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iOS 7 Beta 5 Tidbits: Icon Settings Redesign, New Control Center Options
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Hands down the thing I would like to see in iOS is when you clear a text/notification from notification center it clears it/marks it as read inside the respective app.
I hate having to click through every email to mark them as read.
I hate having to click through every email to mark them as read.
Mikea0589 said:
Uh... Album view is under "More..." !
I think you can move the "Albums" icon to the bottom bar (for instance, replace the "Songs" icon). You guys obviously didn't play with the beta enough.
Exactly. I have been reading this whole thread and can't believe how far behind they are. This won't be out until 2014 at this rate. Most of what I have read is also not for the better.
In my opinnion they are trying various combination of design and listening beta testers, IT websites opinions and etc feedbacks. They can come back in beta 6 again with previous design and etc. They choose what the majority of iOS users wants that's all.
I guess you have turned on the option of "increase contrast" in the accessibility menu.
Turn it off, then the transparency will be back.
It is getting slightly better, but overall I think the UI is a train wreak. Its so bland, boring and has no life. I understand going minimal and flat, but they dialed it down 45% too much.
The original iOS and other minor refinements were created from a clean slate. Even if they didn't flip-flop, some of the concepts may already be outdated. They need to leap to the next level.
As long as they don't flip-flop on the design concepts, I think they should try different implementation ideas, and find the right balance between battery life, performance and usability.
Apple largely ignores what the customer wants. That's the reason people spin it by repeating the line about how brilliant Steve was by creating what people wanted before they knew they needed it.
I disagree. The last two betas are very polished and everything looks fresh and modern. The OS has life and motion, with all the translucency and animations.
It is surely a big departure from iOS 6 and I understand that people will have different opinions on the new design, since it is polarizing.
iOS 7 is not exactly flat. Only the icons are actually. It has depth and motion, so I cannot call it flat.
It has a simple, but very beautiful design. I tried to go back to iOS 6 a couple of weeks ago, and the difference is so big, I thought iOS 6 is outdated.
wrong. symbology and iconography are different beasts than skeuomorpism. all of which have their use cases.
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The translucent and transparent effects plus bland look may look too spaced out at first.
Use it for a while.
Before you know it, you'll find that the existing UIs (including Android and Windows) are too gaudy.
My original problem was that the text were too thin, it's much better now. If they keep refining this for usability, it should be good. The new color-coded Settings icons are great too.
Many of the existing apps and OS services are already more powerful (or more usable) in iOS7 than previous iOSes. Now they should hunt for the shortfalls, and any stuff they missed.
they haven't flip flopped -- it hasn't even been released yet. it's a beta and things often change during betas.
remind yourself. often.
the future is not limited to the past.
apple has the best selling and mot profitable handset in the world. I don't think they're going to sweat your lack of confidence...seems like they have things figured out pretty well on their own, don't you think?
Gudi said:
Must be daydreaming. XP and Gingerbread are way way outdated.
Many people use Windows because it's cheap or forced/trained by companies. Doesn't necessarily they are better. I switched from Mac to Windows, and then back. Not going back to Windows for the foreseeable future.
Majority have given up on Windows. They may give up on Android too because of malware. At least Windows is not fragmented.
Even Samsung is trying to create its own ecosystem instead of relying on the fragmented Android.
I agree, but the apps aren't really more powerful. Look at the calendar and contacts apps for example. Especially the calendar app is worse than before.
people don't spin it. design visionaries just work that way. here, some spin about Henry T. Ford:
"If Id asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster horse."
Does it ever occur to you that things you dislike may be liked by other people who also happen to be Apple customers??
Just to add to this - who knew they needed an iPad before the iPad came along?
If you want to know why Apple doesn't listen to people's opinions on design - it's because people will always be fixated on what we have now. We don't like change. Here's a good example - if Apple had asked for people's opinions on how to design the iPad before they released it, this story would be very different: http://gizmodo.com/5832749/what-tablets-looked-like-before-the-ipad-and-what-they-look-like-now (and they did that without any outside help).
I'd like to know how many people bitching in here are actually developers who are legitimately using the beta for testing their own apps. 0.1% maybe?
In what ways ? The new Calendar can show me the year view but the old one could not.
That's the wrong way to characterize it. Apple give what most people want. Then leave some room for 3rd party developers to specialize on their platform. That's why it has a vibrant developer community.
Companies like Microsoft and Google want the best app space for themselves. MS has MS Office and other enterprise services. No one else offer office apps. Google basically want every major app categories for themselves. That's why they bought the most popular apps. They didn't even want to let Apple have a full feature Maps app. So Apple kicked them out and started to build one themselves.
People like Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive have to push their vision through a large organization into the marketplace. They usually have to stay a few steps ahead of the consumers, and also be consistent.
They will listen to the customer needs, internalize them and then package the solution in their own way.
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not your scrolling.
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"If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster horse."
also, us phone geeks are not the target market. the millions and millions and millions of average users are.
Yes, I think we need a good balance and mix of different techniques. Even in iOS7, they can't run away from the camera icon.