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iPhone Why all the hate for iOS 7?
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Now this is the first post of significance for me...
Please elaborate on the reduced functionality of Safari in iOS7?
This would be a real deal killer.
I like buttons, not gestures. While having the ability to swipe back and forward is great, it's not as easy (or consistent) as hitting the back button. YMMV, but that's just me.
Secondly...bookmarks. I use bookmarks to navigate the web...period. I am a bookmarks guy, what can I say! In order to pull up bookmarks in iOS7, you have to touch the bottom of the screen, which causes you to open links by accident. Even if you are successful, it still requires multiple taps to access your bookmarks. It sounds minor, and maybe it is for some, but it's a deal-breaker for me. Safari in iOS6 is simple, fast, and easy to read. I hope they offer a ON/OFF Fullscreen toggle.
I have a feeling I'll jailbreak iOS 7 to restore many of iOS6's looks and features. One can always jailbreak and set a different browser as default, such as Mercury, so it's not the end of the world. I'm sure you'll be able to make iOS7 look like iOS6, if you desire. All-in-all, I'm not a fan of iOS7...but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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I, personally love iOS7. Never been so excited about a mobile OS...
I think Android and iOS are for different people and different markets. One is not better than the other. iOS 'was' lagging behind but now, I can't wait to download it!
What do you guys think? I'm thinking stock price rebound in a few days and to me, WWDC 2013 really put Apple back on the forefronts of innovation, like it used to be.
I think this quote says it all about the current situation...
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance!" - Steve Ballmer in 2008
I really wanna know what y'all think.
I like it.
It's a significant change.
It's all behind Android but if the next iphone is larger I'm getting it if there's a jailbreak for it
Agreed. But the truth is that Soviet bureau didn't do such hideous things back in 30's, it's the American bureau called 'Apple' that release this 'design' in 2013.
This is not true. I got no problem with change -- for the better. But the apple UI was very refined and excellent. A radical overhaul served no purpose. Instead of adding much needed features, all they did was bastardize the UI/look in the name of change. Functionally, the new UI is harder to differentiate info, harder to recognize a button is pressable, etc. It is not a useful change--it is a cosmetic change for change. Jobs refined the ios6 UI--that's why it was so good. It's sad to see it go.
Its amazing how subjective things are. I love the forward/backward browser swipe on OSX and have been annoyed by it missing on iOS. Seems like it will make things faster as you can swipe anywhere on the page as opposed to hitting a tiny button. I'm happy to have it in iOS7.
I love the concept, but I feel like I'm constantly swiping twice to get my gesture across. In theory, gestures are great. Maybe I don't have opposable thumbs?
I am, however, much more annoyed by the bookmarks implementation. The back/forward functionality is less of a hindrance.
Gestures are like shortcuts on computers: nice-to-haves but no replacement for the icon that does it's job.
The back gesture on my trackpad has replaced the icon at the top of the browser. I simply have no use for it and I've removed it.