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It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.
Not to be partisan, or anything. The thing that stood out the most for me was slide-up to unlock, that's been a Windows thing since they began their redesign with WP (from WinMobile). Still I think that somehow Apple did a better job with the flat UI, I'm currently using Windows 8 (by choice) and my phone is a Lumia 521 (again by choice), and I always feel that something is off with the WP/W8 buttons, they just seem…
My two year old daughter figured out how to unlock my iPhone by sliding her thumb across the slider. Interested to see how she'll find the iOS 7 interface. Toddler usability testing :)
If you are worried about somebody ripping somebody off, worry about the works from Jan Tschichold, Adrian Frutiger, or Josef Müller-Brockmann being ripped off, not MS, Apple, Android, or whoever else.
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.
I don't understand this obsession with complaining about copying or imitating in design. As long as good things are taken and worse things are left behind, the consumers benefit. It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.
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.
I don't understand this obsession with complaining about copying or imitating in design. As long as good things are taken and worse things are left behind, the consumers benefit. It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.
Disclaimer: I'm not saying I personally agree or even think this viewpoint is entirely true; just offering some insight.
I don't understand this obsession with complaining about copying or imitating in design. As long as good things are taken and worse things are left behind, the consumers benefit. It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.
No, it's like someone having a good idea, and someone else saying it was theirs.
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.
Then why don't you do it? Redesigning the entire OS is a bit more complex than proclaiming that it is similar to something and you can do it better.
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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.
As I look at the upper-case keys on my 2012 Macbook Pro, I'm not sure why you think they are going to do this.