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iOS 7 Concept Features Widgets, New Lock Screen, Mission Control and More
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I use widgets on my Macs AND on my android. Why open the whole app, when I can glance at the screen? You think they're dumb, but I think it's dumb NOT to have them. Heck, that's what I use Geektool for on my desktops as well... so I can move my eyeballs and get the info I want without touching a thing.
When Apple finally releases new Mac Pros I'm gonna write "Slow news day?" in the comments just to be cool.
You might get your wish. I bet they remove all shiny stuff in iOS 7 since it's rumoured they go with a more flat and 'not texture rich' design. Heck, why not go all squares and black and white.
So is swiping the alert an having the current iOS open it in messages.
Wanna see your day, ask Siri to show it to you. Or about the weather. You can double tap the home button when you are on the lock screen and the music controls pop up.
And so on.
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That has nothing about what you claim Jony said. And their source an WSJ article full of unnamed folks allegedly 'close to the matter'
I doubt you will find an article that says any of because Jony likely never did and folks are projecting based off his comments about how he's not a fan of the overuse of skeuromorphic elements
If iOS did half this stuff I'd be using an iPhone still. While I'm sure iOS 7 won't do all this, there is a chance for Apple to at least incorporate some similar ideas. If iOS 7 isn't the version to really start the change, I don't think iOS will ever really evolve much. I look forward to see what Apple has in store though, even if it is "running late" which means nothing considering the "release schedules" are pretty much a 4 month window.
And to the haters, the best thing about features like this would be that you wouldn't have to use them if you didn't want to. Win/Win.
And to the haters, the best thing about features like this would be that you wouldn't have to use them if you didn't want to. Win/Win.
The only feature I thought was a terrible idea was the quick reply from the lock screen. If you get your phone stolen, you really don't want some creepy bastard texting people who happen to send a message to your phone after the theft.
Everything else looks pretty cool.
Notification profiles
I want notification profiles - badly! What are they? Say I only want to receive notifications from 3 apps while running - I don't want to use the do not disturb feature and turn off all push notices, nor do i want to spend 10 minutes turning off each app's push notice. Instead I want to create a profile that is setup in Preferences and enables me to have certain apps sent push notices while others don't.
Eg: during a run, I want to get iMessages, Runkeeper Live notices, and AP Breaking news notices. I don't want phone calls, new e.mail notices, AppShopper wishlist notices, etc, etc.
Would that not be a useful feature? Define profiles that enable a limited group of apps to penetrate the Do Not Disturb feature. I know I'd find it useful.
I want notification profiles - badly! What are they? Say I only want to receive notifications from 3 apps while running - I don't want to use the do not disturb feature and turn off all push notices, nor do i want to spend 10 minutes turning off each app's push notice. Instead I want to create a profile that is setup in Preferences and enables me to have certain apps sent push notices while others don't.
Eg: during a run, I want to get iMessages, Runkeeper Live notices, and AP Breaking news notices. I don't want phone calls, new e.mail notices, AppShopper wishlist notices, etc, etc.
Would that not be a useful feature? Define profiles that enable a limited group of apps to penetrate the Do Not Disturb feature. I know I'd find it useful.
My comment was based on the article at the beginning of this thread. Widget mode was mentioned. Perhaps nothing mentioned in the article will be added to iOS. Anything is possible. I think this site is called MacRumors.
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Looking good
Looks nice., but the "tap to expand" like they did for NewStand, could have been easily done without a makeover.
The new lock screen looks good with quick access to WiFI etc.....
Now it looks more like Anroid, where you just tap them. Apples telling us Apple users something here.
Don't get me started on the Settings section.... I hate it...... Its now looks too basic, like the old samsung phones with icons to tap all on one screen.
Seems everything, other than the kitchen sink, is now progressively becoming available directly from the lock screen, to the extent, we'll probably be able to do open Safari from the lock screen too, (which will probably eventually migrate out.) which is either bad, or good..
Apple obviously feel so confident with themselves, they can pull this off without fear of security.... But this only, enables hacking more..
I'm all for the quick access to one app from the lock screen, but what it goes too far, we won't even need to unlock out phones ever... ?
This would scare me. Thats what a lock screen is for, and Apple adding "quick access" stuff, which will probably grow, its no longer security any longer since you will soon be able to make phone calls directly via the lock screen
All of a sudden, Apple will set themselves sup for another lawsuit on their hands.
BTw: oh yea.. IOS 7 will be jailbroken , no different than any other version is.
Looks nice., but the "tap to expand" like they did for NewStand, could have been easily done without a makeover.
The new lock screen looks good with quick access to WiFI etc.....
Now it looks more like Anroid, where you just tap them.
Apples telling us Apple users something here.Don't get me started on the Settings section.... I hate it...... Its now looks too basic, like the old samsung phones with icons to tap all on one screen.
Seems everything, other than the kitchen sink, is now progressively becoming available directly from the lock screen, to the extent, we'll probably be able to do open Safari from the lock screen too, (which will probably eventually migrate out.) which is either bad, or good..
Apple obviously feel so confident with themselves, they can pull this off without fear of security.... But this only, enables hacking more..
I'm all for the quick access to one app from the lock screen, but what it goes too far, we won't even need to unlock out phones ever... ?
This would scare me. Thats what a lock screen is for, and Apple adding "quick access" stuff, which will probably grow, its no longer security any longer since you will soon be able to make phone calls directly via the lock screen
All of a sudden, Apple will set themselves sup for another lawsuit on their hands.
BTw: oh yea.. IOS 7 will be jailbroken , no different than any other version is.
Sort of like the two places you have to go to set DND or the two places to toggle iTunes Match?
It's interesting to see what they choose to make easy and accessible versus buried and unintuitive.
I think that most people would like an option to turn on/off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in one step, directly from the Status bar, instead of the 4 or 5 steps it takes now with Home screen>Settings>General>Bluetooth>ON/OFF and Home screen>Settings>Wi-Fi>ON/OFF.
I go through these steps several times a day (I only use Wi-Fi in specific places and I only use Bluetooth with my headphones) and it's a pain in the rear. I know, I know, First World Problem.
If the preference screen were made to iOS 5 or so, I wouldn't have switched to Android for chris sake.
However that concept video made the iOS 7 looks 99% Android alike to be honest. Thus what Apple has to do eventually is to follow their competitor?
However that concept video made the iOS 7 looks 99% Android alike to be honest. Thus what Apple has to do eventually is to follow their competitor?
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You've summed it up quite accurately. Apple is like a religion to the masses that worshipped Steve. The new spaceship building, their temple. Just look at how many say his "vision" should be built no matter how high the cost overruns.
If one looks into the archieves here you'll find literally thousands of posts (prior to the emergence of the iPad mini) declaring a smaller 7" iPad would be completely irrelevant, a total failure.
One that would never be built. One they would never buy. One that Steve said Apple would never build.
This hypocrisy rich environment never ceases to amaze & entertain
Interesting concept. Few problems though, like the double taping the icons couldn't work, it would need to be a gesture of sorts.
If there is going to be that much stuff on the lock screen, we will need a second lock screen in-front of it, to prevent accidentally putting your phone in airplane mode.
Those widgets also seem useless, why would I want a music "widget" to open in one 5th of the screen instead of the whole screen? Widgets are only useful if they stay open permanently, with no way to expand/collapse them.
As a software developer with a passion for UI design, pretty much everything in this looks like a bad idea. They would all make the system less usable, instead of more usable.
Those widgets also seem useless, why would I want a music "widget" to open in one 5th of the screen instead of the whole screen? Widgets are only useful if they stay open permanently, with no way to expand/collapse them.
As a software developer with a passion for UI design, pretty much everything in this looks like a bad idea. They would all make the system less usable, instead of more usable.