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Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by hahainternet »

tzaman wrote: post #9

So what - if I didn't visit the link, I wouldn't even know about these "sloppy" features. Done is better than perfect .

Funny, because I thought that the whole point of buying an Apple product is that even if you lose features and interoperability, it's incredibly well polished and thought out.

Seems they're losing that attribute without gaining the others.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by crb »

I'd love to see a similar set of "'iOS 7-updated' apps running on iOS 6 or earlier."

Before I upgraded yesterday, there were a couple of apps I saw (I think it was Shazam) where they must have emulated the iOS 7 feel, rather than using system-native widgets, so the result was a "business in front, party in the back" mishmash of UI on the same screen.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by efdee »

madeofpalk wrote: post #8
coldtea wrote: post #2

This is quite bad -- only a small percentage are genuine examples of sloppu UI. It seems to be put together by one guy (instead of user submissions like similar sites) and not quite design savvy at that. Case in point: 1) http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/image/61441688489 (this is supposed to show "poor alignment") 2) http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/image/61439801745 (this is supposed to show "stray dropshadows" -- didn't they…

There are a few cases of genuine sloppy UI in iOS 7, but this site does a horrible job of pointing it out. http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/post/61658685474 This is the most outrageous. Apparently this mid-transistion screenshot demonstrates something poor. What? I have no idea. Is it sloppy in the same way this http://i.imgur.com/e5Vyv5z.jpg is sloppy?

Why is the textbox transparent? I haven't seen the actual transition in action, but it certainly looks sloppy this way.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by janlukacs »

romain_dardour wrote: post #3
coldtea wrote: post #2

This is quite bad -- only a small percentage are genuine examples of sloppu UI. It seems to be put together by one guy (instead of user submissions like similar sites) and not quite design savvy at that. Case in point: 1) http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/image/61441688489 (this is supposed to show "poor alignment") 2) http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/image/61439801745 (this is supposed to show "stray dropshadows" -- didn't they…

Poster here: Indeed it's just me submitting. But it's open to submissions. I'm not answering every single case you mention. The examples I posted show how inconsistent the UI is. Taste is in the eye of the beholder and I didn't mention what I find ugly but what shows a lack of afterthought. Just one example here to answer, "Poor Contrast" ( http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/image/61439835569 ) On an iOS device, this is not…

iOS7 hurts, simply hurts my eyes. After many years I'm forced out of the platform by this UI revamp.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by threeseed »

devx wrote: post #4

Most things about iOS7 seem inconsistent, and like they were rushed - which they were. I mean Johny Ive was head of UI for like 9 months only, and had to change everything in iOS in that period. These changes should've arrived in iOS8 in order to be well thought out and mature enough, but for some reason they decided to push them to iOS7.

He didn't have to change anything. He wanted to.

And when you see the iPhone 5C with iOS 7 it's pretty clear why.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by Jtsummers »

efdee wrote: post #14
madeofpalk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a few cases of genuine sloppy UI in iOS 7, but this site does a horrible job of pointing it out. http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/post/61658685474 This is the most outrageous. Apparently this mid-transistion screenshot demonstrates something poor. What? I have no idea. Is it sloppy in the same way this http://i.imgur.com/e5Vyv5z.jpg is sloppy?

Why is the textbox transparent? I haven't seen the actual transition in action, but it certainly looks sloppy this way.

I hadn't sent a message with my updated phone, just did to test this out. When you send a message it gets a colored talk bubble and then shifts up into position. During the shift the keyboard/text entry field stay on top. It doesn't last long, it would probably look cleaner if they'd made the talk bubble stay above the entry field (so that it doesn't get cut in half).

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by dasil003 »

Although I'm a perfectionist and I believe a lot of these issues should be addressed, the tumblr itself bothers me. It's the logical culmination of Fail culture where hipsters in armchairs laugh at the inadequacy of everything while producing nothing. All these things could have been constructive criticism in another context, but here they just serve to further someone's twitchy compulsion to be entertained for another 5 seconds on the internet.

Yes I'm getting surly in my old age.

Re: Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs

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Post by chrislomax »

Another one, if you go to the timer app from the slide up control center, the "pause" is 2 pixels out of being centered. You can just about tell with the naked eye but if you open it in photoshop it's 2 pixels out.

It's not a big deal but I thought Apple would be well on top of stuff like this

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