iOS design elements that annoy me

It's only the first of many betas.

 

Okey dokey.

 

They have MONTHS to fix these issues. Don't worry. Lol. Apple is a perfectionist as well.

 

Being a perfectionist doesn't equate to good design, just look at the wonderful skeuomorphic iCal and Address Book in Lion.

 

Ok i will admit it i had no idea "skeuomorphic"

So i went to the web and :

According to Wikipedia

A skeuomorph /ˈskjuːəmɔrf/ SKEW-ə-morf, or skeuomorphism (Greek: skeuos—vessel or tool, morphe—shape),[1] is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.[2] Skeuomorphs may be deliberately employed to make the new look comfortably old and familiar,[3] such as copper cladding on zinc pennies or computer printed postage with a circular town name and cancellation lines.

An alternative definition is "an element of design or structure that serves little or no purpose in the artifact fashioned from the new material but was essential to the object made from the original material".[4] This definition is narrower in scope and ties skeuomorphs to changes in materials.

 

Basically making digital things to look like their physical counterpart. iCal trying to look like a real calendar with that gaudy leather.

 

I agree with you. There are plenty of eye sores in iOS and Mac OSX such as the calendar, address book, adding songs to a playlist on an iOS device (takes so many taps it's ridiculous), and on and on... But it seems to me that just like any other company they choose their priorities and focus on those. And when they get it right, boy do they get it right!!