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Less transparency in iOS 7.1
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You're right. There's a thread about CC and Apples has reduced the translucency. It's a shame and a stupid move given that I expected to see more of it. It's a part of their new design philosophy and now they're regressing?
Yeah, I just noticed that the layer between the Gaussian Blur and the foreground layer is whiter and less opaque, hence less colour passing through...
You can clearly see it with Control Centre and the keyboard.
tl;dr
There's less transparency and it sucks.
You can clearly see it with Control Centre and the keyboard.
tl;dr
There's less transparency and it sucks.
Why do I get the feeling it's to make the notification centre and control centre appear as different "drawers" ?
I don't have an iPad, but on my iPhone that is exactly what Maps looks like if I turn on Reduce Transparency. Is Contol Center solid grey for you? If so, then maybe that setting is enabled even though you have it turned off. In that case, try turning it on and off and see if that helps. If not, then try doing a reset because you have some corrupted settings.
Well, I mean can you send me a picture of your phone? Also it's like this on my iPhone AND iPad
Ok, this is interesting. If I go into Settings, turn on "Reduce Transparency" and "Darken Colors", go into Maps, back to Settings and turn those off, then back to Maps again, the bars are transparent like they are on my phone. Great. Problem is, if I go to Standard and back to Hybrid, the bars are back and I'd need to repeat the process again. It looks like literally the only thing that is having trouble with this is Maps on my iPad.
I'm going to try resetting the Settings.
I'm going to try resetting the Settings.
I'd try "Reset All Settings" and see if that fixes it. You likely have a corrupted settings file. It happens with updates sometimes. I've had to do a reset with updates before for everything to work right.
Just tried it. Nothing
The weirdest thing is that, to my knowledge, this is ONLY a problem in the Maps app. The transparency is there for everything, like Notification Center and Control Center. Just not for Hybrid or Satellite view in Maps.
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I have the same problem but it's just less transparency for control and notification center. Maps is fine.
Maps are without Gaussian blurs even on iPad Air although it could perform the blurs. Show us a screenshot of your control center over your home screen and over a text please. Also, which iPad do you have? iPad 2 and iPad 3 will not get blur effects.
