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Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by Alphasite_ »

gfodor wrote: post #7

I can't help but notice these layered colors look like transparent cellophane. Maybe this is the metaphor, app controls, etc, are reflective transparencies layered atop data?

I know its a little odd, but im hoping they take design cues from the password entry screen on the iPad, thats is by far and away my preferred aesthetic for the OS. Its pretty much perfect for its job, visually attractive, simple, uncluttered, easy to use and does precisely the job it was meant to do.

It could be simpler, but I think that would detract from it.

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Post by troymc »

This reminds me of Microsoft's Office Suite. It seems the current colors are:

Access - Red

Excel - Green

OneNote - Purple

Outlook - Blue

Publisher - Teal

PowerPoint - Orange

Word - Navy Blue

New headline suggestion: "Apple Copies Microsoft Design Ideas"? Just kidding! Associating a color with each product in your lineup is an old practice.

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Post by dclowd9901 »

GuiA wrote: post #17

Honestly, if Apple releases an entire new look for UIKit without breaking retro-compatibility, I think the iOS team can be commended as one of the most impressive engineering teams in the world.

Why? Apps have already pretty well silo'd off their designs from the base looks and feel of iOS, and the ones that still rely heavily on it will probably be grandfathered in with the old look.

My guess is the core UI (home screen, title bar, alerts, notification center) will simply get a face lift, while individual apps will need to update to take advantage. I doubt we'll see a Metro style overhaul.

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Post by NamTaf »

smackfu wrote: post #4

The thing is that the previous years of invites haven't really had any deeper meaning, going back to 2010 or so. They've just been getting more and more stylish in representing "a lot of apps". 2010: Tube tiled with app icons 2011: Apple logo "window" into space tiled with app icons 2012: Apple logo made up of translucent round rects (stylized app icons) of various colors. 2013: Translucent round rects stacked on top…

There has been, to an extent, with other Apple events. The 'Let's talk iPhone' event [1] showed 4 app icons which basically said the date, time, location and the fact that it was to do with the phone itself.

[1]: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/apple-sends-invites-for...

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by ableal »

My thought was "Hey, rainbow apple logo for the XXI century."

Kind of hard to put that on device lids/backs, though. But it would look nice on stickers.

P.S. Amusingly, http://danhadi.com/blog/?p=526 (classic rainbow on modern lid) comes up in fourth place for me with https://www.google.com/search?q=rainbow+apple+logo

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by ljf »

This colour scheme seems possible to me, especially with the latest iPod Touch (and Nano) colour schemes and the rumoured iPad and iPad Mini bodies that pictures emerged of a few months ago. I wonder in the hardware refresh in November will reflect the new colour scheme? I'd like a more colourful device range.

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Post by Maarten88 »

troymc wrote: post #32

This reminds me of Microsoft's Office Suite. It seems the current colors are: Access - Red Excel - Green OneNote - Purple Outlook - Blue Publisher - Teal PowerPoint - Orange Word - Navy Blue New headline suggestion: "Apple Copies Microsoft Design Ideas"? Just kidding! Associating a color with each product in your lineup is an old practice.

Clearly Microsoft has started this trend toward flat design and away from skeuomorphic design. Mcrosoft calls this authenticly digital" in their talks and documentation on the metro design language [1].

It's funny that blogs and articles about this upcoming change never even mention Microsoft or Metro. Apple copying Microsoft creates cognitive dissonance [2], it is counter to the strong belief that Apple is the industry leader in design.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh78123...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by daph »

rsync wrote: post #27

It would be nice if the WWDC invite could somehow be interpreted as having anything at all to do with their PC products and/or their OSX operating system. Not only does it appear not to, but prior to this comment, the string "osx" is not in this comment thread anywhere.

Yeah I don't give two shits about the new iOS stuff. However I'm in the market for a new laptop and a I want a retina macbook. These rumors of the hardware refresh are killing me.

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by noahpillans »

Geee wrote: post #20
blub wrote: post #3

Sounds like the Harmattan look. Each app had a flat modern UI with a highlight of color: http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/ux/pages/Colour.html

Exactly, that came to my mind too. Specifically, Harmattan's in-built apps came with color schemes for broad categories: blueish for communication, orangish for productivity, purplish for media etc.

It seems that Apple has already begun a similar and slightly more subtle approach in iOS 6 with their colored status bars. Communication apps (Messages, Contacts, Phone, Mail) have a blue status bar; Information apps (Safari, Weather, Stocks) have a black status bar. I could see Apple expanding upon this design premise to subdivide apps into their respective content areas like Harmattan.
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