iOS 7 Beta 5 Tidbits: Icon Settings Redesign, New Control Center Options

[HKZ/MST3K]

I like Apple's new design and find it adds to a better overall user experience.

I too am an Apple customer who's opinion is valid.

What are we going to do now?

Have a disagree,net about design, not tell people to **** or GTFO when they have a criticism. I think those two issues need to be addressed, but that doesn't mean they are invalid opinions. I like the rest of iOS and think its pretty good overall and an improvement over iOS 6, but there's a whole lot of idiotic occultism around Apple and a real **** attitude on any criticism pointed their way no matter how small it is.

Besides, the person that so ridiculously told me to shut up doesn't realize that me saying "I" so much perfectly melds with the new philosophy Apple is going with in iOS 7. They are talking about getting clutter away from the OS so I as the customer can have a better experience. Talk about missing the forest for the trees. It was a simple wish to improve the UI/UX, not a ridiculous and illogical rant on Apple as a company, a design firm, or on an ethical level. It was simply a comment on how I as the customer they made the design changes for sees things that need improving. 95% of the people here need to chill out, a criticism isn't a personal attack on the company.

 

[Am3r1ca16]

So... is it possible there will be black and white version of iOS 7 (depending on the color of your device)? It has begun with the boot screen, some guy had a black keyboard on his black iPad Mini. The black version could look similar to this:

that black keyboard looks nice. they should give us the option at least to pick which keyboard to use.

 

[0ptix]

working, manageable dictionaries - nice to see!

Wish it would work for me...

 

[iRetired]

New on/off labels option under accessibility.

But it doesn't work on my 4S.

 

[bigpoppamac31]

I'm also on Mountain Lion - it's called SideEffects. Not affiliated with their site or their software, but that was driving me crazy too, until I managed to find this little gem =)

Sweet. Thanks. I wonder if Apple will reinstate coloured Finder icons in Mavericks.

 

[saurioluis]

Wrong!

Am I the only one that prefers the older more minimalistic colors and looks? I mean, the problem I have with ios6 is that is like it was designed with whatever idea they had in mind, and then sort of kept adding things like game center, with al missmatching colors to, at the end, make the whole experience a bit... like if there weren't anyone with the job of bringing harmony to your homescreens. With the changes I see beta after beta, and I know I'm exagerating, it's starting to remember me that, I know the problems beta 1 had, I suffered them no problem because all looked very good together, and things like putting colors in the settings is messing with it, specially when you have to get into the settings a few times a day; the blue drawings seemed to me more friendly to look at, but let's face it, that's not idiotproof design, people need shiny colors to press WIFI instead of airplane mode or bluetooth...

 

[576316]

Really excited for iOS 7 and the next iPhone. Every screenshot of iOS 7 makes it feel so brand new and brilliantly exciting! Bring on September, going to be such a good month for Apple fans.

 

[jehrler]

Wish it would work for me...

Click on manage in the bottom left and choose the dictionaries you want.

 

[Am3r1ca16]

Am I the only one that prefers the older more minimalistic colors and looks? I mean, the problem I have with ios6 is that is like it was designed with whatever idea they had in mind, and then sort of kept adding things like game center, with al missmatching colors to, at the end, make the whole experience a bit... like if there weren't anyone with the job of bringing harmony to your homescreens. With the changes I see beta after beta, and I know I'm exagerating, it's starting to remember me that, I know the problems beta 1 had, I suffered them no problem because all looked very good together, and things like putting colors in the settings is messing with it, specially when you have to get into the settings a few times a day; the blue drawings seemed to me more friendly to look at, but let's face it, that's not idiotproof design, people need shiny colors to press WIFI instead of airplane mode or bluetooth...

Yes you're the only one as you can see one else is whining about how iOS 7 looks.

 

[e-coli]

I was really hoping the camera and photos icons would be redesigned. One is clunky and the other is arcane.

 

[Brian Y]

I'm sorry, it must be my fault as the customer for voicing my opinion about design flaws. I didn't realize that I was supposed to be perfectly happy with whatever Apple makes and see no design flaws. Actually read what I wrote instead of taking personal offense that I've seen some design changes that aren't good, thoughtful design that needs to be changed as an improvement rather than a change for changes sake. I'm a customer of Apple's so my opinion is valid and by no means does it require that I become a majority shareholder of theirs to voice that opinion. See the step back they've taken with their new folder UI changes and how it affects both UI design and user experience. Both the folder function and dock blurriness is a step back to me as a customer and maybe you need to quit thinking you and Apple are the only ones that matter when it comes to design. If you like that design, great. Apple is not and never will be perfect or immune from making bad decisions.

First off - it's not a design flaw. It's you not liking the design. You not liking it doesn't make it a flaw.

Second - No need to be rude to him. I always find it ironic when people shout at people when they voice an opinion of your opinion. You're allowed an opinion, so is he.

Thirdly - I hate to say it, but Apple doesn't give two ****s what you, I, or anybody else thinks about the design. Since when has Apple EVER consulted anyone about the design of something? The beta has been released for one reason and one reason only - to test applications that you develop against the API changes. That's it. If they wanted people to critique the design, they'd ask them to! No point getting so worked up over something you have no control over. Don't like iOS 7? Don't upgrade in the fall.

 

[Thescoot]

AirDrop Working?

Does AirDrop work yet? I can not find the icon anywhere on the iPad

 

[JPSaltzman]

Toggled on.

This must be extremely difficult to read/decipher for people who actually have "accessibility" issues. The type is still too light (bolder, please), and the arrows need beefing up. Get a clue, Apple designers: this part is NOT FOR YOU. It's for people who have a hard time reading/seeing.

 

[Lucleonhart]

Finally!
Beta5 Photos App displays plain photos on the map if you touch the heading of a collection instead of pins with the foto count. Pretty ugly but it is finally possible to CLICK on them and you see the fotos from that position.
Was broken since beta1.

 

[htpw16]

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not. I have a Verizon iPhone 5 using T-Mobile's network. Where I live I can only get Edge for cellular data, as expected due to hardware limitations. However today after updating to beta 5 I head outside to do a few errands and to my surprise I see a 4G connection. Could there have been a software patch to enable this during certain situations?

 

[Thescoot]

Swipe Left to Delete?

Still confused why they changed swipe to delete from left to right to right to left everywhere. Now it is going to be different in third party apps and be frustrating and confusing. Plus you finger is far away from the delete button at that point.

 

[Rogifan]

This. I can't believe the amount of hostility on this thread. I know I should be used to it on MacRumors by now, but my word people.

Just wait until the new phones come out. Take this x 100.

 

[XTOTHEL]

Unlocking with passcode: Locking the phone via lock button plays a sound. Unlocking does not.

 

[WilliamG]

Still the same unreadable neon green menu bar when in a call.. yuck...

 

[poppy10]

Urgh. They are destroying the clean consistent refreshing look that was one of the good points about iOS 7. What's with the random coloured background for the icons - why is cellular green, wifi and bluetooth blue, Airplane mode orange, Do Not Disturb purple?

 

[The Doop]

Music App now allows for downloading of all songs by an artist. Previously only an album at a time could be set to download.

 

[whocaresit]

Urgh. They are destroying the clean consistent refreshing look that was one of the good points about iOS 7. What's with the random coloured background for the icons - why is cellular green, wifi and bluetooth blue, Airplane mode orange, Do Not Disturb purple?

I like it A LOT. Hated the old monochrome blue color in settings.
SO MUCH BETTER!

 

[TheMarc]

The settings icons are much better now. Having them all blue made it to hard to easily distinguish which was which. They almost melded into each other. This is a great change!

So you guys are the reason why we can't get that nice, simple, clean design?
The settings really are that hard to distinguish? Reading the text takes 0.2 seconds.

I LOVE the previous design. I hope Apple sticks with it.

 

[DocFandan]

if you try to define a word, it works as in ios 7 beta 4, but now you can hit manage in the bottom left and it lets you download a dictionary of your choice

 

[Stack Overflow]

OK, agreed. But I, and would assume, most people, tend to have the most used apps on the 1st screen. That's where we spend most of the time. On top of that you can push the home button to go to the 1st page...

Exactly. You generally don't need to Spotlight the apps on your first home screen.

I prefer the new Spotlight in iOS 7 manyfold over the Spotlight in prior versions.