Wow, time has flew. I remember installing Beta 1, now its nearly over.
"Wow, time flew!" or "Wow, time has flown!"
I need to know when that update will be ready so I can coordinate my efforts to remind my mother and anyone else who is not into shiny but worse usability not to upgrade. If my mother updates her iPhone the next day I will be getting calls about why it looks funny, where she should be tapping, and how to just bring back the interface she is accomstomed to....
Worse usability?

You've not used it then, iOS 7 has much better functionality than iOS 6!
...Just tell her now that a big change is coming and not to update until you show it to her...then update yours first and show her how it works next time you see her after that...she can update while you are there and you can help her get used to it (or have her update night before)...personally, I find it works better, but, especially the older a person is, they don't like change...but, how did they change to the smart phone in the first place, right?
I like iOS 7 but they completely ruined the Music app, which was used to be one of the best mobile apps ever (not just for music). It was polished, intuitive and had a lot of functionality just one tap away. Now, not so much:
- Artist letter scroll is gone
- Album and artist view has huge album covers at each item, making it a scrolling festival
This makes navigating a lot more difficult.
I really wish they'd keep it iOS 6 style with an iOS 7 look.
The new Music app really is horrible. Far too much scrolling is necessary when you have artists with multiple albums on your device.
That must be the album tab. The artist tab has no letters.
These are all there, you just want it to be like the OLD...but I happen to like the NEW changes, Artists now shows you which album the tracks are associated with. Now you can just click on the shuffle button on the album (or scroll all the way to the top if one album) and SHUFFLE play all songs by the artist. ...You can always go to iTunes on your computer and make playlists if you want it organized differently.
Personally, I'd like to see Apple take this one step further...click on the Album icon here takes you to just that Album...then when you click on Shuffle it shuffle plays that album only.
I'll install ios 7 when it is golden master, if its release on 10 sept for developer
Then public release might be 2 weeks after so plenty time for me to check the apps compatibility.
Apps are currently being (and will be) updated to work with iOS 7. It just depends on how difficult it is for each developer to update their app...a few are already updated, many work without updating, some crash on startup or have bugs...these are the ones to wait for. If you have critical apps, check the list on this site before updating, there is a list created with each release of iOS 7 (go to Forums, iOS 7).
A general statement about iOS 7: I'm finding the more I use it, the more I like it, but, if you go into it with the attitude, "I want it to be like it was", you'll never like it, you need to let go of the past and be open to change, when you do, you find out how much better it is. (Apply this to anything in life.

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