The old design was all over the place. No consistency.
It was worth updating just to get rid of the leather effect on some apps
It was worth updating just to get rid of the leather effect on some apps
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The problem with iOS 7 and iOS 8: bad design
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Ok what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Judging by the comments in the alternative forums the same can be said for the competition.
But your comment specifically is a strawman and the type of comment that invites silly flame wars.
I'm sure that before iOS 7, there were repeated threads with people complaining that iOS 6 is ugly.
Nobody here is really expecting Apple to revert directly back to the iOS 6 look. Everyone knows that iOS 6 is done and we are moving to the future.
We're saying that the future of iOS needs to be better than it is right now, and that iOS 7 and 8 are full of huge design failures.
I want you to identify the design problem I have with the first picture I attached, and tell me why it is acceptable.
Then, I want you to look at the second attachment and tell me why it's outdated, because it is the kind of design that most of the complainers here are actually asking for, and not the same as iOS 6. It's a design language that is actually newer than iOS 7 and it was introduced in OS X Yosemite.
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I don't like the all white look and my home screen is a dark background. Other than some of the icons were update, which I could care less about my home screen is similar to the second picture. So I'm not clear on what the "high faluting sounding design language" is all about.
Ios 7 design makes ios users complaint from same android issues like lagg , shutter , etc..
Forstal need to be back again to maintain what ive destroied
Every one must admit that we never get bugs like now in any final release till ios 6
Ios 6 was fast fluid responsive in all devices and there is another point that apple don't care now about old devices any more and that never happened before
I have 5s and wish i could install ios 6 on it , it will fly hhhhh
Forstal need to be back again to maintain what ive destroied
Every one must admit that we never get bugs like now in any final release till ios 6
Ios 6 was fast fluid responsive in all devices and there is another point that apple don't care now about old devices any more and that never happened before
I have 5s and wish i could install ios 6 on it , it will fly hhhhh
iOS 6 was so fast and iOS 8 is slow, even on the iPhone 6. That's what's so shocking.
We already know that iOS 8 is finished. They did the best they could do and they won't be able to make it that much better.
We already know that iOS 8 is finished. They did the best they could do and they won't be able to make it that much better.
Painful to who? Apple who had a blockbuster quarter based on iPhone 6 sales? Me, who likes the software and design? The competition where Apple seems to be mopping up in both sales and units?
That would of course be the right thing to do, but unfortunately will never happen
iOS 7/8 still looks unfinished on iPad
If the rumors turn out to be true about iOS 9, does the optimization aspect of polishing the OS mean that it will finally take advantage of the larger iPad displays instead of just simply scaling up the iPhone interface? Ex: the folders, Notification Center, Siri, spotlight, multitasking app switcher, music app, etc.
Love the iPad hardware design but the fact that iOS 8 still looks unfinished on its displays is a huge deal breaker in regards to purchasing an iPad.
If the rumors turn out to be true about iOS 9, does the optimization aspect of polishing the OS mean that it will finally take advantage of the larger iPad displays instead of just simply scaling up the iPhone interface? Ex: the folders, Notification Center, Siri, spotlight, multitasking app switcher, music app, etc.
Love the iPad hardware design but the fact that iOS 8 still looks unfinished on its displays is a huge deal breaker in regards to purchasing an iPad.
I haven't noticed these issues man. Apple kind of promotes the fact their iPad apps aren't scaled version of the equivalent phone app.
Well some of the apps do look like scaled up iPhone apps but what I'm mostly referring to are the UI elements which clearly show that they aren't taking full advantage of the larger display. My examples were the notification center, the app switcher, the folders, etc.
Most apps since the iPads inception aren't that different. The only exception is the music app. But that's about to change in a few months with the new beats integration.
In iOS 4,5,6 on iPad were essentially scaled up. Remember folders and multitasking? Identical.
In iOS 4,5,6 on iPad were essentially scaled up. Remember folders and multitasking? Identical.
dont worry everyone will be praising ios 8 as flawless & fast on all devices once ios 9 launches, this only happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR cause people are sheep
LOL! It certailnly looks like...
For those who watched the first iOS 7 presentation keynote, I’m sure you will remember the spectacular video that opened it. It was an abstract beautiful animation with a voice over talking about awsome design patterns…it was so good that thought they would come up with a futuristic and surprising iOS 7 design later in that presentation.
It was surprising alright, but for all the bad reasons. They simply removed the patterns and colours from the navigation bars and toolbars, the outlines from the buttons, all background patterns and that’s pretty much it. Everythjing is white with lots of text (some of it content text, some of it labels, and some of it "buttons").
What they didn’t realize or care is that several basic design guidelines (that were so well implemented since iOS was launched) were broken. 1. Buttons should not look similar to text or labels (they should invite touch), especially in a touch device as there is no precision device like a mouse. Moreover, you should not have to chose the colour of a button based on its function, which of course hampers creativity and app aesthetics 2. Content should not be confused with tools/commands, which is how it resulted from having the content/backgrounds the same colour as toolbards/navbars 3. The newsstand icon, is it a bad joke? 4. most of the other icons and colors looks silly, etc, etc, etc...
I wish Apple either:
- Takes advantage of some of the excellent design paradigms of iOS 6, which if you remember was considered far superior to android design wise
- Or does something really innovative that really creates a sense of awe in its users.
One way or the other, Apple should dedicate serious resources into making iOS the reference in mobile design again, otherwise android will soon surpass it (which is already debatable if it hasn't)
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iOS6 is luxurious. I keep an iPad and iPod on 6 to remind myself what made iOS devices crazy popular.
I'm sorry, but you're comparing week view to month view. I think the calendar and menus are fine. It's the app icons and buttons where Apple went overboard.
I loved the redesign, when I was running iOS 7 beta I actually had people ask to see what the new OS looked like and they all thought it looked amazing
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Hated the leather effect, however I just brought the leather case for iPhone 6 to remind me of the good old days lool
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The old design was all over the place. No consistency.
It was worth updating just to get rid of the leather effect on some apps
Hated the leather effect, however I just brought the leather case for iPhone 6 to remind me of the good old days lool
Many people just like shiny new things simply because they are shiny and new and not really because they are actually any better or anything like that (at least certainly initially, even if some of those people will change their mind to one degree or another with actual use of something, while others still won't really care aside from it being "cool" or "different" or something else purely subjective and pretty much fairly personal and thus essentially irrelevant to others who have their own take on it).
Lucky you. My iPhone 5s already came with iOS 7, and I need the latest os on my phone, but I regret so much having installed it on my iPad 2...it was an amazing device and now it' crap.
Does anyone know a way to reinstall iOS 6, even if it's a hack?
Calendar is maybe the only acceptable app in iOS 7/8 but even that one shows its flaws. So the rule is: text of certain color (in this case red) is a button, otherwise it's not. This already makes makes you use the right brain for something that used to be so intuitive. But wait, what about the month name? IT IS RED BUT NOT CLICKABLE. LOL!!!
Really, iOS 7 is a joke! Forstall or Jobs would never have allowed it to come out.