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The lock screen looks much closer to Android's than it does Windows Phone, as Droid Life points out: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/10/that-moment-when-ios7-b...
During the WWDC keynote I tweeted this: "Not sure what's worse about WWDC keynote days: Apple fans cheering for new features or Android/WP fans saying "we have that already"." It's boring and repetitive and expected. Yeah, they mimic. Big deal. Get over it.
It's a cross between WP and Android. It's a very strange feeling when you realise you could do a better job at UX design then a multi-billion company.
Unfortunately, not many others would be willing to put much faith in someone with the grammar of a 6th grader to do a better job at UX design than a multi-billion dollar company.
In a general sense, this is natural design evolution - where Darwin's mutation and natural selection concepts can be applied (generally) to the evolution and advancement of good/effective design. The windows phone likely took some of its design concepts from previous iOS and Android designs, and now iOS7 is 'evolving' the same way. This (evolution) can be described as a recursive process: keep the things that work (n…
These arguments always strike me as coming from people who don't actually understand what design is. The folks who think that design is the font face, the weight of lines, the colors used. Those are all facets of design, but they are essentially just tools to accomplish the goal: experience and engagement. What you are noticing are just trends, and this is nothing new. Look back over the history of even just twentiet…
Let's face it; look to the Samsung vs. Apple case to see how it is the laymen making billion dollar calls. Not designers. It's not designers that Apple has a majority rule over.
In a general sense, this is natural design evolution - where Darwin's mutation and natural selection concepts can be applied (generally) to the evolution and advancement of good/effective design. The windows phone likely took some of its design concepts from previous iOS and Android designs, and now iOS7 is 'evolving' the same way. This (evolution) can be described as a recursive process: keep the things that work (n…
The Yahoo Weather app is quite well done and I think one of the best weather apps on the iPhone. Apple couldn't have chosen a better weather app to "steal" from.
“Yahoo! Weather stands apart with its simple, uncluttered, and beautiful visual design. This highly-rated app displays weather details with stunning photography based on time of day, location, and current conditions. Yahoo! Weather has great layout and typography, compelling animations, fast image processing, and clear iconography. This attention to detail means that in a saturated category, an app can rise above the crowd.”
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/events/awards/#yahoo-weathe...
I don't understand this obsession with complaining about copying or imitating in design. As long as good things are taken and worse things are left behind, the consumers benefit. It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.
http://www.androidcentral.com/apple-s-ios-7-copied-everyone-...
I don't understand this obsession with complaining about copying or imitating in design. As long as good things are taken and worse things are left behind, the consumers benefit. It's like being upset that the 2014 cars have the same steering wheel and pedal layout, or that a manufacturer "stole" the idea of using a USB port in a car.