There hasn't been anything that exciting in iOS 6.1 for the dev builds and its now like version 3.
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iOS 7 - revamped or polished again?
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There hasn't been anything that exciting in iOS 6.1 for the dev builds and its now like version 3.
Agreed. While I'm content with my iPhone 5 (love the sexy design and the apps are great), I believe Android has a far more intuitive and rewarding UI. In my opinion, it's much more visually pleasing and there's actual updates in every new release of Android (iOS 6 was a joke).
It will be a minor tweak, with new APIs for programmers.
If you're hoping for a major UI overhaul you'll be disappointed. The UI is done as far as apple is concerned.
If you're hoping for a major UI overhaul you'll be disappointed. The UI is done as far as apple is concerned.
I am not convinced that is true, they are starting to get grumbles about the OS getting stale from even the most loyal of fans such as The Verge. This is not Steve Jobs Apple, this is Tim Cooks Apple who responds to market demands such as increased screen size and iPad mini.
I've b een the most patient son of a bitch out there. I knew I shouldn't have updated to 6.0 but god damnit they made such a big deal about the maps that it was so hard to say no. I know better now. When I'm up for an upgrade, if there's no JB i'm jumping to Android. That Note II looks delicious. I heard the SG IV is coming out in February too... glad there's options out there...
Tim Cook would not have put Jony Ive in charge of software UI (or look and feel as he says) if all we were getting going forward was minor tweaks. You don't need a head of Human Interface to push through minor tweaks.
I believe they will change the way some stock apps look, add a quick toggle feature or a quick reply or maybe both lol, and maybe jony ive will introduce themes. In a perfect world :/ they pretty much have to to stay in the game. It won't destroy iOS's simplicity.
Guess it depends on someone's definition of what a revamp encompasses. For me, I'd like a UI that let's me navigate settings and notifications much faster. As has been mentioned countless times, a quick reply option for iMessage/texts that doesn't force you out of the current app is almost a must at this point.
Other considerations: there are too many levels of menus to drill down in settings. This could be drastically improved with immediate access to commonly used settings maybe by a section at the top.
Finally, we need more control over notifications across devices. If I'm on my iPad, I don't need my other devices letting me know I have a new message or the score of a football game. Give me a way to temp disable them on my other devices.
Other considerations: there are too many levels of menus to drill down in settings. This could be drastically improved with immediate access to commonly used settings maybe by a section at the top.
Finally, we need more control over notifications across devices. If I'm on my iPad, I don't need my other devices letting me know I have a new message or the score of a football game. Give me a way to temp disable them on my other devices.
In the past month I've seen Rdio, almost all Google apps, Dropbox and Xbox Smartglass kill iOS in UI design. Apple desperately needs to shake things up in my opinion. The UI color gradients are tacky. I love the functionality of iOS but the two items I want to see in 7 are the ability to change the default apps and a new UI. For me those two features would totally cover what I'm looking for.
Get serious people
I don't think many of you understand the life cycle of an OS. OSX has been on the market for over 10 years now and has largely been the same outside of improvements made here and there. iOS has been on the market for a little over five years and the icon based OS has (again) largely remained the same. Outside of small tweaks and changes it will again remain the same icon based springboard we know it as today when iOS 7 is introduced.
Irregardless of the recent change in Apple's Organizational Chart, iOS won't be seeing a full 360 change in look and feel next year. I am so sure of this I will bet anyone (who is a gambler here?) a new iPhone 5s 16GB (contract priced) that iOS 7 will see a small feature set of changes and maybe one or two new stock app additions or small changes in the current list of stock app functionality.
Remember the next iPhone is going to look almost exactly like the iPhone 5. Why would they revamp the entire OS for a hardware spec upgrade offering? And why would they change gears and overhaul the thing that continues to break record sales year after year and is as simple as it gets for mobile software?
Changing a phone OS may be your answer to giving your life meaning. To a business changing something that continues to sell big, just to change it, is not an answer, however bored a small fraction of the customer base may be with the look and feel of an OS.
I don't think many of you understand the life cycle of an OS. OSX has been on the market for over 10 years now and has largely been the same outside of improvements made here and there. iOS has been on the market for a little over five years and the icon based OS has (again) largely remained the same. Outside of small tweaks and changes it will again remain the same icon based springboard we know it as today when iOS 7 is introduced.
Irregardless of the recent change in Apple's Organizational Chart, iOS won't be seeing a full 360 change in look and feel next year. I am so sure of this I will bet anyone (who is a gambler here?) a new iPhone 5s 16GB (contract priced) that iOS 7 will see a small feature set of changes and maybe one or two new stock app additions or small changes in the current list of stock app functionality.
Remember the next iPhone is going to look almost exactly like the iPhone 5. Why would they revamp the entire OS for a hardware spec upgrade offering? And why would they change gears and overhaul the thing that continues to break record sales year after year and is as simple as it gets for mobile software?
Changing a phone OS may be your answer to giving your life meaning. To a business changing something that continues to sell big, just to change it, is not an answer, however bored a small fraction of the customer base may be with the look and feel of an OS.
A unified UI across mac, iphone and ipad. I think that's what Ive's is in charge of now. It would be great to be able to have touch gesture recorded for screen recording purposes too! My #1 request.
I'd like to see "widgets" in Notification Center. Not sure about the home screen, though. "Live tiles" would be cool for some stock apps, but if that option was given to developers, how annoying would the home screen look with some free apps? Quick SMS reply is a no-brainer. Other than that, I'd prefer more polish than a complete UI revamp. iOS doesn't need to be more like Android when there is already Android.
So when Tim Cook says Ive will be responsible for the look and feel of the software he's referring only to apps? Somehow I doubt that.
Completely agree with you. Why would Apple want to revamp it's iOS? Everything is so simple and just works. Everytime I do something that my wife's phone cannot do I just say to her, this is an iPhone not and HTC.
I am just waiting for Safari extensions...Ad Blocker and 1Password in particular.
Also, toggles for Wifi, Bluetooth, etc. in the notification pull down would be nice.
While I am at it, why not give users the options to set default applications to something other than Apple's apps?
Also, toggles for Wifi, Bluetooth, etc. in the notification pull down would be nice.
While I am at it, why not give users the options to set default applications to something other than Apple's apps?
I don't know if you can call it a revamp, but I'm sure Jony Ive will put his touch on iOS7. That will be the first major iOS release under his leadership, and I'm sure he'll want it to be special.
It'll be interesting to see exactly how much of the current iOS strategy has been Apple, and how much of it has been Forstall being stubborn.
It'll be interesting to see exactly how much of the current iOS strategy has been Apple, and how much of it has been Forstall being stubborn.