I agree with this. It doesn't bother me as much as being centered with the time and not the screen would. Now that I noticed it, what bugs me is that the time/battery is offset and not centered.
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Why have I not seen anyone complain about this design mistake on the 6+ in landscape?
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I agree with this. It doesn't bother me as much as being centered with the time and not the screen would. Now that I noticed it, what bugs me is that the time/battery is offset and not centered.
How is it a mistake ? The dots are symmetrically centered with the entire bottom of the screen.
Having dots centered at the middle of the ENTIRE screen seems more of a priority than having them aligned with a little time indicator all the way at the top of the screen that it has no direct relation to.
More people will regularly notice the spacing relative to the bottom screen width where the dots are actually located rather than the time which is all the way at the top of the screen.
Not to sound like a smart ass but just because it doesn't meet your personal preference doesn't automatically mean it's a mistake.
Does the UI still work as intended? Then it's not a mistake. I didn't even notice it until you mentioned it and after staring at it for a few minutes, it still doesn't bother me. I actually prefer it to centered to the screen instead of to the time. And no one has complained because pretty much no one else perceives it as a mistake.
A real design mistake would be not choosing a stronger alloy of aluminum to make the case out of.
I suppose the best way to determine if this is a real mistake would be to contact Apple and see what they have to say....if they say it's a bug and will be fixed, then you have your answer.
ETA: where did the pic come from? If it's a stock pic from Apple, it was probably intentional. After all, they would have inspected every pic before it went up in their website (after accusations of them trying to make the protruding camera lens less noticeable).
I did not say the UI element doesn't serve its intended ACTION purpose. The actual interface/design element of it does not. Alloy? I'm not talking about hardware. This thread is about a software design mistake.
Estimated time of arrival? What? It is a stock pic, as is the operating system a stock operating system. It doesn't prove it's not a mistake. No one has complained because it is a small detail, but noticeable, per my thread.
Not really. It was a design choice.
You would've chosen differently. I get that. But I don't think you can say there's only one correct way to design a product. A lot of design is subjective.
Unless there are published rules on this and the layout shown contravenes the rules. Then it would be a mistake and we'd be in agreement.
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This place actually makes me feel sane... and I'm nuts.
That's not saying very much
It's not a mistake. It's a preference. It's aligned in the middle of the entire screen, mirroring portrait mode. The arrow for control center also aligns with it (I can't try this but someone stated that it's so), i.e., the middle of the entire screen. Wouldn't it look funny if control center was misaligned with it? Or funnier if control center (which is independent of the home screen stuff) was off center (of the screen), i.e., aligning with your preference? It's a design choice. The home screen doesn't end where the dock starts. The dock is part of the home screen. You can move icons into and out of it. So I guess what you say does have merit, but the way it's implemented isn't completely and unequivocally out of place. Design is never about it HAS to be A or B. Maybe it's C or D or X or Y or Z. Design is subjective. If it violates a rule that Apple themselves set for everyone else to follow, then I'd say it's a full out mistake because they're contradicting themselves. Design is about choosing what YOU think is right/looks good/feels right/etc.
The dots are there for a reason.
If you are holding the phone in landscape mode, it makes the dots the same distance away from your thumbs in case you like to tap the dots and move from screen to screen, as opposed to swiping.
Looks weird, but it is functional and not a design mistake.
If you are holding the phone in landscape mode, it makes the dots the same distance away from your thumbs in case you like to tap the dots and move from screen to screen, as opposed to swiping.
Looks weird, but it is functional and not a design mistake.
Jeepers, I hadn't thought of that: Usability.
A really good explanation if it's true.
As hard as it is to acquire a Plus and some folks able to get it? No, not surprised anyone complained about that afterwards as that did not even blip on their radar.
Haha, you're absolutely right. Never noticed it until you mentioned it though, since I hardly ever use the home screen in landscape mode.
Well if you do, just be patient and I am sure Aplle will fix this in an update!
In the mean time put your Plus down and do something else cause we do not want you to go crazy!
*Facepalm*. OP is not talking about the presence of the little dots on the bottom of the home screen. He/she is referring to how they're centered with the entire screen, including the dock, as opposed to being centered with the part of the screen that slides.
Good catch op. Usually Apple has better attention to detail than this.
I also noticed there's a fundamental issue with the new photos recover image function. When looking at your normal photos the delete button (which is actually an icon) in the bottom left option. Once you go to deleted photos to delete for good, the delete button moves to the bottom right (and it's now text and not the icon). It's stupid that apple would change the location of the delete button like that. Goes against the design language and confuses the hell out of me everything I'm trying to delete photos because I'm used to the delete button being in one place, not switching all over the place for no good reason. I keep mistakingly restoring photos
I also noticed there's a fundamental issue with the new photos recover image function. When looking at your normal photos the delete button (which is actually an icon) in the bottom left option. Once you go to deleted photos to delete for good, the delete button moves to the bottom right (and it's now text and not the icon). It's stupid that apple would change the location of the delete button like that. Goes against the design language and confuses the hell out of me everything I'm trying to delete photos because I'm used to the delete button being in one place, not switching all over the place for no good reason. I keep mistakingly restoring photos
That doesn't make sense, because you don't need to tap on the dots at all to move from page to page. You can tap anywhere along the bottom edge of the screen and it will move forward or backwards a page. There's no utility to tapping on the dots themselves.
I think it's clearly a (minor) design mistake and I anticipate it being corrected in a future iOS release.
I'm surprised nobody has brought up the fact that the icons in the dock aren't in line with the icons on the home screen. It's 4 rows in the dock and 4 rows on the home screen. Yet they don't line up.
It drives me insane
It drives me insane
