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Re: iOS 7

#31

Post by joeblau » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

Zaheer wrote: post #10

Looks a lot like Windows Metro interface.

That's what I was thinking. I've had WinMo8 for about 6 months and a lot of the interface reminded me of applications on my device. It was WinMo8 with a splash of Android.

edit: And Apple made Bing the default search engine! http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apple-slips-default-bing-in...

Re: iOS 7

#32

Post by i_am_good » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

shawnjan8 wrote: post #2

So, this update might actually get me to switch back to iOS from Android. Anyone else?

You're gonna switch just because they changed the UI? Aren't all of those new features available on Android? Plus, Google must be cooking some good stuff for next Android, so you should hold your horses :)

Re: iOS 7

#33

Post by janlukacs » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

First feeling when i saw the icons: Shock! I still can't believe they came up with this mix of ios+windows+android UI. The whole thing looks like the phone of a 16y old girl. with candy on top. and syrup. As for the OS part, i think i no longer understand versioning.

Re: iOS 7

#34

Post by pizza » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

This looks like it's going to make a lot of nerds angry.

Re: iOS 7

#35

Post by shardling » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

simonbarker87 wrote: post #20

I watched the key note with my girl friend - she is technical but still very much has a girls perspective and can be taken as a good representation of her friends. She flipping loves this redesign and I'm pretty certain my not techie iPhone/iPad using parents will too - and that, is was really matters to Apple, that 98% of their market will love it and not just the 2% of us who build for their platform. I like most o…

Also, it seems borderline crazy to think you can judge how well the colors will work from a screenshot.

I've never thought a screenshot of a mobile device's screen felt even remotely like holding the thing in my hand.

Re: iOS 7

#36

Post by shinratdr » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

IanChiles wrote: post #27

dakrisht wrote: post #13

Parallax is a nice touch. At first glance, iOS 7 looks like a hybrid of Android and WebOS. Especially the card multi-tasking approach. Notification center is cleaner but the colors are all over the place. Lock screen is pure Android (animated wallpapers, etc.) They might have made it too flat actually. A lot of text everywhere (the user will definitely get confused on what to tap and what not to tap) Cupertino might…

Agree 100% with you on the Mac Pro. It's a novel design, but I have no idea why they went with AMD processors instead of the upcoming Ivy Bridge E Xeon E5s, which will run circles around the best AMD has to offer...

What? They did use Xeons, they said so right in the keynote.

Re: iOS 7

#37

Post by jjsz » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

6thSigma wrote: post #14

Apple is continuously playing catch up with iOS rather than innovating like they were known for in the Jobs era. Most of these features are just copies of other popular apps/operating systems that came out over a year ago.

More like catchup to the jailbreak tweaks that came out 3 years ago.

Re: iOS 7

#38

Post by badclient » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

Wow. Apple basically took all the shitty parts of Google's design philosophy and scaled it to epic proportions of fail.

Take a look at the text screenshot. It is hard to tell where I should touch to start typing. It is hard to tell where the buttons are. Overall, this is incredibly shitty UI.

Re: iOS 7

#39

Post by _pius » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:25 PM UTC

The black iPhone is dead.

Re: iOS 7

#40

Post by dakrisht » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:25 PM UTC

IanChiles wrote: post #27

dakrisht wrote: post #13

Parallax is a nice touch. At first glance, iOS 7 looks like a hybrid of Android and WebOS. Especially the card multi-tasking approach. Notification center is cleaner but the colors are all over the place. Lock screen is pure Android (animated wallpapers, etc.) They might have made it too flat actually. A lot of text everywhere (the user will definitely get confused on what to tap and what not to tap) Cupertino might…

Agree 100% with you on the Mac Pro. It's a novel design, but I have no idea why they went with AMD processors instead of the upcoming Ivy Bridge E Xeon E5s, which will run circles around the best AMD has to offer...

It's novel, absolutely. But man is that thing ugly!

-- Comes with an Intel XEON E5