Yeah, it's been talked about in quite a few iOS 9.3 beta threads. So far the most likely conclusion about that is that they want to have the option in Control Center but there really isn't much room for it in the top section where it would fit in more, which is why they likely put it where it is (at least for now).I actually read through the comments just to see if anyone else thought this.
The bottom row is applications, while the top is system functions. The bottom row even has different shaped icons (rounded rectangles) that match application icons.
Understand that they didn't have room, but it seems a bit random to stick it below. For some reason I would think the rotation-lock icon might be better suited below, though that doesn't really make a lot of sense as it isn't an app either. The whole Control Center (to my eyes) looks very messy anyway (try playing music, then look at Control Center, and there is a mess of text and icons that must scare the hell out of non-technical people), so I agree about the re-organisation is iOS 10.
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Night Shift Beta Tidbits: Disabled in Low Power Mode, Control Center Changes
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"More warm" and "Less warm" are perfectly correct grammar. "Cooler" is not the correct wording for an adjustment that warms the screen. At no point does Night Shift set the color of the display to cooler than the default; every setting warms the tint.
It probably uses your location to look up local sunrise/sunset times. Not a huge drain but a background process nonetheless.
shouldn't need to happen more then once a day at most, less assuming you aren't on a plane going somewhere far away. guessing they will revert this restriction within a few weeks anyway.
I would have to say Night Shift is disabled in Low Power Mode because you can't use more battery and have color cyles at the same time since color cycle would use *more* battery, not *less* which is what the user is aiming for with Low Power Mode? My guess.
Either way, it must be due to battery not being saved....
When Low power mode on allot of settings would get disabled to 'conserve' power, so this may be why .
Then Apple may reverse this decision.. :| just to prove me wrong
Either way, it must be due to battery not being saved....
When Low power mode on allot of settings would get disabled to 'conserve' power, so this may be why .
Then Apple may reverse this decision.. :| just to prove me wrong
I would say that the average user has no idea what color temperature is, so Apple should not be using this kind of metaphor at all. This feature should be described to users by what it does for them.
It's not a metaphor, it's literally what it is. How else should Apple be describing it, using something that it's actually not?
Cracks me up when I read, "blue light blinded me when LPM was turned on". A few short weeks ago, we didn't even have Night Shift. This is still beta. Send feedback to the right place! Whining about it here won't change anything.
Thanks for the thorough explanation, but could you or someone dumb it down for us non-tech savvy people?
They should just group screen related features in the same section, i.e next to the luminosity slider :
That shouldn't be too much to ask for. An off-white mode is still much harder on your eyes than a white text on black background when you're in a dark environment.
I really hope they don't overthink it like this... sunrise/sunset are completely irrelevant since you could be indoors.
What it really tells me is that Nightshift might be really for slightly reducing awakeness from your phone screen at night, rather than to not burn your eyes out in dark settings.
Of course it's a metaphor. While there is a scientific basis in color temperature as it describes light coming from a comparable heat source, 'warm' and 'cool' are not related to this. It is a psychological association with these colors – blue is viewed as 'cool' by us (or at least in Western cultures), while red/yellow is seen as hot, even though in terms of color temp. a bluish tint comes from a higher temperature. From the Wikipedia page on color temperature:
Apple should be describing color changes not in terms of "less/more warm", which means nothing to a typical user, but the effect it has on them or the situation in which the setting would be used. Look at the way lightbulbs are marketed – LED is usually marketed as more "revealing" while traditional yellowish bulbs are marketed as "soft" lighting. So something more like "Crisp" and "Soft" would be better, or "Focused" and "Relaxed".
Really though, I think Apple has begun to offer too many options in their software, so I'd rather they get rid of that slider and not allow manual control at all. I'd also re-design the whole settings interface and make it more icon-based.
Since the idea of Night Shift is to keep the blue light from supposedly disrupting the user's sleep cycle, maybe the "warm" end of the slider should have an icon of a bed, and the "cool" end should have an icon of a running figure (or something else signifying "awake")...
(I would suggest "moon" and "sun" icons, but those are already both used elsewhere in the control center.)
EDIT: Though I guess a "bed" isn't even necessarily culturally universal, huh? How about "closed eyes" and "open eyes"?
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I am really hoping for a user configurable control center. I would really like to swap the calculator (that I never use) for a button to turn my hot spot on and off (something I use frequently).
So that's the actual terminology that is being used in relation to it, not a metaphor, right? As opposed to calling it non-standardized thorns like "crisp" or "relaxed" which plenty of people wouldn't know what that would mean and many would interpret the meanings of those things differently (more like a metaphor). Thankfully Apple is offering more options so that those that might care could adjust them if they want, and those who don't can leave them be as if they aren't there--works out better for more people rather than limiting things.
I find this kinda stupid.
When is battery at its lowest? At night after you've been using your phone all day. Now the user needs to choose between Low Power Mode and Night Shift mode at a time when both are desired and were designed to be used.
I know I sound like a broken record, but God I miss the days when Apple put user experience at the core of its design philosophy.
When is battery at its lowest? At night after you've been using your phone all day. Now the user needs to choose between Low Power Mode and Night Shift mode at a time when both are desired and were designed to be used.
I know I sound like a broken record, but God I miss the days when Apple put user experience at the core of its design philosophy.
While I agree that it would be good to be able to use both, perhaps user experience is part of why Apple made the change, so that Low Power Mode's usefulness isn't undermined by something that needs more battery power.
I don't want my screen to ever turn yellow!
I've been waiting for Dark Mode!
Apple can't even seem to properly implement dark mode in maps app...it only works when turn-by-turn directions are active, and it does not come on soon enough for me, but, there is no on/off button.
I've been waiting for Dark Mode!
Apple can't even seem to properly implement dark mode in maps app...it only works when turn-by-turn directions are active, and it does not come on soon enough for me, but, there is no on/off button.
Making a design decision that doesn't align with your opinion of how something should work doesn't mean that a designer isn't putting user experience first. If a feature draws more power, it's reasonable to switch it off, based on the assumption that most users would like to use their phone for longer than they would if the phone shut off because that power drawing feature was enabled.
If Apple enables a feature in low power mode that draws more power, users would also complain that Apple isn't cutting user experience first and is causing phones to run out of battery prematurely. Consequently, you can see that this is not as simple a choice as you appear to think it is.
Alternately, this is just a bug that hasn't yet been resolved by Apple.
Has anyone else had an issue with Night Shift not turning off automatically if you have it set on a schedule? I have mine set to turn off at a specific time (7am), not with the sun, and it has still been on hours later on many different days.
The icons don't show that it is on, so I have to switch those to on and then back to off to get the screen back to the normal daytime color temperature. It was every day in the earliest beta, but now it is about half the time. I've sent in feedback about it, but haven't seen anyone else mention it and it hasn't been fixed on my device.
The icons don't show that it is on, so I have to switch those to on and then back to off to get the screen back to the normal daytime color temperature. It was every day in the earliest beta, but now it is about half the time. I've sent in feedback about it, but haven't seen anyone else mention it and it hasn't been fixed on my device.
Just doesn't make common sense. When would you most likely need low power mode. At night. When would you most likely need night shift? At night. Get a clue Apple and at least give us the choice.
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Daaaaamn son...nice find!