iOS 7's Design is Confused • Hacker News Board

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by luiscvega » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 1:47 AM UTC

They didn't really call it "Flat" design. So we can't really blame them when elements don't follow the "rules" of Flat design.

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by zeckalpha » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 1:47 AM UTC

andrewmunsell wrote: post #8

joeblau wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was my first thought. It looks like a first attempt by someone trying to learn Flat UI. For some reason, it just looks a bit to kludgy for me.

To be fair, this is the first time Apple's tried flat UI :P

What about the original Mac?

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by sigzero » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 1:49 AM UTC

This is first pass for developers. Lots can be tweaked before Fall.

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by shalmanese » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 1:52 AM UTC

Tloewald wrote: post #3

The gradients are only problematic if interpreted as lighting. If merely decorative, no problem. Note that almost all of the gradients involve hue shifts. The spacing of the balloons is actually clever. Balloons from one party are closer spaced than balloons from different parties. I prefer space around the text to space around the balloons. I agree that the calculator et. al. Could be customizable. That aside, it's…

We already have a terms for "gradients that are not meant to be interpreted as lighting", we call them "optical illusions" and they're immensely confusing to the visual system.

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by mvkel » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

This author is confused. Anyone who's tested any BETA 1 of iOS knows how unfinished it can be. This isn't your Google "beta." It's a legitimate beta.

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by andrewmunsell » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:06 AM UTC

mvkel wrote: post #15

This author is confused. Anyone who's tested any BETA 1 of iOS knows how unfinished it can be. This isn't your Google "beta." It's a legitimate beta.

The design won't change significantly in the next months. For example, the Game Center design is likely there to stay for the most part. And, by the way, I acknowledged that it's a beta and there's time to improve.

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by czhiddy » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:07 AM UTC

tathagata wrote: post #7

The icon backgrounds now look largely redundant. Apple could have done better by getting rid of the backgrounds altogether like Android.

The completely arbitrary icon sizes look absolutely terrible on Android, IMO : http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nexu...

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by andrewmunsell » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:07 AM UTC

zeckalpha wrote: post #12

andrewmunsell wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, this is the first time Apple's tried flat UI :P

What about the original Mac?

Good point

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by hdra » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:10 AM UTC

One thing I can't understand, why would they make the blurred background on the Control Center lighter and put white text and controls on it?? Is this supposed to be customizable?

Re: iOS 7's Design is Confused

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Post by mvkel » Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 2:12 AM UTC

andrewmunsell wrote: post #16

mvkel wrote: post #15

This author is confused. Anyone who's tested any BETA 1 of iOS knows how unfinished it can be. This isn't your Google "beta." It's a legitimate beta.

The design won't change significantly in the next months. For example, the Game Center design is likely there to stay for the most part. And, by the way, I acknowledged that it's a beta and there's time to improve.

What's your source for that? Based on experience with previous betas, it could absolutely change.

In the iOS that Game Center debuted, it didn't even work until BETA 4.