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Flat is beautiful, and easy to use, if it strips away non-functional chrome. It's even more beautiful, but a little hard to use, if it obscures the controls. A pro user (say, one who's trained on a previous version, and knows what functions are available) might feel at home, but it's just not intuitive anymore.
Another one: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/10/ios7-vs-android-a-quick...
Apple clearly took ideas from Google/Android. However, Apple's offerings look to have a level of polish that the Android ones do not have. Each and every comparison on that page looks like Google's engineers' visuals vs Apple's artists' -- thats the thing that "regular" people will instinctively gravitate to -- the one that is pretty.
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Irony: it only looks like it's slide up to unlock. It's actually slide sideways. My twitter stream right now is full of people pointing out how deeply confusing that little arrow at the bottom of the screen is. See it in action: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/06/slide-to-unlock-appadvice...
Particularly ironic since Apple made such a big deal out of their slide to unlock patent, being a competitive advantage etc. and specifically tied to moving something from two explicit points along a predefined path. Now after all that fuss they just threw it away and copied their competitors?
No, you're not using the right lingo. If it's Apple, they do not throw away; they "evolve". They also do not copy, they "refine the experience".
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When did this happen?
When Apple patented Rounded Corners(TM)(R)(C) and declared it to be theirs.
Or did you mean when they took out a design patent for a touch screen device of iPad like dimensions with very specific rounding on their corners that is reflected in the rest of their product line as well.
I'm pretty sure, that particular patent of Apple's is EXACTLY what design patents were invented for.
Disclaimer: I don't believe in the patent system at all, but the system exists, so the players play it.
good artists copy, great artists steal (and yes microsoft does work worth stealing). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU