Yes I thought so too but then I realized it actually flickered with some changes and its normal again ... hmmm ... i suspect its not working the way they intend and should see it change across the whole UI by GM ... (Hoping!)
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iOS 7 -- straining your eyes?
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Yes I thought so too but then I realized it actually flickered with some changes and its normal again ... hmmm ... i suspect its not working the way they intend and should see it change across the whole UI by GM ... (Hoping!)
Posted in another thread on 17 June: One must be able to read the words!
Quoting an earlier post in that thread by Night Spring, I wrote what follows, and what seems to me to be of relevance to the very important question that this present thread is dealing with:
"I have chosen a rather banal or straightforward title to my post: But it IS so self-evident and IMPORTANT that I really hope that the designers and developers take it into account. That is, by making the icon lines and the letters themselves SO thin, there is a real danger regarding that many with sub-optimal vision will have problems with reading or seeing what is on the screen. And of course, one should not have to make a close reading or having to make strong attempts to see what is on an iPhone screen - it should and must be the other way around. So ant idea of fancy design in this regard MUST be secondary to function, or to how easy/difficult it is for the user to see what's there on the screen. The text MUST be readable in an easy way, so it must NOT be too thin or disturbed by shadowing effects, or whatever...
Night Spring has a very important point in his post. Of course, persons who have visually reduced capacity take care of that by glasses, or whatever, BUT the main and important point in connection with looking at a screen running iOS7 on iPhone is that when that measure is taken by the person, it should or rather MUST be easy to see what is written or drawn on the screen, that the lines are NOT too thin - and that the contrast between the text and background is good enough. This goes without saying! And there IS a real danger that some designers can develop a biased view on this matter, unfortunately.
Please take this into account when the final touch is being done on iOS 7!"
Please be overbearing regarding my copying my own post from about three weeks ago in another thread, because these issues are of greatest importance of how well the iOS 7 will work for the iPhone users on a daily basis, IMO. Any comments that can expand the common points of reference?
Quoting an earlier post in that thread by Night Spring, I wrote what follows, and what seems to me to be of relevance to the very important question that this present thread is dealing with:
"I have chosen a rather banal or straightforward title to my post: But it IS so self-evident and IMPORTANT that I really hope that the designers and developers take it into account. That is, by making the icon lines and the letters themselves SO thin, there is a real danger regarding that many with sub-optimal vision will have problems with reading or seeing what is on the screen. And of course, one should not have to make a close reading or having to make strong attempts to see what is on an iPhone screen - it should and must be the other way around. So ant idea of fancy design in this regard MUST be secondary to function, or to how easy/difficult it is for the user to see what's there on the screen. The text MUST be readable in an easy way, so it must NOT be too thin or disturbed by shadowing effects, or whatever...
Night Spring has a very important point in his post. Of course, persons who have visually reduced capacity take care of that by glasses, or whatever, BUT the main and important point in connection with looking at a screen running iOS7 on iPhone is that when that measure is taken by the person, it should or rather MUST be easy to see what is written or drawn on the screen, that the lines are NOT too thin - and that the contrast between the text and background is good enough. This goes without saying! And there IS a real danger that some designers can develop a biased view on this matter, unfortunately.
Please take this into account when the final touch is being done on iOS 7!"
Please be overbearing regarding my copying my own post from about three weeks ago in another thread, because these issues are of greatest importance of how well the iOS 7 will work for the iPhone users on a daily basis, IMO. Any comments that can expand the common points of reference?
Thank you for bringing this up, because I am one of those people with poor vision and easily strained eyes. iOS 6 is easy for me to look at and navigate.
When I watched the iOS 7 QT demo from Apple.com on my phone full screen, the difference in text readability compared to 6 is very clearly worse. I feel relief going back to looking at the 6 home screen. For older users this is a HUGE concern that should not be casually dismissed.