iOS 7 before and after screenshots
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iOS 7 before and after screenshots
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Re: iOS 7 before and after screenshots
#2I personally like the new flat designs a lot better.
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#3Most of these look MUCH better after the redesign. And, surprisingly, they look a lot like Android apps. For years and years Apple was way ahead of Android on app design, but now I think an app that follows the iOS 7 design guidelines and the Android design guidelines will look about the same.
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#4The "after" screenshots don't seem to have anything in common anymore. Some of the apps look like Android, some look like Windows Phone, some look like Palm webOS.
The previous iterations at least shared a few button styles and navigation bar styles, but now it seems like everyone has taken the opportunity to reinvent those too.
It's certainly ok by me that app developers are taking more liberties in making their apps look unique. But if I were running the iOS show at Apple, I'd probably be worried about this development: if the visual presence of the OS disappears entirely from apps, it becomes that much less scary to pick up an Android phone because the apps won't look any different there.
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#5We shouldn't forget that these are all iterations on existing designs, and that at least partially the improved readability/understandability(there's a better word that is escaping me here) is in part due to this in addition to the flatness. It isn't just "flat" that's doing it here, a lot of these examples are also making better choices with whitespace and data presentation in addition to downplaying gradients (chatter moving to cards and ditching the tabbar for example).
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#6Few of these look better, IMO. And I'm definitely not seeing a lot of consistency in design. That said, many of them weren't great in the first place anyway.
One clear trend: getting rid of the bottom tab bar. I will mourn that loss - the top left corner is the least accessible place on the screen, and Apple saw fit to put the most important button (Back) there. The bottom bar was a very accessible shortcut in many apps. Although many faulted Android for having a back button, it's actually incredibly convenient to have it accessible in all apps.
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#7Personally, I like the redesigned "flat" app design. However, in the case of Photo Investigator, it seems that the "flat" design is worse off. The buttons are no longer visible due to the cluttered background.
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#8I realize this means nothing, but I love coming to the comments here, and the top 3 comments are effectively:
1. Hate it. 2. Meh. 3. Love it.
Yes, I'm summarizing, but I just found it highly amusing.
Re: iOS 7 before and after screenshots
#9Few of these look better, IMO. And I'm definitely not seeing a lot of consistency in design. That said, many of them weren't great in the first place anyway. One clear trend: getting rid of the bottom tab bar. I will mourn that loss - the top left corner is the least accessible place on the screen, and Apple saw fit to put the most important button (Back) there. The bottom bar was a very accessible shortcut in many a…
iOS7 has a swipe from the left gesture that will trigger the back event, for apps that support it. Long overdue imo and it helps some with what you're describing.
Re: iOS 7 before and after screenshots
#10Most of these look MUCH better after the redesign. And, surprisingly, they look a lot like Android apps. For years and years Apple was way ahead of Android on app design, but now I think an app that follows the iOS 7 design guidelines and the Android design guidelines will look about the same.
Apple used to set the standard. It is sad to see them falling into derivative design, yet I do love the 1950's cosmonaut spaceship concept behind it.