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- monolith0
lol at people saying it's not bad... iOS7 is TERRIBLE.. it's a mix of Windows Aero, Windows Metro, Android and WebOS and uses the worst possible shit like blurs and other crap that overlays terrible on different backgrounds and tones making fonts unreadable in many cases depending on their color.
The whole UI is completely inconsistent and is all over the place.
This has nothing to do with design.. this is like an associate degree designer at a private college just got a new version of Photoshop, so the cheesiest and most superfluos effects on the web and other OSs and trying to combine everything at once.
It's disgusting and whoever says iOS7 is great is either A) clueless about design B) completely tasteless C) both
These guys said gorgeous, beautiful gazillion times during WWDC as if it will make it look any better.. its' a disgrace to design profession and everyone who does user interface design.
- raf0
- holy shit. ahah.ESKEMA
- hahahahaHombre_Lobo
- He got a nerd boner so hard then, just thinking about Braun products, he was speechless!Hombre_Lobo
- HAIR!pang
- dibec0
Haters gonna hate. FFS it is beta. I personally love it. Makes my iPhone5 feel like a new phone. The font contrast issue is bullshit. I can read everything fine. Some small GUI quirks, and yes the font gets a little jumpy at times. Nothing to cry over. I would assume 90% of the critics have not even witnessed a live beta and yet are simply analyzing JPEGs (pissing in the wind).
I for one, am excited towards a new and different look for iOS. Yes it is different, yes things are not perfect, but remember it is beta.
- I am analyzing jpegsmonospaced
- are you talking about the company that "revolutionised" a industry? so yes, it must be perfect, beta or notchrisRG
- Beta. Not alphadibec
- I agree with chris.
At release it might be great, but apple have a reputation to uphold.Hombre_Lobo - so much hype for the beta...pango
- dibec0
I love you guys.
- formed0
Sure, if it was from some Android company people would probably shrug, some would love it, but mostly it would just be 'ok'.
This is the BIG change, tons of hype, new direction, etc., etc. Not just some new skin that ships with a new phone.
I am looking forward to the future. Mostly, everything is so good that we can afford to argue over silly gradients (c'mon, they are silly!! I was so hoping for the rumored black/white). That's great for consumers, not so good for Apple (no longer 'great' in many eyes).
- No one would blink if it was for android. People are obsessed with having strong opinions on all things Apple.inteliboy
- set0
If you like it, you're a cunt.
If you don't like it, you're a fucking cunt.
- evanburke0
dibec, I'm with you man.
- Hombre_Lobo0
On a side note,
Is anyone else totally unconvinced by jonny Ives design or ui knowledge?The way he talks is so annoying. Pausing for 2 seconds between every word so that you can slowly absorb the mind blowing genius he is sharing to the world. When he is just saying super basic obvious stuff that any design student knows. It just reeks of pretentious arrogant designer.
I'm not question his success, he is very successful, he could bring out a turd and stick an apple logo on it and it would sell like hot cakes though.
(to make an apt comparison) when you see deter rams talk about design you can tell that guy is a genius who has spent years and years learning his craft. And he doesnt have any arrogance about him at all nor does he talk slowly to created a false air of genius.
- pang0
I'm just gona' throw something out there to see what others think...
(wait for it)...I personally would like to see something completely the opposite to the proposed beta... something along the lines of what they've done for the 'Control centre' thingy:
And I don't mean EXACTLY this... but a development, of course.
Why try to fight it and harmonize icons etc. Maybe distinguish the phone's icons V's 3rd party ones (even though you can file in folders, etc). (3rd party icons will follow suit in the design anyway whatever "style" Apple adopt).I await the usual abusive remarks, e.g. c**t, etc etc, fanboy blah blah windows, etc etc. :)
- not sure I understand what you mean...set
- < see the 'control centre' pull up menu - this looks opposite to the garish, bright coloured, jelly bean, gradient icons.pang
- so s'thing more developed than this, i.e. s'thing that is no where NEAR like other phones. Hopefully...pang
- you could then incorporate slight design variances per category, i.e. work, productivity, gaming... whateverpang
- I was saying something similar a page or two back. These icons are nice compared to the appsmonospaced
- You men more like prestas example on the previous page -
https://dl.dropboxus…Hombre_Lobo - No, not like that example. In fact the opposite-type of thing.pang
- pang0
^
What I was trying to explain above - icons developed on from this:
The top 5 circle icons in this pic here, combined with the 4 rounded square icons (in the above post pic). Something along these lines, but more developed (I'm not a UI designer).
I think mono may have mentioned this few pages back, so props to him.Have the lock screen with customised photo (cos' people loves to customise but Apple don't), and when unlocked just have a dark-type background, neutral-ish so that the icons/UI can stand out. One click in to access the essentials.
- sorry, when I said 'icons' I mean the buttons. God, I'm beginning to confuse this even more...pang
- ha i get ya now. Yeh that would be cool. V clean and minimal.Hombre_Lobo
- those buttons are icons, I know what you mean and I agreemonospaced
- RW0
Bad bad bad... I will be sticking with iPhone as I'm too heavily invested in their eco system - but - the new look is not good and actually looks like a ripped off crapper Windows device.
A friend has a cheap Windows HTC and I was shocked at how good it looked and how nice it was to use - so I can see why Apple want to head down the same road - but I cannot believe they have haven't improved and expanded on it. It's certainly a poor show design wise; but I'm sure it will be slick to use.
- monospaced0
@pango, I know what you're saying. I said the same thing in the WWDC thread here, pointing out how nice the overlay icons (b/w style) are compared to the app icons.
- well you said the notification looked good. i think he is saying the whole interface should be in that style.Hombre_Lobo
- Yes, exactly. And I think mono was prob thinking the same.pang
- ah, I was really just into the icons on this interface vs those for hte apps, but I can see pango's meaning toomonospaced
- Hombre, I said specifically it was good icon use, nothing about interface overall.monospaced
- yeh mono thats what i said. we are making the same point :P
yeh the icons on the notification are decentHombre_Lobo
- pang0
So I'm no UI designer but I was thinking something along the lines of this, in terms of the FEELING... not this as the final design, layout, colouring, overall design, etc.
So the idea being NOTHING like what Win, HTC etc are doing...
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-im…
Hopefully you get my point...?
- pang0
- Hombre_Lobo0
I still think - http://en.miui.com/
Is the most aesthetic and intuitive mobile interface I've used.And it's not just a pretty face, it's got some great features.
- Bit of a cheap chinese knockoff vibe to itanimatedgif
- For me, this doesn't push any boundariespang
- chossy0
I like it pang, this is what I was saying second last post a page back, throw the colour out, it's not good. Just nice while icons, it would need a bit of an opaque background somewhere simply because people like pictures of their children as their home screen, but I lie this kind of simple functional format none of this colour nonsense it's for creeps and pimps yo!!!
- autoflavour0
whats with the fucking rainbow hypercolor look of the screen?
Steve Jobs must be vomiting all over hitler- You can't vomit when in an embrace everyone knows this.chossy
- BaskerviIle0
So it seems people don't like it.
I'd agree on Apple's own icons being clunky, and not really adhering to the so-called icon grid they've been showing in promos.
BUT
for icons and buttons to work and be utilised by third parties (remeber there are hundreds of thousands of 3rd party apps) you need both form AND colour to work with.
The only guidelines that apple currently give it the look of the rounded corner square of the icon (and the current shine).
If you took away the colour as Pang is suggesting then you'd lack a very important shorthand for finding the icon you need.
UI isn't just about looking pretty. It's about finding what you need, quickly.
I think one of the problems with windows interface (aside from the flip animations slowing things down) is that it's hard to determine which app is which, since you have to interrogate the icon for longer. they all look so similar. In this sense (whether super saturated or not) I think colour is important.- Dunno, I look at my iPhone and all I see is rows and rows, nothing makes one stick outformed
- personally, I find iOS to be lacking any hierarchy, making it a challenge to find specific appsformed
- SOME colour is fine. Garish colours... er no thanks.pang
- Hierarchy & diff between Apple Vs 3rd party apps should be defined in a NEW way, i.e. not garish colours.pang
- They could explore diff size/shape buttons and/or elements to divide. Maybe use hint of colour to aid...pang
- Grid + garish gradient does not = boundary-pushing UI. A decent UI designer can do betterpang