On the theme that the "medium is the message"...
The tone of the voiceover is of one taking oneself a little to seriously, I think. What's more I felt it overbearing and that it occluded the message.
Are others liking the "medium" here?
iOS 7
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Re: iOS 7
#82I was hoping this would be cool to help apple get over the incredibly tired skeumorphism fetish Apple's stuck in.
but seriously meh...
it's like somebody discovered the 2 and 3 color gradient fill in illustrator and called it a day
the new airdrop stuff is cool, but no substitute for a proper intent architecture
and the backgrounds are now all white
meh
Re: iOS 7
#83On the theme that the "medium is the message"...
The tone of the voiceover is of taking oneself a little too seriously, I think. What's more I felt it overbearing and that it occluded the message.
Are others liking the "medium" here?
Re: iOS 7
#84Oh 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…
the white text on light backgrounds is unbelievable
Re: iOS 7
#85Oh 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…
That could look just fine on a phone when looking hard to read on a projector in a auditorium
Re: iOS 7
#86On the theme that the "medium is the message"...
The tone of the voiceover is of one taking oneself a little too seriously, I think. What's more I felt it overbearing and that it occluded the message.
Are others liking the "medium" here?
Re: iOS 7
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why don't you wait until you have a freakin' phone in your hand and try it?
Because once the upgrade is installed there's no going back?
Then use one of your friends that has the developer account, or wait till it's on every phone in the Apple Store. Either way, the point is to reserve judgment until you use it. Just like everything else.
Re: iOS 7
#88The choice of colors and gradients look terrible. They made iOS look worse. They swung too far away from skeuomorphic design. Even the art on the icons, without considering the colors, look like an amateur drew them. Look at the SDK icon: http://i.imgur.com/JXw7KQA.png That is ugly. So is the iTunes icon, so is the Safari icon. Not a fan.
They tried to get away from skeuomorphism, but still some remains. Just look at PassBook or the ugly 3D browsing through tabs. The whole design simply is not well thought out. This has clearly been rushed, which is not something I expect from Apple. If iOS 7 was leaked, people wouldn't believe it's the real thing. Sadly, it is. I'm staying with Windows Phone.
I'm not sure if flipping through 3D browser tabs mimics a real-life affordance.
Re: iOS 7
#89I realize that a lot of people will be focusing on the UI redesign for iOS 7, but the standout thing for me was automatic updates from the App Store. I think it's a huge thing for developers.
One of the biggest pains I think we face as developers is software fragmentation. So far Apple has done a very good job of having users update versions of iOS and keeping consistent with hardware specifications - it's probably one of the top three main drivers for why I develop primarily for iOS (sometimes solely for iOS). I'm thinking this reinforces that build-for-iOS-first mentality for developers. If the quality of apps is such a large factor in what's keep users loyal to the platform, this is an important point.
Re: iOS 7
#90I 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.
I've never thought a screenshot of a mobile device's screen felt even remotely like holding the thing in my hand.