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What I never understood about iOS 7 haters
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Just because you like something, doesn't mean everybody else would like it too. what is so hard to understand about that?
Just because you like something, doesn't mean everybody else would like it too. what is so hard to understand about that?
Well I understand that but there is A LOT of people who don't like it.
Again, not surprising at all. Just because you like something, doesn't mean there can't be many, many people who don't like it. Me, I'm quite taken aback by how many people do like iOS 7!
You appear to have a very narrow view of things. Not everyone who dislikes iOS7 does so because of appearance.
For me, it comes down to performance. iOS 6 in an iPhone 4 and iPad 4 were noticeably snappier and smoother than iOS 7. The wipe-clean-start-new did nothing on either device to improve it.
iOS was and continues to be boring. That's ok. I don't want the OS on my device to be "exciting".... it's about the apps and what I can do with them that are important to me. And I want to do those things as smoothly as possible.
I've owned an iPad since day-1 of gen-1. And 2nd and 4th gens. They have all been the most responsive and fluid of every tablet I've owned... until iOS 7.x on the 4.
I guess you also love the constant tab refreshing, more aggressive background app killing and many more. Seriously, I cannot even pause a video now, because if I pause a video exit out, check something online, then the YouTube app or whatever video app will refresh itself. I have to reload the entire god damn video again.
Two very thoughtful posts. We're at 7.1.1 and still have problems due to it being rewritten. I want a phone that works well which I had in iOS 6. The damage done to the reputation of iOS and iOS devices wasn't worth a new look.
And speaking of looks, I remember being blown away by the interesting graphics and visuals. The timer that had cylinders was my favorite. Now the numbers float on a white background, but they still are shaded to simulate a cylinder. It's not interesting and doesn't make sense. Someone new might not quickly know how to slide the numbers. Those visual clues affect the usability of iOS. Now you have white and you can read text. No buttons that are greyed out or are green or red depending on what they do. No Edit button to start process to delete/forward/etc. messages. It's terrible.
This is the important one for me. I was astonished when iOS 7 came out and was......unreliable! I mean, this is Apple we're talking about. Attention to detail is EVERYTHING. So what is that structured paper nightmare of the Note/Reminders apps even doing there? Hello, Jony.......you OK mate?? And the undefined text buttons, the semi-skeumorphic timer wheels you mention, etc.
I don't hate iOS 7, but I don't love it either. And these design glitches truly astound me. At least they're still on top of things when it comes to the hardware. But man do I hope they grab themselves by the collar with iOS 8.
Right, so because must people you know (assuming you know hundreds of millions) either hate iOS 7 or are indifferent, therefore it have to be 50/50!! I get it
A few of the folk who dont like it seem to think because they dont like like then everyone shouldnt like it though....works both ways!Just because you like something, doesn't mean everybody else would like it too. what is so hard to understand about that?
With lack of good information truly supporting it one way or another what else can really be said?Right, so because must people you know (assuming you know hundreds of millions) either hate iOS 7 or are indifferent, therefore it have to be 50/50!! I get it
At first I didn't like 7 (change
It did force me out to look for some new apps and I found replacements for the ones I didn't like that imo are even better than before. (e.g., calendar, music, weather, notes)
But as far as the iOS7 goes I love it!!!
Same here, after 7.0 I wasn't happy at all my phone was slow and the battery life was far from good, but after 7.1 everything is running nice and smooth
The fancy animations, transparent layers, parallax effect, etc. are totally unnecessary and use up a significant portion of the measly 1gb RAM. Also, I've had more Safari and springboard crashes on iOS 7 than any previous version of iOS, though this has mostly been fixed with iOS 7.1. Apple created more problems by tweaking the UI to fix a problem that didn't exist in the first place.
Don't get me wrong, but I'm ok with a flattened UI (not a particular fan of the neon color scheme), though not at the expense of usability.
The design of iOS 7 should've simply been a skeumorphism-less version of iOS 6. Therefore, the design of the OS could be cleaned up and tweaked without having to be too radical about it. It would've been a nice and refreshing update while still retaining the overall iOS look, feel and experience that people have come to know and love. OS X Mavericks was like that but iOS 7 went a bit too far.
Besides, if Ive and his design team knew they were not gonna make the WWDC deadline last year, why rush a redesign? Save it for 8 or 9 to polish the UI and test it out for extended periods of time. I thought Apple was all about taking time to get it right and obsessing over the smallest of details.
Besides, if Ive and his design team knew they were not gonna make the WWDC deadline last year, why rush a redesign? Save it for 8 or 9 to polish the UI and test it out for extended periods of time. I thought Apple was all about taking time to get it right and obsessing over the smallest of details.
If they do not show something radically new, then they will get extremely negative view. They should have started the transition earlier, but they did not. Yes, Apple need something that tell people they are on top of their game. This is pure business move, they were facing extreme competition out there. Where Android is changing and iOS being labelled to steal and boring.
Well genius!! The guy said he was sure it was 50/50! Wasn't I right to assume he must know hundred of millions of peoples opinion about it?
Aside from working on iOS apps in the simulator before I had an iPhone, I never used iOS 6. If Safari in iOS 6 crashed as much as it did in 7.0.x (and it still sometimes randomly blows up in 7.1), then iOS 6 must have been a massive pile of crap too.
The UI looks fine to me. Shoot, that's why I wanted an iPhone in the first place, so I'm happy with that. Still, iOS 7 feels far less reliable than Android 4.x has to me lol.
The UI looks fine to me. Shoot, that's why I wanted an iPhone in the first place, so I'm happy with that. Still, iOS 7 feels far less reliable than Android 4.x has to me lol.
Steve Jobs specifically hired Jonny Ive to handle design in regards to hardware, but also chose a separate person to be in charge of the OS (Scott R)....
Scott was fired as soon Jobs was out of the picture.
And Jonny was brought in to cover software and hardware.
Now why do you think Jobs hadn't hired Jonny previously to work on the OS? Most probably because Jonny didn't share the vision that Jobs had in regards to what makes a good all round product. iOS7 could be a good example of this?
IOS6 (the last Jobs overseen edition) had strong elements of what made the iPhone magic. Whereas iOS (the Ive edition) has had more controversy than Scott R's maps ever did.
Its a shame JOBS handwork and vision in piecing all the bits together from different talented people has become overshadowed by IVE. But lets be honest about this, IVE was an instrumental part of APPLE, but Jobs was APPLE and it is his vision and management that took a company from the death bed and made what it is today.
Scott was fired as soon Jobs was out of the picture.
And Jonny was brought in to cover software and hardware.
Now why do you think Jobs hadn't hired Jonny previously to work on the OS? Most probably because Jonny didn't share the vision that Jobs had in regards to what makes a good all round product. iOS7 could be a good example of this?
IOS6 (the last Jobs overseen edition) had strong elements of what made the iPhone magic. Whereas iOS (the Ive edition) has had more controversy than Scott R's maps ever did.
Its a shame JOBS handwork and vision in piecing all the bits together from different talented people has become overshadowed by IVE. But lets be honest about this, IVE was an instrumental part of APPLE, but Jobs was APPLE and it is his vision and management that took a company from the death bed and made what it is today.
And now it is Tim Cooks' turn to lead Apple.
IOS 7 is so much more 2014 than IOS 6. I remember IOS 6 updates killing my ipad battery life, so in my opinion, IOS 6 was as bad as people claiming IOS 7 is.
That Ive now has hardware and software, whether it's good for apple or bad for apple is irrelevant. Jobs is gone, Cook is in. If Cook fails and apple fails onto windows phones. These phones are a tool for making my life easier, not an emotional investment.
Your poll excludes the average consumers which easily makes up 95% of the end users.
Excluding the niche enthusiasts I'd guess that a 90/10 ratio is more realistic.
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