“You probably feel strongly about iOS 7. Maybe you love it. Maybe you hate it. Maybe you just can’t get over that Safari icon (what were they thinking!?),” Kyle Vanhemert reports for Wired. “But change is polarizing, and this is a fairly big change, so the general freak-out is understandable. Soon enough, though, you’ll get used to it, and iOS 6 will be the one that looks weird.”
“But the shake-up won’t end this week. Apple’s new OS isn’t just a wham-bam makeover–at least, it isn’t only that. In months and even years to come, iOS 7 will set a different trajectory for apps, changing not just how they look, but how they work, and in some cases, who’s building them, too,” Vanhemert reports. “A phone full of fresh new apps is a nice treat today, but the most exciting thing about iOS 7 is the groundwork it lays for the future–the space it clears for a new generation of apps yet to be cooked up. As Jony Ive has said, iOS 7 isn’t just a new direction; in many ways, it’s a beginning.”
Vanhemert reports, “For a sense of what the next generation of apps might look like, look no further than the ones Apple includes with the new OS. Instead of a suite of glossy applications, unified by their rigid adherence to pseudo-physicality, they’re now a collection of simple but distinctly independent tools. Each looks and works totally different from the rest–which makes sense, considering that voice recorders and calendars and compasses all pose their own problems and demand their own solutions.”
Much more in the full article here.
As usual, the comments on Wired are priceless.
They’re one of the worst. Wired turned on Apple a long time ago, but their message boards have been anti-Apple forever.
And the funny part is, the Wired posters STILL accuse Wired of “being in Apple’s pockets” or some such nonsense.
Do Wired and their readers still think of themselves as the ultra-cool, bleeding edge of tech? If so, their Apple hatred is massively more inappropriate.
Not really. People who “think of themselves as the ultra-cool, bleeding edge of tech” are more simply described as “techno-hipsters”. Folks like that will always be anti-Apple, no matter how cutting edge Apple is, for the simple reason that Apple is popular. They’re only interested in tech they can use to one-up their buddies, not stuff their moms are buying.
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AS I learn all the little nuances of iOS 7, I like it more and more.
So what’s not to like? Apart from geeks – who obsess about such things – very few people will ‘hate’ iOS7. My non-tech niece, e.g., just got a new 5S a few days ago and eased from OS6 (on an iP4S) straight into iOS7. iOS7 has a shallow learning curve and all the changes I’ve seen so far makes things easier to discover. E.g. by removing a layer of menu options if you want to change the shooting mode of the camera: a small barrier that prevented many (most?) users from discovering the panorama mode (my stats: 2 out of 3 iP4/5 users have been surprised and ‘amazed’ when I showed them it was there and how it worked!).
It struck me over the weekend, that the interface is looking more more like those sparse interfaces you see represented in some science fiction movies. Clear and to the point, the interface matches the usage and can be understood by many.
Overall I like it and knew I would once I could get make the type size smaller, the proper background colors in place and hid the stuff I don’t need.
My only quibble is there still needs to be better separation of some user interface elements. I don’t think a user’s eye is being guided as well as possible. That said, I think it’ll be refined as they update iOS, so I’m not worried.
the old ios was better. The white on everything is over the top and the thin line icons just yuck. Sorry they did this. I love some of the new features but i think the fingerprint scanner is a way to keep track of everyone and could be used by the wrong people.
The fingerprint scanner is just another layer of security for the 50% or so of people not using the not-so-great 4-digit pass code. I’d worry a ton more about what the NSA gathers on what you do online on any given day for the last couple of years over your fingerprint which is securely stored on your phone which leads me to…
Your fingerprints can be lifted from anything you touch, so if someone really wants them they could get them off the handle to your car or the handle to your front door.
Plus, if you have ever applied for a government job or a passport (or been arrested), they have them on file already.
Not to mention driver licenses in many if not most states…
“pseudo-physicality”. I like that!
I just moved from a state that had ink on my fingers and pressed them on the card for each digit etc. Now in another state I was requires to give fingerprints on a small glass scanner. The prints appeared on a monitor with all the key spots marked with the little squares and the software verifies the accuracy or make them rescan it. But I’m willing to and have several times for a gun permit.
Still mixed about it:
Love that its quick, most of it is quite clear and functional, like the improved functionality and logic and much of the simplification is positive.
Hate the skinny icons my eyes aren’t great and clearly Jony hasn’t given enough thought to such problems just his own pure love of minimalism. Some of them look like rotring pen layouts from the 70s. Don’t like the grey keys on the keyboard isn’t clear when caps lock is on or off though may get used to it and the grey on grey text in menus again I can barely read when eyes are tired, all too soft focus for my ease of use. Ironically the most impressive graphics are on the lock screen they are classy and clear very sophisticated its like they never quite had the time to adapt its beauty and clear communication to the treatment thereafter and those red key line boxes? What’s that about, lose the corporate palette? And I will never forgive JI for that damn Safari icon, talk about from bliss to bastardisation in one easy step. From conceptual beauty to a simple cheap kids compass yep that’s progress and design sophistication Jony. Sometimes great designers can start searching up their own ass rather than look to communicate to others, the next iteration will show what direction we are headed.
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