Most of the icons on the right don’t even look like that anymore
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Leaked iOS 13 Screenshots Reveal Dark Mode, Revamped Reminders App, and Merged 'Find My' App
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Most of the icons on the right don’t even look like that anymore
Ex Windows Phone guy here (where this trend arguably came from, I'd argue?)
Loved what apple did with dark mode in macOS, and I'm sure iOS will be at least almost as good except for what I presume will be lack of support with quite a lot of third party apps using their own custom UI elements and such so we might be stuck in inconsistency hell for a little while like when a lot of apps didn't support the X's notch day one.
And hey, just from that screenshot alone I'm gritting my teeth at Apple Music's (vomit to use, vomit to look at) UX a lot less (I love Apple Music's sound quality and dynamic range though, but spotify has the UX and social features just right in a way that will take apple years to catch up on despite spofy's dial up pirated MP3 quality bad streaming at times, so I'm stubbornly paying for both :// )
Loved what apple did with dark mode in macOS, and I'm sure iOS will be at least almost as good except for what I presume will be lack of support with quite a lot of third party apps using their own custom UI elements and such so we might be stuck in inconsistency hell for a little while like when a lot of apps didn't support the X's notch day one.
And hey, just from that screenshot alone I'm gritting my teeth at Apple Music's (vomit to use, vomit to look at) UX a lot less (I love Apple Music's sound quality and dynamic range though, but spotify has the UX and social features just right in a way that will take apple years to catch up on despite spofy's dial up pirated MP3 quality bad streaming at times, so I'm stubbornly paying for both :// )
Seems to me people want change for the sake of change. Here’s some press photos of three new Android phones. The only widgets any of them are showing are weather and Google search (if you can call that a widget). So do people really use widgets or do they just say that’s what they want when asked why the iOS home screen should change?
Despite what you want, it looks like it will be pretty minor, as usual. In fact we really haven't had any substantial update since iOS 8-9, which were a couple extra additions that they didn't get to in iOS 7.
Seems to me people want change for the sake of change. Here’s some press photos of three new Android phones. The only widgets any of them are showing are weather and Google search (if you can call that a widget). So do people really use widgets or do they just say that’s what they want when asked why the iOS home screen should change?
It is similar to the Siri vs Alexa threads. Alexa can do 200 things, yet most people use only weather and news. Haters gonna hate.
Apple engineers suffer from Triskaidekaphobia. Don't expect any major changes to come until iOS 14.
you’re not alone. From a purely artistic and aesthetic perspective, iOS 6 and before was far superior. iOS 7+ looks amateurish and gaudy.
Seems to me people want change for the sake of change. Here’s some press photos of three new Android phones. The only widgets any of them are showing are weather and Google search (if you can call that a widget). So do people really use widgets or do they just say that’s what they want when asked why the iOS home screen should change?
I suspect power users may use it more than others. Back when I had Android, I had 2-6 apps, but that's about it. I think they were Facebook, Twitter, Weather, and a couple more scattered throughout specific pages.
Personally, I think the ability to customize app placement is far more interesting to me personally.
I hope dark mode looks like this. It's really easy on the eyes. All this obsession with everything being white over the years has prolly damaged my eyes lol.
On my work laptop (Windows) I have desktop icons hidden so all I see is my desktop wallpaper. I wouldn’t mind having my iOS apps in an ‘app drawer’ and the only thing on my home screen would be my wallpaper, the time, weather and the dock. But for me that’s more for aesthetic reasons than anything else. I could see where widgets might be useful on the larger screen of an iPad but even there I struggle to see many people spending much time staring at widgets on their iPad home screen.
I think change for change sake is never good. And look at Microsoft who tried something new with Windows 8. People hated it and Windows 10 is basically a flatter version of Windows 7.
Just to be clear, you didn't read my post?
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Thank you Grammar Police. Ever hear of a typo? I clearly did not catch it in my proofing read through before posting.
Incidentally, yes, they spent what would seem like a lot of money, however, how much money have they spent on stock buybacks? Don't tell me they don't because I know for a fact they do. Also, how much of their money is currently stashed over seas? And before you give me the "everyone's doing it" argument, yes, I know they are. Doesn't make it right. Reality is that the amount of money they spend on software development and product development (including R&D) is small compared to the amount of money they're sitting on.
Boom, you hit the nail on the head. People want change for changes sake.Seems to me people want change for the sake of change. Here’s some press photos of three new Android phones. The only widgets any of them are showing are weather and Google search (if you can call that a widget). So do people really use widgets or do they just say that’s what they want when asked why the iOS home screen should change?
On my Mac, I have no desktop icons (the occasional temporary ones and external hard drives/flash drives temporarily hooked up aside). On my PC, only the recycle bin.
I would probably do that with my iPhone as well, . Yes, an "app drawer" might be nice for multiple apps that I rarely use, allowing me to only use shortcuts on the home screen of my heavily used apps, but even the ability to place app icons/shortcuts on the bottom of my home screen would allow me to customize the view of my wallpaper.
As I said, I had a few widgets in my Android phone days, and I liked their implementation better than Apple's, and wouldn't mind Apple having them, but they're not a deal breaker for me. One thing I miss from the days before Apple started offering their version of widgets is being able and changing the way notifications are done is simply being able to wake my phone and seeing a schedule and weather right there on the sleep screen. An Apple created widget that tells the weather and what's on your calendar for the day would be a nice compromise.
I agree that change for change's sake is often not very good, but I think Apple could make their UI more elegant and more handy for their users with subtle changes and refinements.
I like Windows 10. It's the lovechild of Windows 7 and Windows 8.
I've already noticed with 12.3.4 the volume HUD during video watching has signicantly been reduced in size and in landscape top right hand corner 
First of all: yes.
Putting the incredibly dated look aside, all the bevels and "details" and bubbles and shine add up to visual clutter. Icons are meant to be simple pictograph conveying the maximum amount of information by way of easy recognition through pictographs.
I can think of a lot of good jokes about that name. Most aren't appropriate for this message board, but I'm sure Twitter will have a field day come September.
Personally I prefer "Where My" to "Find My", or better yet, call it Apple Maps! That's already taken? iMaps? iFind?
The Reminders App has been neglected for so long, I gave up using it and just added Calendar appointments.
Let me correct an apparent error I performed in posting earlier.
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Correction .... Nothing I have read in this on iOS 13 is interesting in any shape or form at this time. These features have been rumored for quite a while now and show nothing substantial.... to me.
Dark mode - believe it when I see it....
Reminders - will look but have found alternative apps which work far better
Find my - of no real interest
I hope this is the least of the iOS 13 changes.
JMO YOMV
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Perception vs reality?
That isn't what I envisioned for a "dark mode".
Original post "Yawn ....."
Correction .... Nothing I have read in this on iOS 13 is interesting in any shape or form at this time. These features have been rumored for quite a while now and show nothing substantial.... to me.
Dark mode - believe it when I see it....
Reminders - will look but have found alternative apps which work far better
Find my - of no real interest
I hope this is the least of the iOS 13 changes.
JMO YOMV
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Perception vs reality?
That isn't what I envisioned for a "dark mode".
In regard to people requesting a return to the skeuomorphic look of iOS 6 in the up coming iOS 13 i think this would be a step backwards. The pre iOS 7 look may have been impressive illustration but I don't believe it was a very good example of UI design and despite what people may think, creating a realistic image of TV and using that as an app icon is a much easier proposition then creating a symbol that clearly communicates the purpose of that app. Admittedly Apple did a very good job with the detail in the former images and in my opinion have struggled a bit with the GUI design of the post IOS 6 look, but as i stated that's because it's harder to achieve. I just hope we don't end up with an iOS 13 that has the half way house mess that is Mac os the majority of whose app icons are truly awful e.g. Mail, calendar, Preview and Settings.
I was a big fan of the skeuomorphic look, but I agree about it being a step back.
Like it or not, the current icons better reflect the look of Apple's UI (as well as everybody else's). I LOVE the old look of the Notes app for instance, but it simply wouldn't fit in with the rest of the UI.
