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Tag: software design

Former Apple VP: I wrote the book on user-friendly design and what I see today horrifies me

Thursday, May 9, 2019 4:31 pm16 Comments

Take the screen design for Apple’s phones. The designers at Apple apparently believe that text is ugly, so…

Inside Apple: The secrets and the stories of designing software in the age of Steve Jobs

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:50 pm3 Comments

Even though hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every single day, very few people have been able to reveal the secrets…

Tired of minimalism, this designer wants to resurrect skeuomorphism

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:00 pmTuesday, April 3, 201836 Comments

You could argue that Apple’s Scott Forstall-era iPhone software gave digital skeuomorphic designs a bad name…

Jony Ive discusses relationship with Steve Jobs, design culture, and more with Charlie Rose

Monday, March 14, 2016 8:52 pm11 Comments

Jony Ive tells a story of a time he and late Apple CEO Steve Jobs were shopping in Italy…

Jony Ive is a redwood

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:39 pm28 Comments

Everyone talks about quality. Everyone talks about delighting customers…

Apple’s HIG honcho Christie retirement confirmed as sources rebut claims of internal struggle

Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:28 amThursday, April 10, 20147 Comments

In a statements furnished to multiple news outlets…

Apple’s star designer Jony Ive to expand his empire – can succession questions be far behind?

Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:05 amThursday, April 10, 201436 Comments

Apple Inc.’s star designer Jonathan Ive is expanding his empire…

iPhone interface creator Greg Christie out after a falling out with Jony Ive, sources say

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 3:41 pmWednesday, April 9, 201495 Comments

Christie’s upcoming departure is significant and stems from a falling out with Jony Ive…

Mac OS X 10.10 release date, naming, rumors, and more

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:02 pmWednesday, March 26, 201442 Comments

Apple’s next Mac operating system could be an exciting one…

Apple’s OS X 10.10 Syrah for Mac likely to tout iOS 7’s ‘flat’ look

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:30 pmWednesday, March 26, 201443 Comments

iOS 7 was a gigantic leap in the mobile OS’s look and feel…

Apple’s Jonathan Ive and Craig Federighi: The complete Businessweek interview

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:28 pmWednesday, September 25, 201326 Comments

Federighi asked me if I had used Apple products and for how long…

The Apple Maps fiasco paved the way for Jony Ive’s iOS 7

Friday, August 23, 2013 11:32 amFriday, August 23, 201339 Comments

Cook bypassed the advice of former iOS boss Scott Forstall…

Apple’s iOS 7 and the changing medium of screen design

Monday, July 29, 2013 3:31 pmMonday, July 29, 201317 Comments

As with many discussions on the web the debate around skeuomorphism and flat design…

A detailed look at Apple’s confidently designed iOS 7

Monday, June 17, 2013 4:32 pmMonday, June 17, 201331 Comments

The star of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year was clearly iOS 7…

Apple redesigns widely criticized iOS 7 app icons

Monday, June 17, 2013 12:31 pmMonday, June 17, 201351 Comments

Apple iOS 7 is still in beta, and some or all of its visual cues…

Why Apple’s iOS 7 is a masterpiece of design

Saturday, June 15, 2013 11:51 pm139 Comments

My first impression on seeing iOS 7 on my iPhone was…

Why Apple ditched its skeuomorphic design for iOS7

Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:45 am72 Comments

Are you ready to join the future?

Apple’s next-gen iOS needs exclusive, distinctive features, not just a flat UI

Monday, May 27, 2013 8:37 am30 Comments

Apple plans to revamp the look of iOS 7 with a flatter appearance…

Jony Ive’s remade iOS 7: ‘black, white, and flat all over,’ sources say

Friday, May 24, 2013 10:12 am88 Comments

Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jony Ive…

Why this whole iOS ‘Flat Design’ thing is being blown out of proportion

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:24 amWednesday, May 22, 201324 Comments

I would expect Jony Ive’s taste to deeply influence…

Apple shows signs a major OS X, iOS interface overhaul is coming

Monday, February 4, 2013 10:22 am43 Comments

The Jony Ive era is upon us…

U.S.FTC issues wide-ranging, non-binding guidelines for mobile app developers

Monday, February 4, 2013 8:44 amMonday, February 4, 20136 Comments

The U.S. FTC says that there are general guidelines that all mobile app developers should consider…

Is Jony Ive killing the Mac?

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:12 amTuesday, January 29, 201342 Comments

Even as eye candy has been added to the Mac interface…

Apple’s minimalist Sir Jonathan Ive assumes Steve Jobs’s role setting design vision

Friday, November 2, 2012 11:49 am39 Comments

As Jony Ive worked on early iPhone designs before and since its 2007 introduction…

Why Jony Ive shouldn’t kill off Apple’s skeuomorphic interfaces

Friday, November 2, 2012 10:32 am54 Comments

Ive and Forstall had an infamously chilly working relationship…

Major management shake-up likely to end skeuomorphic imagery in Apple software

Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:30 pmThursday, November 1, 201260 Comments

The management shake-up that Apple announced on Monday is likely to mean that Apple will shift away…

Jony Ive’s minimalist design sensibilities likely to reshape the future of iOS, OS X

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:00 amWednesday, October 31, 201242 Comments

Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook announced a new role for Jonathan Ive…

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