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You know, I can see that. If Android is ripping off iOS that really means that for iOS to step up and get modern, Android isn't the template to follow -- Android is stuck with innovating off of iOS's past accomplishments...it's innovating while walking backwards. WM, being a ground-up re-imagining of how smart phones work is looking forward...better to co-opt some of those ideas instead...be in a position of innovati…
In a general sense, this is natural design evolution - where Darwin's mutation and natural selection concepts can be applied (generally) to the evolution and advancement of good/effective design. The windows phone likely took some of its design concepts from previous iOS and Android designs, and now iOS7 is 'evolving' the same way. This (evolution) can be described as a recursive process: keep the things that work (n…
The OS looks far better on a device in front of you than on a static picture on a website or on a projector on a wall.
Still time to fix it though, I don't expect Apple to leave it in this state.
I'm more concerned with why hasn't Apple made lower case keys show up on the keyboard yet? This is a no brainer.
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Irony: it only looks like it's slide up to unlock. It's actually slide sideways. My twitter stream right now is full of people pointing out how deeply confusing that little arrow at the bottom of the screen is. See it in action: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/06/slide-to-unlock-appadvice...
This is something that really, desperately confuses me. Apple is supposedly the king of intuitive design, and yet here, you have literally the first interface people will see on the phone, with an interaction model which is completely impossible to intuit, and only works for people who are already trained in how to complete the action. I get the desire to eliminate depth, but that little slide gutter and right-pointi…
It's a cross between WP and Android. It's a very strange feeling when you realise you could do a better job at UX design then a multi-billion company.
With a bunch of WebOS thrown in, e.g. the task switcher.
You know, I can see that. If Android is ripping off iOS that really means that for iOS to step up and get modern, Android isn't the template to follow -- Android is stuck with innovating off of iOS's past accomplishments...it's innovating while walking backwards. WM, being a ground-up re-imagining of how smart phones work is looking forward...better to co-opt some of those ideas instead...be in a position of innovati…
What makes you think that Android is ripping off iOS?
We are talking about smartphone screens. There are not lots of flexibilities for UI design. You either slide up or to the side for a lock screen. And what about time?
Contextual gesture unlock/launch mechanisms are actually pretty popular. Here's an example with 4 options, but that is by no means the only option set.
http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MI...
The OS looks far better on a device in front of you than on a static picture on a website or on a projector on a wall.
Everything except the home screen icons/default background. Those are still fairly hideous. Still time to fix it though, I don't expect Apple to leave it in this state. I'm more concerned with why hasn't Apple made lower case keys show up on the keyboard yet? This is a no brainer.
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The text slide to unlock has a shine animation that moves from left to right.
I get that, but I think it's very difficult to make an argument that given a new user, it would be interpreted as an interaction cue rather than just visual polish. The presence of the up arrow is actively misleading, from a UX perspective. It's like having a slide toggle that you have to double tap to activate!
