It’s different and obviously Apple has been tweaking it with each developer beta so they’re not done yet, but I don’t find it to be some radical change like some others do.
Different? Yep! But iOS 7 style different? I’d argue hell no! Going from the Forstall backed skeuomorphic design to the modern stylized Ive inspired design was much more of a radical change than this.
It was time for some kind of change and IMHO this works for me. It’s different enough that I like it but not so radically different that I feel lost or like it hurts my productivity. It doesn’t. It’s just different and when change comes, there are always champions who cheer it, people who are indifferent without strong feelings one way or the other and those who loathe it. That was the case with the jump from iOS 6 and below to iOS 7 and above and in the end people accepted it and moved on. Even the loudest haters. I’m sure some jumped to Android, but it’s obvious by the sales numbers that more liked it than disliked it. That’ll be the case here.
I like it but I’m not falling all over myself praising it. It was time for a change, we got one. I like it but don’t love it and that’s basically been the case since the first beta. I certainly like it more on the current developer beta. I’m a “less is more” kind of person in general but I don’t want them to go back to something that had become a stale either so I’ll take it.
