iPhone UI
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- inv0
I love skeuomorphism. There. I said it!
- you should check this bad boy out: http://www.amazon.co…Wolfboy
- it's skeuomorphism +Wolfboy
- 5/5 amazon stars...nice!inv
- monospaced0
they're phones
- why do you get so bothered by it then?fadein11
- haha, I'm not bothered, I say buy blackberry because everything else sucks, and BB is WINNING!!!!!!monospaced
- you do make me smile... through gritted teeth.fadein11
- fadein110
Those who claim iOS is still good haven't used an alternative for a reasonable period of time. Android kicks iOS ass... Really it does.
As for the Android being ugly argument - that isn't the case any more. Great thing about Google is they don't wait 5 years for updates.
- qTime0
I wonder how much of this is based on aesthetics rather than the actual interactions.
- formed0
Personally, I find all this fascinating as competition is truly changing the markets and design. With the iPod, no one came up with something that was as good. iPhone started the same way, but the competition wasn't asleep this time (thanks to Google's desire to rule the world).
MS has done a superb job, as far as design goes, shame they fell asleep at the wheel and came to the game so late. It'd be a different game altogether if they were 2 years earlier.
- inteliboy0
What other company has this kind of absurd pressure?
- animatedgif0
Remember when people got bored of the iPod UI and the market fragmented into 50% iPod and 50% split between other players.
Yeah I don't remember it happening either.
- your point?set
- I think it's that he thinks we'll be tapping icons for awhilemonospaced
- I just mean a lot of inexperienced users don't like to learn new things once they grasp something.animatedgif
- WP8 and Android are not exciting to them, they're different and intimidatinganimatedgif
- eh? Android already has a bigger market share.fadein11
- formed0
iOS7 will make or break Apple. Quality has caught up with them and, miraculously, the competition has figured out that people pay for nice design and quality (unlike the PC market, that they still have yet to figure out that quality, construction, consistency, etc., all matter).
Android - what I really want to see is how this arena is pushed via the "new" liking of "flat" design and Windows Phone.
Prediction: iOS7 will be enough to keep 50-75% of the fan boys happy enough to buy an iPhone6. The rest will shrug their shoulders with a soft "meh" and buy what they like best, not what they "think" they like best.
Personally, I am waiting for the HTC One to have Windows. When it does, I am fairly certain I'll be upgrading and saying goodbye, and good riddance, to Apple once and for all.
- Willing to bet on that?monospaced
- lol @ preferring windows over androidset
- How is Android better than Windows?monkeyshine
- I can't stand Android as it is now, Windows looks great. Not sure how anyone could argue differently, at least from a design standpointformed
- a design standpointformed
- sure, I'll bet. I bet on Google and that has done well, wish I had on MS, as it has too...Apple, eh...formed
- The whole 'android is badly' designed argument is long gone. I used to say the same. Not the case anymore.set
- HTC looks interesting, the one's my colleagues have don't have the refinement of Windows or iOSformed
- Julesvm0
- 1st flaw at 0:16 secs. The lock button is far from the home button, no more unlocking single handedMiguex
- This sucksLlyod
- So take the icons, make them flat, copy some Windows movemtn and call it a day?formed
- utter shiteanimatedgif
- ideaist0
Technology used to feel limitless.
Today, it feels more limited than ever in the form of Apple OSX & iOS; lack of customization, flexibility, etc. etc. etc...
These limits are hardly lessened on any platform as technology appeals to the masses (consumers) rather than specializing more to any given audience; I guess this is where applications (or apps) come in.
Personally, I'd love to see a community-driven, open source OS capable of emulating applications built for all OS cross device. I guess that is the goal of HTML5?
The "golden years" of technology seem to have come & gone.
- yurimon0
Which brand has the most suicides committed by its slave work force?
Is that what they call "end user" experience?
or backend kernal panic?
- Miguex0
Does brand love override great user experience?
Of course it does, it always did. Marketing 101 tells you that an emotional connection is the strongest link between a brand and it's user.
That being said, you are confusing nice looking design with user experience. I've used the windows phone, and I loved the look of it. Way better than the iphone for sure.
To me, user experience, goes beyond the look and it also includes functionality and reliability. Which (completely subjective option here) I don't think you can get from a windows machine.
However, I'm completely comfortable saying that I'm brainwashed by apple, not because I'm an apple fanboy, but because I just had frustrating experiences with Windows / Microsoft products over the years.
Is Apple the best option out there? probably not. But I rather try something I haven't used before before I give Microsoft another chance.
- He's talking about feedback and notifications... it's not only the visual design he's raising issues with.zarkonite
- No, I'm not confusing visual with UX...I'm talking about the user interface and interaction. I'm a UX Designer, by the way.monkeyshine
- ...and you lost a little credibility when you said you'd try anything other than MS. :)monkeyshine
- see_thru0
Right now I hate my iPhone 5....really wish I'd got a BBZ10.
- monkeyshine0
I like that teehanlax version for notifications. It is way more natural. Most importantly the system needs to be flexible to individual preference. I love that I can see on wp8 my upcoming meeting and go to calendar for more. I love that I can see weather at a glance. I also love that I can see an aggregated view of all of my social activity without having to download a separate app.
- Continuity0
Overall, I love the iOS interface, and I'm not _too_ scared of what Ives will do with iOS7.
That having been said, lock screen notifications — the notifications functionality in general, really — are as useless as a marzipan dildo.
A few years ago, Teehan+Lax had done a mock-up of what their best-case scenario for the lock screen would be:
http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/ip…
For a time, the dude who runs Cydia was going to develop it for jailbroken devices, but it went pear-shaped.
Anyway, the point is, looking at that PS comp now, I still think it would be the single-most useful new feature for iOS, and I dearly wish Apple overhauls notifications to look and behave like what T+L proposed.
- good idea, great idea. i still like my notifications hidden. :Ddoesnotexist
- Well, obviously, the user should have the freedom/option of hiding them.Continuity
- I am always concerned on how apple always decides what it wants you to access.yurimon
- i like that they have an opinion about it, most don't. they just give you everything without thinking about it.doesnotexist
- I like notifications, and they can be turned off. Whats the problem again?CygnusZero4
- There'll be less skeuomorphism.see_thru
- yurimon0
this just in
- yurimon0
I think its crazy that we still have to click on shit to have something happen in an interface.
- or tap slide etcyurimon
- that was a step back from the far superior buttons we had beforemonospaced
- samsung does gestural thingsdoesnotexist
- I'm doing a gestural thing right now too.monospaced
- ukit20
I can see your point about the notifications but it would be a stretch to say that iOS doesn't have a good user experience. Give people some credit - they aren't just being brainwashed by the cool Apple brand.
- but what is good about the UI? I don't really like Android either but at least they've improved.monkeyshine
- sine0
^ yeah. skipping the BB. i'm due for an upgrade soon. BB is obsolete imo. my gf has a Samsung. i reckon i'll go with the newest model when i upgrade...
- dude, the bb just came out, it's awesome, I tried it. OMG Apple and Android are outdated and will fail unless they innovatemonospaced
- because a phone is all about the features and the amazing UI, everyone knows tahtmonospaced
- not funnyset
- you're right, phone UI is no joking matter, lives fucking depend on itmonospaced
- fucking lives, man!doesnotexist
- monospaced0
New Blackberry UI all the way
- I had a play with that in the store... it was seriously the most confusing unintuitive UI i've ever used!set
- No way man, it's the bestest and it makes Apple look even worse. Omg, they're so going bankrupt.monospaced
- Since Steve died nobody knows what to do with the iPhone, so naturally they're just letting it die.monospaced
- Agreed...nothing wrong with the BB. I thought / think the Z10 is a great phone.see_thru