“I’ve been using the iOS 10 public beta for a week now, and I think I can sum it up in three words — it’s a mess,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes for ZDNet.
“I wholeheartedly agree with my colleague Zack Whittaker when he says that a lock screen shouldn’t be a hub of information. I don’t understand why Apple would go to the trouble of building a secure platform, and then develop a super-convenient method of unlocking the device that only required the tap of a finger, only to then, by design, make so much information accessible without needing to authenticate,” Kingsley-Hughes writes. “I suppose the answer is convenience. It’s almost as if Apple realizes how complex iOS has become, with information buried in every nook and cranny, and it now wants to make that information plainly visible. Problem is, putting it on the lock screen makes it plainly visible to all.”
“Ever since Touch ID was introduced, you just tap the Home button, and then you’re into your device, but with iOS 10, you can unlock the device and still be on the lock screen. You have to tap the Home button again to get to your apps. I get why Apple did this — because people would just blow past anything on the lock screen, like notifications and such, but in iOS 10, Apple wants to make more use of the lock screen,” Kingsley-Hughes writes. “You can still blow past the lock screen — just tap and hold the Home button — but I feel like I’m forced to change how I work because Apple wants to show me the new lock screen’s cool features.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Beta.
Then turn off the notifications, Dipshit!
Or better yet, turnoff ‘lift to wake’ feature altogether..
Adrian — see that notification that says, “Return me to the store. You are too stupid to own me.”
lol. good one, Cocoa Boy.
This must be FUD-Day
It doesn’t matter how poorly designed iOS 10 beta is, only how well or how poorly it functions when finally released.
I was prepared to disagree….but after reading well I kind of agree. Hopefully the next beta will reflect improve on these areas
‘It’s a mess’ is actually four words
One of them being a contraction doesn’t make it two words. That one could be split into two, and then it would be four, but as stated it is three.
It is written as three words but ACTUALLY are four words
no it’s not…
and that’s three words too.
Honestly, folks. Stuff won’t substantially change between now and release. Very minor details. Bug fixes. Nothing earth-shattering that would change a review at this point besides stability.
That’s just the reality of large-scale software development. Don’t be hoping for any kind of extensive usability changes post-beta.
You’ll most certainly be disappointed.
Yeah, like Apple Music, Pages 5, etc., etc. Still betas.
“It’s a mess” and then talks about one thing.
Don’t quit your night job.
Tim Cook is not immune to any criticism. Tim Cook is ultimately responsible for how well or how poorly Apple performs. If Tim Cook can’t handle that he should resign. Additionally, no one needs bleeding heart apologists ranting and whining about Tim Cook’s detractors. Cook ought to be able to handle that aspect of his position without some nameless sycophant chiming in.
One’s persons mess, is someone else’s, wow this is great, or another person’s this is ok… Usually the people who think that things are a mess, have an agenda, or are incapable of figuring out how things work.
That is why your playing with beta, if there are other with the same feelings I am sure a change will be made. Also as others have pointed out I am sure you can choose what notifications show up in the lock screen. Really what I see is someone crying over something that the user can customize to their needs.
If they think that iOS10 is such a mess, try using an Android phone for a month – they would be back to an iOS 10 device quicker then someone could say “iOS 10 Hater.”
Am I wrong by assuming that you can customize what the screen shows? Turn off what you don’t want to show.
Don’t go and tell Apple that I can’t put on my screen what I want because you don’t want it.
Truly you are not very bright. Tim should concentrate on the business of Apple and do his political thing on a personal level. There are people who own apple products and have Apple shares who disagree with his views. Political and human rights view are personal not corporate. He is taking away from what Steve Jobs would do, focus on Apple. Steve had some strong views on certain things but he would not use the Apple as a platform to air them.
Like homohobes? Bigots? Racists? Cook’s “views” are human and humane. I could not care less if the KKK uses Apple products or not- nor the Republican party.
I’ve got iOS 9 dialled to my way of thinking. Messages give me a notification but nothing else, you can’t get to the Control Centre from my lock screen, no Siri unless I unlock.
I have to call bullshit on this article, it’s nothing but clickbait. Everything he complains about is lock-downable, if you’ve got information worth protecting this will be covered in a Profile installed by the IT shop.
My $0.02.
Wow all you geeks will be so useless in the zombie apocalypse.
Oh no!
Adrian Kingsley Hughes doesn’t like an Apple product!
Why am I not shocked?