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iOS 7 is lifeless, graphically feels like a step back
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I think it's actually faster now, once you get used to a swipe rather than a double-push.
To access music on iOS6: double-push home button, swipe to the left, tap music player icon.
On iOS7: swipe up, tap song/album name.
Seems faster now than it ever was before.
I agree with you, lock screen looks better, parallax, etc.. but who cares, I want to quickly see the time or date, I want it bold and easy to read on any background, I want my icons to not fade into the wallpaper. ios7 fails at this so far, ios 6 worked, it just worked.
And on the home screen....BRING BACK THE BLACK OUTLINE ON THE WHITE TEXT!
Many things in ios7 are now looks over usability, like the answer and call buttons. Now with one hand it is now harder to back up and change a number when dialing, they moved the back button to the top and made the call button too big.
There is so much to love with ios7, and sadly so much to hate, I HOPE! some of this will be weeded out in the beta before launch.
By modernizing, they seem to be going after that younger/hipster type market. Which is ok. But Apple went so overboard with the new UI that I could see a large number of older/professional types going with something else. I just don't see too many board room types showing of their my lil pony iOS to others at meetings etc. It may be a step towards modern, but its a step back from professional.
The answer and call buttons do suck. The icons are too small and what is with that slide to an sewer with text you can't see through the red background? Hate it.
That's one of my biggest gripes with the new UI as well. I really hope they fix it because it's simply hard to use.
I don't really like it either. The screen of the iPhone gives it so much opportunity, i'm surprised they picked such a basic UI.
I cannot understand some changes, like the signal bars now being circles.
I am keeping my iPhone 4S on iOS 5 for the time being.
I cannot understand some changes, like the signal bars now being circles.
I am keeping my iPhone 4S on iOS 5 for the time being.
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This seems far-fetched.
Furthermore, maybe the question to ask is: why would anyone want to copy iOS 7? Companies tried to copy iOS because it looked clean, professional and was very appealing to the end user.
It is yet to be determined whether this holds for iOS 7, especially since Google's design is starting to become really good (Gmail app on iOS looks better than ever).
This might also be a nice read: http://patrickbgibson.com/post/36041799210/apple-and-twitter
I thought the article was hilarious considering that iOS 7 seems more like every other os out there except iOS. I guess the idea is once you copy something, patent it so it can't be copied again lol.
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No.......what if he/she has a jailbreak? You can't update to iOS 6 or it's gone. And iOS 6 barely offers anything significantly better than iOS 5.
Think before you speak.
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Actually, iOS 6 was jailbreakable from 6.1 to 6.1.2, so if someone was keeping iOS 5 because they didn't want to give up the jailbreak, they would have updated then. One reason why people could keep iOS 5 is to have google map instead of Apple map -- yes, there is a google map app, but the iOS 5 version has more functionality.
Or, it could be a typo, and he meant to say he's staying on iOS 6.
Yep. I'm still on iOS 5(.1.1)
and actually I don't have jailbreak.
I didn't really find any features that I needed or wanted in iOS 6. And some things about iOS 5 I like more, such as the blue dialing pad, the not-changing menu bar colors, silver camera interface, no silly app store interface, etc... and google maps (I know there's an app now, but strangely enough, it doesn't bring up transportation routes that come on the default app). Overall, I just like iOS 5 more and the phone is as fast as when I got it.
Why stay on iOS 5?
Well why not? ... what does iOS 6 do significantly better?
I personally like the iOS 7 design, but when it comes down to it, will it really matter? How often are you on the home screen or using control center? I can say that for me, most of my time is spent in YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Safari, and some other third party/Apple made apps. When it boils down to it, I'm just trying to enjoy my content and not examining the interface.
They are all dated. They are designs from 2007 to 2010. I do less freelance now because I now work full time as a visual designer and website developer for an international company based in the town I live in. Those times were the height of Skeuomorphism, and I gave the clients what they wanted.
Back then I presented many clients with more flat designs, as I saw that style on the horizon. Most clients balked at the flat designs and wanted more "visual richness." Also, not being paid huge amounts of money for those icons and trying to make a living at this, I would only spend a certain amount of time on any 1 icon design.
I hope Apple fixes iOS 7 before it is released to the public. The thin fonts everywhere are the worst part about it, even Gruber agrees with Erik Spiekermann, the type expert. He says, in a new article, exactly what I said about those fonts here on MR over 2 weeks ago...they hard to read and this affects usability.
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