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- hans_glib0
24 hours in and in terms of functionality (that I require at least) ios7 hasn't really added anything in exchange for this new UI. Except the flashlight - which could well be useful.
The mistake was to throw everything away and start from scratch rather than taking the old UI and refining it. This would have also made the revised look gel better with the apps that still use the old UI. For instance the old navigation buttons could have been updated visually, but otherwise left as they are:
So the change to the UI seems more to be about "we need to change" rather than "how can we make it better?" - there's no actual improvement in functionality or ease of use as a result of the new look. In some cases it's actually harder to use. Jonny Ive might be a good industrial designer, but he should leave the graphics to somebody who knows what they are doing.
The most depressing thing for me is that it shows that Apple have ceased to be a company that "think different" and now is staffed by people for whom it's just a job, and who have lost the passion for the brand. They have become like samsung, sony, microsoft et al, churning out product, shifting boxes.
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- whatever they had done we'd be ripping it to shit. Are you saying the first version of the iphone was perfect? This is the first version of iOS7, get a grip.Ianbolton
- first version of iOS 7Ianbolton
- cool post, agree with a lot!
yeh by conforming to trends apple have lost the idea of being different and leading.Hombre_Lobo - Agreed. I was hoping for iPhone6 and something "new". Apple is looking sloooow and old these daysformed
- (of course, the rest of teh market is faster and trips all too often, landing solidly on their faces)formed