iOS 7 keyboard vs iOS 6 keyboard

[j4zb4]

This... It sometimes pops up when the iphone determines that a field can only be numeric; it decides for me.

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The iOS doesn't decide this... The website or the app developer decides what's the default for that field...

 

[The Highlander]

The FaceTime button is to video call. It asks you if you want to call or do FaceTimr audio-only.

It still adds to the clutter... no need to do facetime audio from there anyways.. .and if the user is not imessage enabled I don't see a point in offering to do such types of communications with the end user.

 

[C DM]

I get that keyboard in the app Notesy when entering a passcode.

That seems consistent since that would be an area where only numbers can be used and the app developer likely specified that.

 

[Seandroid]

It still adds to the clutter... no need to do facetime audio from there anyways.. .and if the user is not imessage enabled I don't see a point in offering to do such types of communications with the end user.

There are plenty of people that don't use iMessage that still use FaceTime.

 

[C DM]

There are plenty of people that don't use iMessage that still use FaceTime.

Out of curiosity what would be the reasoning for that? OS limitation of some sort, or something more than that?

 

[kockgunner]

yup, i feel a greater sense of visual feedback when using the pre-ios7 keyboard as well.

it is the same problem with the toolbar icons as well. i couldn't care less if they were bubbly or flat, but as of right now, you tap on a thin icon, and you will often get zero visual feedback of what you pressed.

in safari on the iPhone, try tapping the area between the bookmarks and tabs button. neither button will show any sort of down state, but it will randomly trigger one of the two. wasn't the one you intended? both have "done" buttons, but they are at OPPOSITE ENDS of the screen.

and apple knows that its a problem. in the initial ios7 release, changing the wallpaper on the iPad was ridiculous. when telling it to "set" the wallpaper, the iPad (presumably processing the wallpaper for parallaxing) would take up to 7 seconds, and of course the button you had pressed to set it gave NO feedback. so you just had to sit there and trust that the iPad was doing something. except sometimes the touch hadn't registered. and you were just sitting there. tellingly, in an update, apple added a message and spinning wheel.

feedback is useful and important, and iOS7 overall still gives a general feeling of disconnect and disorientation where previous versions had a sense of immediacy. its not a matter of aesthetics, you can like the new "look", but nobody's doing anyone a favour playing the "if it looks nice thats all that matters" card, because eventually you'll get bored again, and then you'll have a boring looking AND less functional experience.

I thought it was just me who preferred the iOS 6 keyboard. It feels more chunky and I feel like I'm actually pressing on the buttons. I liked the old larger key caps better as well

iOS 7.1 has a dark keyboard which kind of helps if for nothing else than just giving more contrast.

 

[sebastian...]

Most people think the ios 7 haters wanna cling to the past, to the chrome, reflection and textured surfaces. But actually that's not the problem. The problem is the lack of contrast in the new OS. If the new OS had better colors, and better functionality - I'm sure 99.9 % would have accepted it even without the skeuomorphic textures.

Here is the iOS 6 keyboard, "tweaked" in the iOS 7 direction (slightly exaggerated to prove a point)

and the keyboard comparison (found on the net)

 

[C DM]

Most people think the ios 7 haters wanna cling to the past, to the chrome, reflection and textured surfaces. But actually that's not the problem. The problem is the lack of contrast in the new OS. If the new OS had better colors, and better functionality - I'm sure 99.9 % would have accepted it even without the skeuomorphic textures.

Here is the iOS 6 keyboard, "tweaked" in the iOS 7 direction (slightly exaggerated to prove a point)

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and the keyboard comparison (found on the net)

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It looks like that is being worked on and improved in iOS 7.1.