iOS 7 Beta 4 Tidbits: Lockscreen Redesign, Notification Center Improvements and New Search Options

[latts]

Have they done anything about the "Tex......." instead of "Text" when there's no enough space? Not a great example but sure you get my drift.

You can see this in a lot of the 3rd party apps, i know they'll need updating but it looks really poor and means apps don't work without tweaks!

 

[BC2009]

I love it when a plan comes together.

 

[fredf]

I like candy

Unfortunately, most of what I'm seeing is just that...eye candy.

How about getting with the times and doing what Blackberry and now Android have done with the swipe to the right to show open apps.

And how about some real multifunctioning.

Let's have more Blackberry functionality.

 

[Michael Jordan]

I was (still am) secretly hoping for a significant change in the app icons but I think we can forget that now. I'm not entirely sure about the '>' in the Lock Screen. It doesn't look all that great. Really curious when the Golden Master comes out. If it's changes and UI are radically different. Still having a hard time finding my way through the iOS 7 ui in terms of things are still unclear here and there.

 

[Gjwilly]

"Shuffle All Songs" is now finally available.

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Dude!
MP3Tag please!
PLEASE!

 

[slicecom]

They need to add a little shadow like what Google did to their IOS apps.

That looks awful. Those icons were designed for the old icon shape.

 

[jrswizzle]

That was fixed in Beta 3 for most people

Holy crap you're right.....I obviously haven't opened my music app in a while! lol

 

[egorka]

Another Change

Another change I noticed - The stopwatch works better now, does not automatically try to use the dynamic font size with every millisecond.

 

[skestes]

?

How are the Music controls? Are they too long and as such show up like "N...ing" for "Now Playing"?

I'm at work and can't DL yet. Would love for someone to post screenshots of the music app.

Repeat Song and Repeat Playlist are now highlighted when those modes are active.

 

[Sl33pyD]

My EarPods won't skip tracks since the upgrade, though everything else feels a lot smoother and better!

 

[Seandroid]

I'm mildly disappointed the "Search" text is still centred, but otherwise happy.

 

[elev8d]

Hm. The minor gradient tweak to the Safari icon seems to imply that this icon is staying as it is now. I doubt they'd tweak it if a new icon was forthcoming.

That was really the only icon I was hoping they would change. Well maybe the camera icon too.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I'm not entirely sure about the '>' in the Lock Screen. It doesn't look all that great.

I really prefer the NC and Control Center chevrons over the bars but I can see why they made the change with the new slide to unlock arrow.

 

[QuarterSwede]

The Dictionary doesn't seem to be working for me.

You're right, it's not BUT this is a nice possibility. Ex. I'd LOVE to add the Webster dictionary as a comparison to the Oxford.

 

[BryanDWilkes]

MESSAGES Update is going to cause ISSUES

The update to the messages app show the first name and the first initial of the last name.

In my contacts, I have:
Eric Wood
Eric Williams

If the messages app reduces the name of both to "Eric W" how am I supposed to tell who I am talking to easily. I think this update needs to be reverted, like "NOW" because that is going to cause a lot of issues.

 

[Penfold2711]

Facebook

I'm having problems with Facebook app crashing can anyone else confirm or is it just me

 

[starpuma]

My twitter app doesn't seem to be working after this update. Anybody else having the same issue?

 

[Grohowiak]

This looks so vanilla android it's almost funny!

 

[QuarterSwede]

The update to the messages app show the first name and the first initial of the last name.

In my contacts, I have:
Eric Wood
Eric Williams

If the messages app reduces the name of both to "Eric W" how am I supposed to tell who I am talking to easily. I think this update needs to be reverted, like "NOW" because that is going to cause a lot of issues.

I'm surprised there isn't a contact pictures next to the name. It would help specify and break up all the text.

 

[starpuma]

The update to the messages app show the first name and the first initial of the last name.

In my contacts, I have:
Eric Wood
Eric Williams

If the messages app reduces the name of both to "Eric W" how am I supposed to tell who I am talking to easily. I think this update needs to be reverted, like "NOW" because that is going to cause a lot of issues.

You can change the display name in settings

 

[jclardy]

Finally, simple Apple TV setup. Typing in wifi passwords with the apple remote was a pain.

I just tried the Google Chromecast today, and their setup was dead simple - plug in, open app on your phone, type in wifi password (on phone) and that is it.

 

[sesnir]

The update to the messages app show the first name and the first initial of the last name.

In my contacts, I have:
Eric Wood
Eric Williams

If the messages app reduces the name of both to "Eric W" how am I supposed to tell who I am talking to easily. I think this update needs to be reverted, like "NOW" because that is going to cause a lot of issues.

It doesn't shorten it on the main message list, just when you're in the conversation. If in doubt, just tap the "contact" button and it will show you the full name and info. It's not that big of a deal.

 

[latts]

Safari and text

One thing I don't like is in Safari you now have to tap twice to go to the top of the page. Once at the top to get the URL bar and then again to get the page to move to the top. Some things haven't been thought out right.

Also I'm not convinced about the transparency which is evident when you have text floating like in the camera app when you have the filters on. The text denoting the filter changes between black and white depending on the colour of the pixel behind. However in some instances they have had to put a black "cloud" behind to highlight the white text enough. Very half-ars*d if you ask me. Again just doesn't seem thought out. If they'd used another transparent layer for example like that which is used for HDR, Flash etc they would have avoided this swapping colours and that awful cloud!

 

[icolove]

It's just bad, bad, bad.

 

[latts]

Have they done anything about the "Tex......." instead of "Text" when there's no enough space? Not a great example but sure you get my drift.

You can see this in a lot of the 3rd party apps, i know they'll need updating but it looks really poor and means apps don't work without tweaks!

I see they have, Facebook at least no longer has those .....s