, hit the number key but continue to hold on the screen then slide to the number you want and let go, the keyboard will auto-switch back.
Ah, so confusing one type of radiation for another, which are completely different?
Calendar changes
Did any of you discover this new mode in the Calendar app? Apple have brought back the split calendar view that was present in iOS 6 and I like it.
I'm not sure why the back button is labelled 'Jan 2014'. That doesn't make sense to me because tapping it takes you back to the 2014 year view.
Did any of you discover this new mode in the Calendar app? Apple have brought back the split calendar view that was present in iOS 6 and I like it.
I'm not sure why the back button is labelled 'Jan 2014'. That doesn't make sense to me because tapping it takes you back to the 2014 year view.