When did HN become such a cesspool of snarky low-quality comments?
Every time I see a Glass/iPhone/WindowsPhone/etc article nowadays, I prepare myself for a deluge of shitty YouTube-caliber posts.
Embarrassing.
iOS 7
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Re: iOS 7
#22Hopefully I'm not the only one that thinks this is going to kill usability. The reason old people can figure their way around This article seems to sum up some of my other complaints fairly well: http://wolfslittlestore.be/tasteless/
I agree. I think my parents can easily use iOS 6 on the iPhone or iPad while they have trouble with other computing devices. Same goes with my toddler. I actually thought Apple purposely kept this style because they're aware of the great usability it was compared to what other manufacturers are doing.
It turns out that perhaps I was giving them too much credit.
Re: iOS 7
#23Hopefully I'm not the only one that thinks this is going to kill usability. The reason old people can figure their way around This article seems to sum up some of my other complaints fairly well: http://wolfslittlestore.be/tasteless/
I'm volunteering at a center that teaches senior citizens various computer skills. One of the courses we teach is on how to use their iPhones. I'm dreading the moment that iOS7 is released: all of these people are going to have to start right back at the beginning in their understanding.
I think Apple would be happy to lose all the "silver surfers" and regain their cool with teens, tweens, and young adults. Teens don't want the same phone that their grandmother has and they don't want the same tablet they're forced to use at school.
Re: iOS 7
#24I cant believe how quickly UI and design have fallen now that Jobs is gone. Things like childish gradients and terrible icons.
Don't even get me started on the contrast -- light text on fluorescent green background and the really thin font.
I could only draw one conclusion from the comparison of iOS 6 vs 7 --- it's as if Apple has done everything possible to make it unusable.
Steve would probably have fired the tasteless "designer" who came up with this utterly broken redesign.
Re: iOS 7
#25I cant believe how quickly UI and design have fallen now that Jobs is gone. Things like childish gradients and terrible icons.
Don't even get me started on the contrast -- light text on fluorescent green background and the really thin font.
I could only draw one conclusion from the comparison of iOS 6 vs 7 --- it's as if Apple has done everything possible to make it unusable.
Steve would probably have fired the tasteless "designer" who came up with this utterly broken redesign.
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#26I'm glad someone wrote a blog post like this. It's getting to be somewhat annoying how many people are whining about Windows Phone and Android similarities. Design and engineering decisions are not made in a vacuum. Android copies from iOS and vice versa - they each follow the cultural trends of smart design. I would much rather see blog posts like this - where the author considers the iOS in its own right instead of…
> It's getting to be somewhat annoying how many people are whining about Windows Phone and Android similarities. Design and engineering decisions are not made in a vacuum.
I agree, but the similarities are being pointed out precisely because Apple (and their major pundits like Marco and Gruber) makes a big deal about how others have borrowed ideas from them.
For example, the infamous "Redmond/Mountain View, start your photocopiers" lines, and Marco/Gruber's frequent quips like "Hmm, I've seen something like this before..." in regards to something Google or Samsung has done.
Apple's smugness is what's getting them, not their borrowing of ideas, itself.
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#27iOS 7 foregoes borders, instead relying on colour to indicate interactivity
Good thing there aren't people out there who are color-blind, then...
Oh, wait.
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#28I can't believe anyone likes the old one. I think the IOS audience just might be getting a bit old and stodgy.
What happened to the Don't fix what isn't broken mantra?
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#29Finally, an author is doing a deeper analysis than complaining about the icon-set or font weight.
We'll see how this pans out but maybe this is that "the iPad is just a big iPod Touch" thing all over.
Re: iOS 7
#30I feel he focuses on the best parts of iOS 7, which I admit are quite nice. But there are definitely a few things that, to me, don't meet the old Apple standards of great usability.
Just a few things I noticed: The confusing unlock and initial welcome screen. They lack clear indication on which way to swipe or that you're even supposed to swipe at all (welcome screen). It's a subtle and momentary weakness that is addressed the moment you figure it out, but truly excellent design should avoid such issues; minimalism doesn't mean zeroing things out.
The month view being useless for showing upcoming events in the calendar app (the previous version would show you a scroll of upcoming events for the currently selected month).
Spotlight is summoned via a downward swipe, but is dismissed by an asymmetric action (either x out your search field to clear your search results, or hit the physical home key).
All minor quips, but it's the difference between UI designed by, say, your avg coder who trivializes the UX domain, and UI designed by a truly talented UX guy. But I'm hopeful since it's only the first beta.