Skype for iPhone and iPad Updated With iOS 7 Redesign

[LV426]

The fact is that it is poorly designed. The UI is less intuitive, the contrast is bad, nothing goes together except the terrible bright-colour scheme. iOS 6 may be old, but at least it had some consistency.

The average consumer won't have any graphic design knowledge, so chances are lower that they'd complain. I am all for having 'new', I just think this is the wrong 'new' direction to be taking.

That is not a fact. It is an opinion. And many many people disagree with that opinion. Every day that passes, you hear of more and more people saying they wouldn't dream of going back to iOS6.

You might as well stop moaning because iOS6 is toast now. It's not coming back.

 

[macs4nw]

Well, at least that makes for a nice, clean, consistent and seamless experience. I still prefer FaceTime though, and am still patiently waiting for the promised FaceTime 'open industry standard'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOxf9tEXEKQ
http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/whatever-happened-apples-facetime-open-standard/2012-12-11

 

[japanime]

That is not a fact. It is an opinion. And many many people disagree with that opinion. Every day that passes, you hear of more and more people saying they wouldn't dream of going back to iOS6.

You might as well stop moaning because iOS6 is toast now. It's not coming back.

Interesting. That "toast" is still running just fine on my iPhone 4s.

 

[RMo]

As for the design (and iOS7's design in general); yes, it's a regression in a lot of ways. However, the pre-iOS 7 design had a lot of time to mature before it got to the state you all remember it as.

Not really. The most notable change from iPhone OS 1.0 in terms of appearance is the change of the toggle switches from square to round. That's probably all the average user would even notice. iOS 6 flirted with brushed metal and skeuomorphism a bit more, but it wasn't a system-wide change and certainly didn't affect all iOS 6 apps. In fact, I can't think of much else that has changed until iOS 7 (which seems to be color for the sake of color, inconsistent gradients because they can, and a trend towards font weights that will probably have iOS 8 using a new Helvetica Invisi).

The new design will be improved over time; both by Apple and by 3rd-party developers. Give it some time.

We can only hope.

 

[springsup]

Not really. The most notable change from iPhone OS 1.0 in terms of appearance is the change of the toggle switches from square to round. That's probably all the average user would even notice. iOS 6 flirted with brushed metal and skeuomorphism a bit more, but it wasn't a system-wide change and certainly didn't affect all iOS 6 apps. In fact, I can't think of much else that has changed until iOS 7 (which seems to be color for the sake of color, inconsistent gradients because they can, and a trend towards font weights that will probably have iOS 8 using a new Helvetica Invisi).

They were small changes; Apple toned down the gloss effects quite significantly between iOS 1.0 and 6.0. I mean, can you remember when the AppStore looked like this?

Then it had a massive redesign for iOS6:

There were loads of other little tweaks as well. Not on the scale of iOS6 -> iOS7, obviously. My point is that the UI is not set in stone; it can and will change.

 

[Rogue Caper]

iPad

I can't spot any design differences in the new ipad version other than the iOS7 keyboard

 

[LV426]

Interesting. That "toast" is still running just fine on my iPhone 4s.

Apple burned it. They don't supply it for download any more. They won't update it to accommodate new features like iCloud Keychain. Things move on.