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I confess an idle curiosity as to why the art style shift and if there's a genuine change in design philosophy (e.g., Modern vs. Romantic type watershed moments) or if it's just a flavor of the day shift (I can often date websites and books by their visual design elements, but it doesn't mean that there was a fundamental philosophy shift).
Are people really redesigning their whole apps just to fit iOS 7 better or what's going on?
Personally I question that: Most users have no clue about iOS 7, and quite simply don't care. One day they'll get a system update notice, and from then forth every now and then apps will change incrementally. I don't see users changing apps just to get a new general style.
I don't like most of the "after" shots. It's now a lot harder to see what is a button/control and what is just decoration.
I like them. The information is much more clear.
Don't care for the white backgrounds everywhere. Going to be even more difficult to use at night. Wish there was a way to choose a theme, like we had in the 90's.
Few 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.
The underlying problem that makes them a bad interaction paradigm, in my opinion, is that they have no affordances whatsoever. You just can't tell by looking at the UI that swiping left/right/up/down is going to have an effect.
I 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.