iOS 8... please restore iOS 6 look and signal bars

[C DM]

Lol, don't let yourself get carried away....

The hyperbole is hilarious. I've been using it for months - still have 20/20 vision. Nothing about this is "blinding" or "cotton candy".

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You're free to live in 2011 for as long as you want. The rest of us will move on and enjoy the added features, better performance and sleeker look.

Better performance is questionable since depending on the device and personal experience there are certainly many out there that would argue their device performed better with iOS 6, for example. Sleeker look is purely subjective and different for everyone, so that's pretty much a moot point as some will see it as better and others won't, and there's nothing to say that it's one way or another on any objective level.

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My single most wanted thing for iOS8 would be the re-introduction of buttons. As a developer, I have _never_ had a client who wanted their app's buttons to look like Web 1.0 HTML links. And that's a fairly vocal majority. No-one wants buttons to look like links did when the web looked crap.

As for the rest of it, I've had plenty of time to get used to it and when I do use pre-7 now it feels somewhat... heavy?

But it's the cool new thing to do to get rid of useful usability elements in the name of "sleek" "new" looks.

 

[kaielement]

Before iOS 7 everyone whined and complained that Apple needed a new UI. I was not among one of those complainers because I liked it just as it was. Now they have changed it and those same people are not happy. I was always for under the hood changes but keeping the same look because it worked.

They can keep some of the iOS 7 look in 8, but just more texture to stuff. That's what I'm talking about. Oh and they can restore the old keyboard and animated too.

Please no. iOS 6 is ugly and from 2007. It was nice back in its day but not anymore.

Need we say more?

 

[parajba]

I own an iPhone 4 and although I liked the look and feel of iOS7 I resisted upgrading from iOS6 because of the known performance issues.

After having read that iOS7.1.1 was actually quite quick and snappy even on my iPhone 4 I have in and installed.

Here's my summary:

1) iOS is FASTER than iOS6 on my iPhone 4 (!). Feels snappier and smoother. Don't know what magazines and websites are bragging about.

2) iOS has some very cool functionality that I couldn't do without now.

3) iOS7.1.1 drains the battery quicker than iOS6. Perhaps it's the increased speed or many additional options (I disabled almost all fancy stuff in case you were wondering). For me I'm happy with this compromise as iOS is generally better than iOS6.

Enjoy it, it's really cool.

 

[C DM]

I own an iPhone 4 and although I liked the look and feel of iOS7 I resisted upgrading from iOS6 because of the known performance issues.

After having read that iOS7.1.1 was actually quite quick and snappy even on my iPhone 4 I have in and installed.

Here's my summary:

1) iOS is FASTER than iOS6 on my iPhone 4 (!). Feels snappier and smoother. Don't know what magazines and websites are bragging about.

2) iOS has some very cool functionality that I couldn't do without now.

3) iOS7.1.1 drains the battery quicker than iOS6. Perhaps it's the increased speed or many additional options (I disabled almost all fancy stuff in case you were wondering). For me I'm happy with this compromise as iOS is generally better than iOS6.

Enjoy it, it's really cool.

Great...for you at least.

 

[teknikal90]

I hate iOS 7. I refused to upgrade my iPad 3 to that garbage. I have read numerous complaints on iOS 7. I am hoping beyond hope that Apple restores the look and feel that iOS 6 had. Better yet, bring back the guy that was fired. He knew his ****. I also cannot stand that iOS 7 uses dots for the signal bar. I have and never will accept this. Anyone else hoping that iOS 8 restores the classic iphone look? I wish iOS 6 was available for the iphone 5S with all its features. UGH.

youre like the old crew that used to say real Macs are Power PC, not Intel. Eventually everyone gets over it and caves

At the end of the day, its not that big of a deal and iOS 7 brings massive improvements to your phone. Adapt.

 

[C DM]

youre like the old crew that used to say real Macs are Power PC, not Intel. Eventually everyone gets over it and caves

At the end of the day, its not that big of a deal and iOS 7 brings massive improvements to your phone. Adapt.

Yeah, because people shouldn't have personal choice about what works for them and what they like/want.

 

[parajba]

Yeah, because people shouldn't have personal choice about what works for them and what they like/want.

You have a choice. Don't buy it or move on.

 

[C DM]

You have a choice. Don't buy it or move on.

What? People already bought it and were just fine until Apple messed up themselves and effectively changed what they bought.

 

[CosmoFox]

I hate iOS 7. I refused to upgrade my iPad 3 to that garbage. I have read numerous complaints on iOS 7. I am hoping beyond hope that Apple restores the look and feel that iOS 6 had. Better yet, bring back the guy that was fired. He knew his ****. I also cannot stand that iOS 7 uses dots for the signal bar. I have and never will accept this. Anyone else hoping that iOS 8 restores the classic iphone look? I wish iOS 6 was available for the iphone 5S with all its features. UGH.

Not gonna happen. You need to accept change or be stuck on iOS6 forever.

 

[C DM]

Not gonna happen. You need to accept change or be stuck on iOS6 forever.

Some people are fine to be stuck on iOS 6 forever, as long as Apple doesn't get to cripple it due to a problem they themselves created and exposed people to for potentially years.

 

[CosmoFox]

Some people are fine to be stuck on iOS 6 forever, as long as Apple doesn't get to cripple it due to a problem they themselves created and exposed people to for potentially years.

It's not financially beneficial for Apple to support an OS that only 5 angry people on macrumors use.

 

[C DM]

It's not financially beneficial for Apple to support an OS that only 5 angry people on macrumors use.

They already do support it--they released an update that fixes the issue (iOS 6.1.6), they just decided not to do it for everyone on iOS 6. Whether or not it's beneficial to company to do it, doesn't just mean they get to decide only based on that, right? I mean it's not beneficial for chemical plants to clean up their mess as it costs them time and money, but they still got to do it, right?

 

[reznick]

Seriously, are we still here?

Honestly.

And iOS7 is amazing. The design standards for it are great, and make apps simpler and more intuitive.

 

[TouchMint.com]

I like iOS 7 much more than iOS6. when i see apps still built for iOS with their icky controls (keyboards, tableviews, etc) i dislike them.

 

[braddick]

It's not financially beneficial for Apple to support an OS that only 5 angry people on macrumors use.

Thank you!
There are times I take myself too seriously and your post allows reflection on that deficit and gives me pause to change!

 

[YanniDepp]

iOS 7 is objectively bad in a few areas.

Don't get me wrong, iOS 6 wasn't perfect. That linen texture was horrific. But Ive has made a few mistakes in iOS 7 that need to be fixed.

The Music app: the 'album' view makes really bad use of screen space on the iPad. It shows 8 albums on a screen, while the old interface showed 24.

I'm not talking about "plain white" vs "skeumorphic". I'm saying that the old grid layout was much more usable than the massive waste-of-space list.

And what happens when you sort your music by "Artist"? The biggest, most distinctive thing in the list is a random picture of the artist pulled from the internet - which you didn't choose and can't turn off. When people are navigating a big list, good usability says you make it easy for people to pick out items at a glance. This is why older versions of iOS used an album cover to denote an artist. Having a random picture of the band members, posing dramatically in the middle of a forest doesn't help you navigate the list.

Maybe it's just the kind of music I listen to, but yes - most of my "Artists" thumbnails are pictures of 4-5 twentysomething men standing dramatically outdoors. Not easy to pick out at-a-glance.

 

[afsnyder]

It is the overuse of transparency that dates iOS 7 for me.

Back in '97, when I first saw some of the early linux GUI shells incorporate alpha compositing I was impressed but quickly came to the conclusion it was of little use. It really was just a gimmick that was best switched off.

A number of years later early versions of OS X & Aqua overloaded on transparent effects but quickly dialled it back in subsequent releases.

Microsoft then went all in on transparent effects with their hideous aero interface used in Vista/Windows 7. Of course Microsoft then killed this by now cliched UI abomination in Windows 8, one of the few good design decisions they've made recently.

What happens then? Well iOS 7 pop's up and it is Vista/Bad Linux Shell/Early Aqua all over again. Anyone who thinks this is *modern* really has no idea how many times this tired old effect has been overused, abused and failed previously.

I believe you haven't realized by now that transparency and translucent is part of OS X and Windows 8 far more frequently than iOS even after considering the date they were released. On iOS it's there to keep the UI a little more dynamic than static gradients or solid colors. At least you can turn it off easily in settings.

 

[Rodster]

Before iOS 7 everyone whined and complained that Apple needed a new UI. I was not among one of those complainers because I liked it just as it was. Now they have changed it and those same people are not happy. I was always for under the hood changes but keeping the same look because it worked.

They can keep some of the iOS 7 look in 8, but just more texture to stuff. That's what I'm talking about. Oh and they can restore the old keyboard and animated too.

But it's not a new UI. It's the same UI with a fresh coat of paint and a few added features like control center. Safari is still Safari with a rearranged look. The bookmark icon used to be on the left and now it's on the right.

Icons and shapes are essentially the same as well as how you interact with it.

 

[CosmoFox]

Thank you!
There are times I take myself too seriously and your post allows reflection on that deficit and gives me pause to change!

in all seriousness, that was a great response! I bow to you sir!

 

[MisakixMikasa]

Ok? White background - as opposed to what....yellow paper? You say blinding, I say clean. There were plenty of apps with white backgrounds before iOS 7 - we're they "blinding" too?

Oh - guess what. Printer paper is white . So is most notebook paper

Blinding!!!!!!

You cannot compare white paper and white LED screen... It is just silly. LED screen has backlit on back of the screen... It is lighting shining to your eye directly... You cannot get hat with white paper...

I'd say, the Note app is one of horrible design with iOS 7... What with this fake paper background... And these yellow button on top of the white background? What with yellow hyperlink? It just ewwwwwwwww........

Seriously too much white... I always open Safari in private mode jus to get ride of as much of white as possible... I am so wish darken keyboard...

 

[jrswizzle]

Printer paper and notebook paper do not have bright LEDs behind then. If they did, they WOULD be blinding.

I'm sorry - but until someone goes BLIND from looking at an iPhone with iOS 7, I refuse to acquiesce to the notion its BLINDING.

So many websites, apps, etc use white backgrounds.....baffling that people have THIS big a problem with it now....

BTW - The settings app has a grayish hue to it. Also you can lessen the contrast by turning down the white balance.

Maybe everything should just be black like on Android....but of course, there'd be complaining about that too.

 

[MisakixMikasa]

These are some things people need to keep in mind when upgrading/updating:

(1) Battery life ALWAYS takes a hit immediately after an update. Go Google it - there are complaint threads for the last I don't know how many iOS updates talking about that particular update killing battery life. It works itself out.

(2) iOS 7 was NOT a typical update and should not be treated as such. Subsequent updates will be more in-line and normal compared to 2-6. Basically we get a big change, then 5 years of refinement, then big change, and so on.

(3) Newer devices will ALWAYS run better than older devices. And older devices will slow down no matter what software they are running. If you care about speed and performance, don't sit on a device that's 4 years old.

(4) Updating the software is always better than not. Give yourself a chance to get used to it. It's not that bad. And you gain additional features and fixes you didn't have before. There are tons of iOS 7 specific features I use everyday that I wouldn't want to be without now. Change isn't scary - just relax and tap "install".

(5) The MAJORITY (I'm talking 99%) will have relatively no issues with new devices or software. There are hundreds of millions of iOS devices in the wild. the million or two that have problems make up a VERY insignificant (statistically) portion of the consumer populous.

iOS 7 isn't as big change as people describing it...it is merely a fresh look and adding new features. Apple has had adding new features for pervious iOS release.. iOS 7 just have one additional thing, a new set of icons and new UI layout...

If you wish people to try update, you'd better give people chance to undo the trial.... Otherwise, do not expect to give it a try.

 

[dannyyankou]

iOS 7 is objectively bad in a few areas.

Don't get me wrong, iOS 6 wasn't perfect. That linen texture was horrific. But Ive has made a few mistakes in iOS 7 that need to be fixed.

The Music app: the 'album' view makes really bad use of screen space on the iPad. It shows 8 albums on a screen, while the old interface showed 24.

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I'm not talking about "plain white" vs "skeumorphic". I'm saying that the old grid layout was much more usable than the massive waste-of-space list.

And what happens when you sort your music by "Artist"? The biggest, most distinctive thing in the list is a random picture of the artist pulled from the internet - which you didn't choose and can't turn off. When people are navigating a big list, good usability says you make it easy for people to pick out items at a glance. This is why older versions of iOS used an album cover to denote an artist. Having a random picture of the band members, posing dramatically in the middle of a forest doesn't help you navigate the list.

Maybe it's just the kind of music I listen to, but yes - most of my "Artists" thumbnails are pictures of 4-5 twentysomething men standing dramatically outdoors. Not easy to pick out at-a-glance.

This is a very refreshing criticism of iOS 7 compared to posts complaining about the icons.

 

[jrswizzle]

iOS 7 isn't as big change as people describing it...it is merely a fresh look and adding new features. Apple has had adding new features for pervious iOS release.. iOS 7 just have one additional thing, a new set of icons and new UI layout...



If you wish people to try update, you'd better give people chance to undo the trial.... Otherwise, do not expect to give it a try.

My guess is you don't know the half of what went into iOS 7 underneath the hood.

Those describing it as simply a "fresh coat of paint" are just plain wrong.

 

[CutterSlade]

how people used to complain that iOS was becoming stale and boring and needed a major design overhaul. When Apple listened to them, everybody started complaining how bad it was.

If the design of 6.0 was boring, I don't know what to call to that of 7.0.

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Even though I hate every pixel of its design (which is nonexistent actually), I still think that it is a better OS feature-wise. I don't care much about appearance as long as it works properly. This is not Windows, no one spends much time on the OS itself anyway.

There's no way Apple going back to 6.0 era. It's gone. Anyone who hate 7.0 so much should look for a new non-iOS phone after the point at which they have to update to 7.0.

As someone haved said before, Apple is dead set on these minimalistic designs. The guy they fired liked skeumorphic designs, the new one is obsessed with ultra minimalistic ones. It seems like Apple is unable to hire someone who can properly design something in between.