why are there the unnecessary visual effects?
one of the major differences between apple's stuff and everyone else's was
that apple did not necessarily added visual/UI attractions, just because they could do it, or the hardware was capable doing it.
those ridiculous attempts with the folding glass effects on the home screen in ICS, it just could not cope with the cuteness of elastic scrolling. it wasn't necessary either, however it really felt "natural". so was music app's tiny little polished aluminium volume control. (look, we can do this, but we won't do this everywhere. we hide our perfection in the details. kinda easter egg, you gotta look for it)
now they have the same useless "animated" background/lockscreen.
i was laughing as i heard some former android users whining about the
inability of using animated wallpapers after switching to iPhone. man, i
thought to myself, what a bunch of hypocrites, and now Sir John gives it straight into my face.
i really love the features. honestly, i even love the design of compass too, although i never used it more than 2-3 times since it has been introduced.
but the icons of Safari, Settings and them bold white icon borders are freaking me out.
say, maps was half baked or siri was half baked at the time of introduction.
then what should i say to this icon-madness? the eye-burning all whites?
i loved ios6's toggle switches. it felt like the real deal. now there is the ipod shuffle's plasticised lock switch design.
although the control centre's idea is great, i don't really like the dimmed/bolded "touch" toggles, cause it may be hard to see in bright areas. i know, and i understand, that they needed the space to fit all those controls into the half of the screen.
at least iOS and OSX L/ML had some sort of common visual experience. with ios7 on the horizon this is gone.
