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iOS 7 Concept Features Widgets, New Lock Screen, Mission Control and More
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The thing is we don't need radical, we need more refinements. A better mail app, better calendar app. Texting from anywhere. etc...
"Widget Mode" makes absolutely no sense to me. How is limiting the information to a smaller area of the screen useful or easier?
There are few things i like, being able to quickly turn off bluetooth,wifi etc fast is nice. I just wish their was a simple way to close all running apps...
The song sold me. Love that diddy. I would not mind those changes to actually be on iOS7, most of them are pretty cool. Just don't googlefy it and it'll rock.
why don't you read the post i was originally responding to about how the poster stated that "widgets are dumb and that info they show are limited".. before spewing out snarky comments. i simply responded with a counter and an example of why that statement is false.
some of you just shoot down the idea of having widgets because it's not in iOS.. so it can't be any good if Apple hasn't implemented it yet right? but if and once they do.. you all would be saying things differently.
How about a Safari addon that automagically hides the phrases "Steve would never have allowed this" and "Safari seems snappier"?
Well I think he is the only person in the world, so the product should revolve around him, and what he wants is what everyone wants, for he is the supreme dictator, hehe
It is just a concept...but I don't think it is that great...For starters - the alert popup for "quick reply" is essentially going back to the old iOS notification system. That and the view is just slightly not wide enough, so it looks crappy leaving a small border of app icons below it showing. Why not build the action into notifications themselves? Add a small "action" button to the corner of the screen when a notification slides in at the top of the screen, if the user hits it an app can launch a small quick action widget to reply to the notification. Although having an easier app switching gesture would negate the usefulness of a modal popup..I'd rather just open messages and switch back quickly after that (Without having to double click the home button.)
There are so many other UX issues with this:
1. Widgets - what is the real advantage? Music controls look nice, but you have to double tap..which on the iPhone 5 is going to be slower than just opening the app and hitting pause (If you have music playing it is probably already cached in memory, so there is no delay in opening the app.) You don't get the benefit of glancable information either - if I want to see the weather I still have to double tap the icon. Also I have to actually find the icon. If I am on page three I still have to swipe to get back. Putting widgets in NC makes much more sense as they are accessible from any device state.
2. Settings "slide-in" view. Sounds like a cool idea, until you realize it would be super easy to accidentally open it. No longer can you simply swipe through app pages. Instead you have to make sure you don't land on the settings icon.
3. Settings icons - the uniformity looks nice...but with a 9x9 grid of settings adding color to add distinction would not be a bad idea.
4. Shelf - A singular shared storage place for files sounds nice and I hope they implement it, but not like this. If anything they should be getting away from this style. Not to mention what happens when I have more than 9 items? A simple "Finder" app that can organize and open files (even with a QuickLook kind of preview built in) would be way better and more usable. Maybe it could use a tag based file organization system rather than hierarchal folders.
Some good idea, but missed the mark on many points.
There are so many other UX issues with this:
1. Widgets - what is the real advantage? Music controls look nice, but you have to double tap..which on the iPhone 5 is going to be slower than just opening the app and hitting pause (If you have music playing it is probably already cached in memory, so there is no delay in opening the app.) You don't get the benefit of glancable information either - if I want to see the weather I still have to double tap the icon. Also I have to actually find the icon. If I am on page three I still have to swipe to get back. Putting widgets in NC makes much more sense as they are accessible from any device state.
2. Settings "slide-in" view. Sounds like a cool idea, until you realize it would be super easy to accidentally open it. No longer can you simply swipe through app pages. Instead you have to make sure you don't land on the settings icon.
3. Settings icons - the uniformity looks nice...but with a 9x9 grid of settings adding color to add distinction would not be a bad idea.
4. Shelf - A singular shared storage place for files sounds nice and I hope they implement it, but not like this. If anything they should be getting away from this style. Not to mention what happens when I have more than 9 items? A simple "Finder" app that can organize and open files (even with a QuickLook kind of preview built in) would be way better and more usable. Maybe it could use a tag based file organization system rather than hierarchal folders.
Some good idea, but missed the mark on many points.
Wait, how do you open the quick info on an app? You swipe it? Sounds good, but I have to try it to decide.
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Some are, and some are not. Some stock apps like Mail run even if you close them in the app switch bar.
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Some are, and some are not. Some stock apps like Mail run even if you close them in the app switch bar.
i'm talking about now... you have double press the home button then hold an app for it jiggle then you have to go through and press on the red dot for all the apps...
The thing is Apple build features that are going to be used the most people, they don't get in too many niche features that would only used by a small group. This why I think Apple should make Cydia easier to install, but still not support it. So the people in a niche area can get the stuff they need without cluttering up the interface. Kind of an advance user mode...
I hope this does not end up being a change for change sake. I am worried about Ives as interface director. It is a completely different problem than hardware. The essential metaphor of MacOS has not changed in 20 years, changing iOS (which works wonderfully and has sold millions of devices) just for the sake of change and flashy is a real oppurtunity to stumble and make things worse. I don't understand people who feel it is outdated - it's an operating system. The important things are that it works well and makes great Apps easy. Of itself it does not need to do much more. Anyway - pushing Ives into software may be the fall if Ives. We may really miss Jobs gifts if the interfaces start to go sour.
Right that is a list of apps last used in the order of lasted used, not running apps...
Well then it is really unfair to use it as a tool for argument against someone then, don't you agree?
You shouldn't need to close all apps unless you're jailbroken and are doing something weird. It's not something you're supposed to worry about.
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At first I was thinking, don't complicate it, just keep it simple, but man, those are some nice ideas that I would really like to see on the iPhone.
Just let me turn wifi on and off with one button press.
It's little things like that, that irk me.
It's little things like that, that irk me.
I remember years ago right before the iPhone event there were all these rumors that the next iPod was going to have a touch screen scroll wheel. Everyone was really excited about this. It never occurred to anyone that a scroll wheel is totally unnecessary on a touchscreen.
I though of this when I saw the calendar widget. Because what I want is to have to take extra steps to see even less information.
I though of this when I saw the calendar widget. Because what I want is to have to take extra steps to see even less information.
