Thanks for confirming that. A simple button would have been a terrible choice for the lock screen.
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iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More
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Thanks for confirming that. A simple button would have been a terrible choice for the lock screen.
Yes! Congrats... This is what a call a "sense of good taste" lol. They looked better, from the customer point of view, and from a designer's also.
There is more room for your finger to press the edge-to-edge button, therefore you can initiate/end a call eyes-free without having to play a point-and-shoot game.
Was hoping they'd fix the album cover on locked screen appearance. Always struck me as odd looking and rushed. IMHO it's begging for a circle rather than square picture, like the new call button. Also think the play/pause/volume control interface can be much prettier.
love it
Hated the new dial screen at first but the animation is awesome. welcome addition.
I'm always dubious about speed improvements etc but it seems like apple have tinkered with the animation speed because on my iPhone 5, opening and closing apps and multitasking are noticeably quicker.
The access to the springboard would be the only reason i'd jailbreak and further to speed up the phone but i'm happy with it now.
The new keyboard however, the bolder characters just seem blurry! really dislike
Edit: even waking from sleep is quicker.
Further Edit: ok holy sh**, my iPhone 5 is incredibly noticeably quicker with EVERYTHING. I may feel like i have eyesight issues but sod it, i love the speed!
Hated the new dial screen at first but the animation is awesome. welcome addition.
I'm always dubious about speed improvements etc but it seems like apple have tinkered with the animation speed because on my iPhone 5, opening and closing apps and multitasking are noticeably quicker.
The access to the springboard would be the only reason i'd jailbreak and further to speed up the phone but i'm happy with it now.
The new keyboard however, the bolder characters just seem blurry! really dislike
Edit: even waking from sleep is quicker.
Further Edit: ok holy sh**, my iPhone 5 is incredibly noticeably quicker with EVERYTHING. I may feel like i have eyesight issues but sod it, i love the speed!
Perhaps part of the reason they did it is because more people were having issues accidentally tapping on the call button before they were done entering the number they were dialing, so the smaller button requires a more deliberate tap to activate it, decreasing the accidental misdials.
This is much better now. It's still nicer in iOS 6, but what in the actual **** was Apple thinking with 7.0?
Dropped frame rate for animations, questionable designs, blinding white UI, significantly worse apps (Reminders!)... Apple has lost it's touch in software design.
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The IOS development guys certainly haven't been wasting any time over the past few months since it's release. What a makeover. New design. Great improved look. Dramatically different in every way. Fantastic restyle. Well done guys! I'm impressed!
Oh no. What am I saying? It's awful. Changes mores subtle than the meaning of the word, subtle. If that's what you've been wasting your time doing all these weeks ....
Samsung et al .. You better be quaking ... This is going to change the rules overnight. Apple are back on top when this is released soon, let me tell you!
Oh no. What am I saying? It's just another stop gap til the proper iPhone 6 comes out with the full big screen and that. How could I be so gullible?
Great job, fellows. You've done Steve proud there. Well done!
Oh no..what am I spraying ... It's terrible ... ("End it here!"-MacRumors Ed.)
Oh no. What am I saying? It's awful. Changes mores subtle than the meaning of the word, subtle. If that's what you've been wasting your time doing all these weeks ....
Samsung et al .. You better be quaking ... This is going to change the rules overnight. Apple are back on top when this is released soon, let me tell you!
Oh no. What am I saying? It's just another stop gap til the proper iPhone 6 comes out with the full big screen and that. How could I be so gullible?
Great job, fellows. You've done Steve proud there. Well done!
Oh no..what am I spraying ... It's terrible ... ("End it here!"-MacRumors Ed.)
Don't be silly, I'm not saying no one has a right to an opinion, quite different, I'm saying opinions aren't facts, and it's rather offensive when people come on here and either state categorically that their opinions are facts or express their opinions as fact, regardless whether you agree with them or not. Seems a simple concept that so many people here ignore or misunderstand. I love that we have different opinions, I just hate the way certain people express theirs - that's all I'm saying.
The call screen looks poor. The accept button should be the main button, the decline should be slightly smaller, and the messages and remind me buttons should be the smallest. I think being left handed I may accidentally start declining calls instead of accepting them as well. Everything looks good, and the highlighted caps lock button will be a huge plus over the highlighted arrow.
Also it seems iOS is going the way of a circle design design pattern, maybe apps will be the next to change.
Also it seems iOS is going the way of a circle design design pattern, maybe apps will be the next to change.
Anyone else finding auto-brightness turning off when you bring up the "slide to power off" screen? Even if you don't power off and turn it back on, auto-brightness is mysteriously off. Bizarre bug!
Couldn't agree more. It's a soft keyboard. How hard can it be? Just assign someone teh task of fixing this during their lunch-break. Job done.
This has bugged me since I first got an iPhone way back. I really thought it would have been sorted by now. So Scott couldn't see the problem but I'm amazed Jony has let this slide.
Think they're trying to make it more like OS X a bit? The cancel button on switch of reminds me a lot of os x mavericks. And i suppose they're trying to make everything the same, with less differences in things, but still not a big fan of the round accept and decline call buttons.
Otherwise, it looks good. Maybe Apple can start working on a black/dark theme as well...
Otherwise, it looks good. Maybe Apple can start working on a black/dark theme as well...
The real question should be: why there always are people speaking about Google in every thread on this forum ?
I'm starting to think the shift key is a mistake. It makes absolutely NO sense. I've already accidentally typed in caps at least 3-4 times in the 2 hours since I installed beta 3. I bet they walk this change back in beta 4.
First thing I thought of when seeing this was the story in Steve's biography about him hating power buttons and the fact that he didn't want Apple products to have one. Now we have a very distinct power button.