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Re: iOS 7

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Post by simonbarker87 »

shardling wrote: post #35
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.

Agreed, my "the colours are a bit much for me" is an initial reaction. I'm sure my opinion will change once I get it in my hand as will many others I'm sure

Re: iOS 7

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Post by packetslave »

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...

The new Mac Pro is Xeon E5. The GPU is AMD, not the CPU.

Re: iOS 7

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Post by dakrisht »

cheald wrote: post #26
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…

Activation lock is definitely the coolest bit in there, but from a technical perspective, what does that mean? You're still talking about client-enforced security; will jailbreaks (/similar classes of exploits) be able work around it? This one is a big question mark, since it means that the device is either really locked down, or activation lock is just a marketing bullet point that won't mean much in reality. I'm no…

Not sure. They might have (assuming) built it into the firmware... But there are always ways to get around things.

Re: iOS 7

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Post by Osiris »

It appears that they still haven't changed the keyboard layout. You'd think in 7 revisions that they'd make some adjustments to the keyboard. I am not a fan of the always uppercase.

Re: iOS 7

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Post by cheald »

ampsonic wrote: post #12

I actually like the new look, a few of the icons seem off, but I bet they grow on me. The transparency and layers makes a ton of sense to me. Really love control center, I can't wait to have easy access to my brightness. New Photos app looks amazing. Airdrop will be fantastic. New background / multitasking is a huge win. Biggest let down, no inter-app communication improvements. I think that's a huge problem on iOS n…

The control center on the lockscreen is pretty hilarious to me. I can't wait to put my friends' iphones into airplane mode when they aren't looking, and see how long it takes them to figure it out.

Re: iOS 7

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Post by rabino »

crazygringo wrote: post #30

Oh God why. I've got nothing against flat design done well, but this just makes everything so much harder to SEE . Look at the example screen for "Control Center" -- it looks like a geometric indistinguishable mess . The line around buttons is the same as the line dividing sections is almost the same as the line in sliders. The example screen for weather shows thin white text against a light blue background, which I…

Why don't you wait until you have a freakin' phone in your hand and try it?

Re: iOS 7

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Post by frewsxcv »

shawnjan8 wrote: post #2

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

I'm actually curious what would make you switch, considering I didn't see anything they introduced that Android doesn't already have

Re: iOS 7

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Post by shinratdr »

I love how people are simultaneously describing it as un-original and a ripoff while also invoking Android, WebOS, Windows Phone and Windows 7 Aero as to what it's "ripping off".

Maybe it's actually original? If you think this is Windows Phone, you've never spent any time on that platform. Windows Phone is defined by solid colour tiles and typography. iOS 7 isn't, at all.

Re: iOS 7

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Post by thomaslutz »

shinratdr wrote: post #36
IanChiles wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I guess he confused that with the GPUs.
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