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What DON'T you like about iOS 7?
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Just to let you know Android is currently a hell of a lot less buggy and much better too use then iOS 7 is! My nexus 7 is a joy to use, my iPhone is not because of all the bugs and the white white white backgrounds!
Great thread, thanks for starting this.
The issue for me it's the overall look and feel of the UI on my ipad3. It used to be when switching between my desktop, phone, laptop, or iPad everything looked and responded basically the same.
Why they did not just add the features the way they have in the past without changing the look and the way we interact with the apps in just about everything was in my opinion was a bad move on there part.
Hey Apple, remember what happened to Microsoft stock when Windows-8 came out?
The icons were one of the things that set Apple apart from their competitors. I'm really glad I have not updated the iOS on my iPhone. I upgrade my phone every two years and was planning on getting the iPhone 5S but will hold off for now.
My short list of dislikes....
- Notes looks bad in all white.
- Calendar it harder to read and use.
- The thin lines instead of buttons in Safari.
- Icons look like they used them as place holders because they did not have time to design new ones.
- Swipe to the left to delete email and iMessages really messed me up.
- To.....Much......White.
- Light gray was not a good choice with all the white.
- Keyboard color choices.
I get the impression Apple is trying to merge iOS and OSX. If that's the case then they should have made iOS on the iPad look more like OSX.
With that said, I've only put about 20 hours use into iOS 7 but there appear to be some nice improvements in the background which is what an update should provide. I just wish they had not made so many of the other changes just because they thought they needed to.
Someone suggested having an option to switch between the new look and the classic (iOS 6 look). If I could do that I would have only been reading this thread and not posted everything I just wrote.
Jon...
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Almost forgot, where is Spotlight search on the iPad?
Under iOS 6 all I had to do was swipe to the right on the main screen. I can't do that now on iOS 7. Is it gone now or just really well hidden?
Jon...
The issue for me it's the overall look and feel of the UI on my ipad3. It used to be when switching between my desktop, phone, laptop, or iPad everything looked and responded basically the same.
Why they did not just add the features the way they have in the past without changing the look and the way we interact with the apps in just about everything was in my opinion was a bad move on there part.
Hey Apple, remember what happened to Microsoft stock when Windows-8 came out?
The icons were one of the things that set Apple apart from their competitors. I'm really glad I have not updated the iOS on my iPhone. I upgrade my phone every two years and was planning on getting the iPhone 5S but will hold off for now.
My short list of dislikes....
- Notes looks bad in all white.
- Calendar it harder to read and use.
- The thin lines instead of buttons in Safari.
- Icons look like they used them as place holders because they did not have time to design new ones.
- Swipe to the left to delete email and iMessages really messed me up.
- To.....Much......White.
- Light gray was not a good choice with all the white.
- Keyboard color choices.
I get the impression Apple is trying to merge iOS and OSX. If that's the case then they should have made iOS on the iPad look more like OSX.
With that said, I've only put about 20 hours use into iOS 7 but there appear to be some nice improvements in the background which is what an update should provide. I just wish they had not made so many of the other changes just because they thought they needed to.
Someone suggested having an option to switch between the new look and the classic (iOS 6 look). If I could do that I would have only been reading this thread and not posted everything I just wrote.
Jon...
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Almost forgot, where is Spotlight search on the iPad?
Under iOS 6 all I had to do was swipe to the right on the main screen. I can't do that now on iOS 7. Is it gone now or just really well hidden?
Jon...
Swipe down on the home page...just not from the top of screen as that is for the notification center.
xoneo
macrumors newbie
By Androidy, I meant borrowing some of Androd's design like my friend's GS3 in a way I just dont like.
Hey guys, I'd just like to share what's been happening on my iPhones (both are 4S) lately. If you guys have a solution for these problems, please do reply.
On my first phone, I only have 16gb of space and had less than 1gb remaining. Since the update needed at least 3gb, I deleted more than half of my music. It was good, nothing wrong at all. Until I accidentally dropped my phone from around 2 feet. Since I was using X-Sim, the "invalid sim" came out. I restarted my phone and it was all back to normal. Until I noticed that my control center's music wasn't working. I can tap on play, next and previous but it won't work. It was working the first night I got iOS 7 but it stopped working the day after. After a day or two, I was playing a game with tilting in it and nothing was wrong. But after the next time I tried the game out, it seemed like my phone was stuck on portrait orientation. My phone can't recognize if I'm on landscape mode or moving the screen sideways. Can this be a bug because it's just the first version? Or was this because of the drop?
Another problem is that with my latest iTunes, I decided to transfer all my music back to my phone but what happens is that it only syncs 1 SONG PER ARTIST.
On my second phone, the second I updated it, all of my contacts were deleted and my phone restarts by itself. When I'm trying to send a message and choosing a contact, my phone still seems to know all my contacts and shows up with their name and number. With the phone app or contacts app though, it shows nothing at all.
Note: this wasn't dropped at all after the update.
I really hope all these problems are just bugs since I'M FREAKING OUT. lol
Note: all were updated through settings-general-updates thingy.
I know it's long and all but thanks for the time for reading. 🙂
On my first phone, I only have 16gb of space and had less than 1gb remaining. Since the update needed at least 3gb, I deleted more than half of my music. It was good, nothing wrong at all. Until I accidentally dropped my phone from around 2 feet. Since I was using X-Sim, the "invalid sim" came out. I restarted my phone and it was all back to normal. Until I noticed that my control center's music wasn't working. I can tap on play, next and previous but it won't work. It was working the first night I got iOS 7 but it stopped working the day after. After a day or two, I was playing a game with tilting in it and nothing was wrong. But after the next time I tried the game out, it seemed like my phone was stuck on portrait orientation. My phone can't recognize if I'm on landscape mode or moving the screen sideways. Can this be a bug because it's just the first version? Or was this because of the drop?
Another problem is that with my latest iTunes, I decided to transfer all my music back to my phone but what happens is that it only syncs 1 SONG PER ARTIST.
On my second phone, the second I updated it, all of my contacts were deleted and my phone restarts by itself. When I'm trying to send a message and choosing a contact, my phone still seems to know all my contacts and shows up with their name and number. With the phone app or contacts app though, it shows nothing at all.
Note: this wasn't dropped at all after the update.
I really hope all these problems are just bugs since I'M FREAKING OUT. lol
Note: all were updated through settings-general-updates thingy.
I know it's long and all but thanks for the time for reading. 🙂
Oh yeah, they have ripped off Android and WebOS a treat, quite hypocritical of them considering how they constantly accuse everyone else of copying Apple!
Not that fond of new colors and child like icons but can live with it.
What I am really having a problem with is the white washed out rectangle at the bottom of the screen. It is "butt ugly". What were they thinking. Please make it go away or give 'choice' (okay I dreaming) of a clean screen.
iPad upgraded to iOS 7. Iphone hmm, that thing is so ugly and out of place. It will drive me bonkers. I am picking looks over functionality.
Can't believe I am saying that 😕
What I am really having a problem with is the white washed out rectangle at the bottom of the screen. It is "butt ugly". What were they thinking. Please make it go away or give 'choice' (okay I dreaming) of a clean screen.
iPad upgraded to iOS 7. Iphone hmm, that thing is so ugly and out of place. It will drive me bonkers. I am picking looks over functionality.
Can't believe I am saying that 😕
delphus
macrumors newbie
Most of my iPhone devices like iPhone pad. iPhone 4S charger and my power bank that could charge my iPhone 5 times won't work. iPhone 5 with iOS 7 now says all devices aren't compatible anymore. That sucks. My power bank is brand new. Paid 80 bucks on it and it iPhone won't charge on it anymore.
Sucks
Sucks
InTheMist
macrumors member
It lacks polish.
I thought I would hate the flatness and colors. I don't.
What bothers me are inconsistencies in the interface, some lags, and even bugs in animations (iPhone 5, iPad 4).
Especially on the iPad. Try this:
Five finger pinch to go back to the home screen. Icons don't scale properly.
Four finger swipe up to bring up multitasking has gaps in the icons that don't scale properly and have inconsistent gaps in them.
I'm sure that they'll fix it, and I'm remaining an enthusiastic fan of Apple, but it's disappointing.
I thought I would hate the flatness and colors. I don't.
What bothers me are inconsistencies in the interface, some lags, and even bugs in animations (iPhone 5, iPad 4).
Especially on the iPad. Try this:
Five finger pinch to go back to the home screen. Icons don't scale properly.
Four finger swipe up to bring up multitasking has gaps in the icons that don't scale properly and have inconsistent gaps in them.
I'm sure that they'll fix it, and I'm remaining an enthusiastic fan of Apple, but it's disappointing.
The default calendar view is useless. A bunch of dots tells you nothing. Calendar items in Notification Center are also now completely useless. Seeing "You have 3 items starting at 9am" isn't useful.
Then you have all the animations. They wouldn't bother me that much except they actually made folders smaller so that the 9 icons visible in a folder icon would match their zoom animation when opening that folder. Ridiculous. Folders needed to be bigger, not smaller. Especially on the iPad where folders are largely just empty space. Yes, they added pages, but it would be much more useful to have bigger folders with pages, not smaller folders that force you to need a bunch of pages. But, no, they wanted their stupid animation to look perfect.
iOS7 is mostly an exercise in form over function.
Then you have all the animations. They wouldn't bother me that much except they actually made folders smaller so that the 9 icons visible in a folder icon would match their zoom animation when opening that folder. Ridiculous. Folders needed to be bigger, not smaller. Especially on the iPad where folders are largely just empty space. Yes, they added pages, but it would be much more useful to have bigger folders with pages, not smaller folders that force you to need a bunch of pages. But, no, they wanted their stupid animation to look perfect.
iOS7 is mostly an exercise in form over function.
Generally liking it except for a couple of things:
First, the grab area for the control center is so much smaller than the one for notifications. Half the time I can't even pull it up because my case gets in the way.
Second, every so often an animation will hang completely. I'll unlock it or swipe the screen and it just stops halfway through. It'll stay frozen that way until I touch the screen, then it'll jump to where it should be like nothing ever happened...
First, the grab area for the control center is so much smaller than the one for notifications. Half the time I can't even pull it up because my case gets in the way.
Second, every so often an animation will hang completely. I'll unlock it or swipe the screen and it just stops halfway through. It'll stay frozen that way until I touch the screen, then it'll jump to where it should be like nothing ever happened...
snowleopard48
macrumors regular
A few things. I love iOS 7, but some things are starting to drive me crazy.
1. No more play symbol in menu bar. Why was this removed? It served a simple, yet useful purpose and was unobtrusive. I hope it returns.
2. Not enough visual feedback when taking a photo, and further, the 'take photo' button doesn't stop being pressed once you have pressed it once, leading to multiple photos when you only meant to take one.
3. 3x3 folders, especially on iPad. Looses a lot of screen real estate and makes folders harder to navigate, I have to swipe to find apps I could have had on one screen in iOS 6.
4. Inconsistent app updates - the Podcasts app, Find my Friends and iBooks have yet to be updated and still feature old icons. That's pretty bad. Find my iPhone still features old UI.
1. No more play symbol in menu bar. Why was this removed? It served a simple, yet useful purpose and was unobtrusive. I hope it returns.
2. Not enough visual feedback when taking a photo, and further, the 'take photo' button doesn't stop being pressed once you have pressed it once, leading to multiple photos when you only meant to take one.
3. 3x3 folders, especially on iPad. Looses a lot of screen real estate and makes folders harder to navigate, I have to swipe to find apps I could have had on one screen in iOS 6.
4. Inconsistent app updates - the Podcasts app, Find my Friends and iBooks have yet to be updated and still feature old icons. That's pretty bad. Find my iPhone still features old UI.
Only complaint about iOS 7 is the aforementioned animations taking a little too long to complete when you close out of an app and return to the home screen. Just not a fan of the delay in being able to tap an icon immediately caused by the animations having to finish first. The notification center has a similar delay, I guess due to the newly added "bouncing" animation that happens when you pull it down. Not as bad as the homesceen delay but still sometimes annoying. If they can speed these 2 things up, then I will be happy. Otherwise, I love iOS 7!!!!
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the8thark
macrumors 601
Not enough Forstall jokes . . . nah just kidding . . . seriously though:
1. Folder colour. Needs options of black/white/grey
2. Not enough iOS6 -> iOS7 documentation. It will take a user a while to learn how to do everything in iOS7.
3. No option to choose to have the standard or inverse colour keyboard always
4. No option to have the dock use different transparency shades, instead of just the same one as the background as is now.
5. Newsstand looks ugly. The icon for the app is nice but the shelves need a renovation.
6. Having an option to make the parallax effect stronger or weaker. I personally want to turn it up. I can hardly notice it on my iPad.
7. No option for 4x4 and 5x5 in folders.
That's about it for now.
1. Folder colour. Needs options of black/white/grey
2. Not enough iOS6 -> iOS7 documentation. It will take a user a while to learn how to do everything in iOS7.
3. No option to choose to have the standard or inverse colour keyboard always
4. No option to have the dock use different transparency shades, instead of just the same one as the background as is now.
5. Newsstand looks ugly. The icon for the app is nice but the shelves need a renovation.
6. Having an option to make the parallax effect stronger or weaker. I personally want to turn it up. I can hardly notice it on my iPad.
7. No option for 4x4 and 5x5 in folders.
That's about it for now.
xraydoc
Contributor
There are several things I don't like, but the ones that first come to mind first are:
- The iPhone/iPod calendar is horrible. List (agenda) view is buried in the search screen (magnifying glass). Why?? Why not front and center? I've had to go with a third-party calendar for better functionality. For what it's worth, I have no complaints about the iPad calendar.
- In too many apps, I can't tell what text labels are buttons and what are simply labels. The camera app is a good example of this. Text along the top is tapable, text under the image - though same font and style - is not tapable. I can't believe Jonny Ive thinks this is better.
- Not enough contrast between certain backgrounds and the dark boxes indicating folders on the homescreen. Since the color of the folder box is calculated based on the background color/pattern, they should tweak it so it's more contrasty and easier to see.
- No sound upon unlocking the phone. I liked that little bit of feedback.
- The iPhone/iPod calendar is horrible. List (agenda) view is buried in the search screen (magnifying glass). Why?? Why not front and center? I've had to go with a third-party calendar for better functionality. For what it's worth, I have no complaints about the iPad calendar.
- In too many apps, I can't tell what text labels are buttons and what are simply labels. The camera app is a good example of this. Text along the top is tapable, text under the image - though same font and style - is not tapable. I can't believe Jonny Ive thinks this is better.
- Not enough contrast between certain backgrounds and the dark boxes indicating folders on the homescreen. Since the color of the folder box is calculated based on the background color/pattern, they should tweak it so it's more contrasty and easier to see.
- No sound upon unlocking the phone. I liked that little bit of feedback.
myrtlebee
macrumors 68030
Has anyone been having trouble with their weather app updating? My location services are on, but it still says it is Saturday for a number of locations (including my own) and some of the weather is also out of date. Tried turning the iPod completely off and then on after a minute, but still get the same issue.
Newsstand
Newsstand was never a good idea, really doesn’t do anything for the user, but under iOS 7 its behavior has become much more problematic.
Essentially, Newsstand is a folder for your newspaper and magazine apps. That’s it. Only it comes with one added constraint – the rule that these apps can only exist in this folder. So, the essential functionality is to reduce user freedom – no added benefit, unless you consider displaying the apps on a shelf like skeuomorphism a benefit (Yes, under iOS 7 it looks more like an Ikea aluminum shelf, but still a shelf.) Personally, I want to put my New York Times app on a home screen, but Newsstand prohibits this.
In iOS 7, however, things got much worse. (These comments pertain to the iPad version of Newsstand.) It now appears that Newsstand is trying to function like the home screen. When Newsstand is open, the four finger grab that returns you to the home screen is not functional, nor is the side swipe to move to another app (the only way to get out of Newsstand is to press the home button or go into multitasking mode.) But note in multitasking mode, you cannot dismiss the app and if you return to the home screen, it no longer appears in multitasking mode. Open a newspaper or magazine then do the four finger grab from that app and you don’t return to the home screen, you return to Newsstand!
All of this points to the fact that Newsstand is operating as some sort of special mode or imitation of the homescreen. Aside from being completely irritating, this must violate all sorts of standards of app behavior on iOS. (You can think of Newsstand as embodying the narcissistic personality disorder. It really must insist that it is more important than it is.)
Newsstand was never a good idea, really doesn’t do anything for the user, but under iOS 7 its behavior has become much more problematic.
Essentially, Newsstand is a folder for your newspaper and magazine apps. That’s it. Only it comes with one added constraint – the rule that these apps can only exist in this folder. So, the essential functionality is to reduce user freedom – no added benefit, unless you consider displaying the apps on a shelf like skeuomorphism a benefit (Yes, under iOS 7 it looks more like an Ikea aluminum shelf, but still a shelf.) Personally, I want to put my New York Times app on a home screen, but Newsstand prohibits this.
In iOS 7, however, things got much worse. (These comments pertain to the iPad version of Newsstand.) It now appears that Newsstand is trying to function like the home screen. When Newsstand is open, the four finger grab that returns you to the home screen is not functional, nor is the side swipe to move to another app (the only way to get out of Newsstand is to press the home button or go into multitasking mode.) But note in multitasking mode, you cannot dismiss the app and if you return to the home screen, it no longer appears in multitasking mode. Open a newspaper or magazine then do the four finger grab from that app and you don’t return to the home screen, you return to Newsstand!
All of this points to the fact that Newsstand is operating as some sort of special mode or imitation of the homescreen. Aside from being completely irritating, this must violate all sorts of standards of app behavior on iOS. (You can think of Newsstand as embodying the narcissistic personality disorder. It really must insist that it is more important than it is.)
InTheMist
macrumors member
ryan42
macrumors 6502
I've detailed my disdain of the iOS 7 calendar app here.
There's a lot of stuff I don't like about iOS 7 but the Calendar app sends me into fits of rage when I try to use it.
In general I feel like the whole OS shows you less information on the screen because the space between elements is larger and the elements themselves are larger. There are places where the phone has a large placeholder when there's zero information, for instance, the notes field in the contacts view, the three rows given to Calendar events in the Today view when you have no calendar events at all...
I have kept my main phone on iOS 6 and will probably stay there until I feel like iOS 7 has its annoyances worked out.
There's a lot of stuff I don't like about iOS 7 but the Calendar app sends me into fits of rage when I try to use it.
In general I feel like the whole OS shows you less information on the screen because the space between elements is larger and the elements themselves are larger. There are places where the phone has a large placeholder when there's zero information, for instance, the notes field in the contacts view, the three rows given to Calendar events in the Today view when you have no calendar events at all...
I have kept my main phone on iOS 6 and will probably stay there until I feel like iOS 7 has its annoyances worked out.