iHate iOS7

Designer and Developer. I've loved Apple devices since 1986. I hate iOS7.

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Consistency

Apple are so big, they have at least three design teams working on the same project for greater variation!

After all, a proper management decision would just make people nervous, wouldn't it?

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Who needs tabs?

When you can have awkward, reversed, highlights!

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The New iTunes

Does not have awkward UI at all.

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Restored my Finder icon

Because the new Yosemite Finder's smile was like having a four year-old grinning at you after kicking you in the nuts.

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In the iOS 8 keyboard screenshot, is the shift key active or no? Unless you are an experienced user you’ll probably have to check what the other state of the shift key looks like before you can answer. There is no such confusion in the case of iOS 6. It is immediately obvious even to inexperienced users. 

When cues are based on the physical world the user interface tends to be immediately obvious. No learning or memorization needed. When designers eschew cues based on the physical world users have to learn and memorize the conventions chosen by the designer.

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Who in their right mind...

Would say this is good design?

Source: @bdc https://twitter.com/bdc/status/524102586019086336

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what are your thoughts so far on ios8?

Powerful APIs for developers, enabling potential awesome apps (Health Kit, Home Kit, Cloud Kit just to name a few).

Design still awful.

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What do you like about iOS7 and would you want to see transferred onto iOS8?

Nothing.

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Why do you hate iOS 8?

For the same reasons I hate iOS7. Not more. Unfortunately not less, because Apple still is bonkers.

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In OS X Yosemite buttons and text input boxes on the toolbar are rendered similarly. As seen in the Safari screenshot above, borders of buttons and text boxes are identical. If there is an icon inside, it must be a button. If there is text inside it must be a text input box. But wait, in Xcode there is text inside one of those round rectangles, but it is neither a button nor a text input box. Also, Apple’s guidelines state that a toolbar button can contain either text or an image, so the presence of text cannot be used to determine if something is a button or a text input box.

So here’s a more reliable way to tell: Click on the widget. If its background momentarily turns gray it is a button. If a blinking caret appears it is a text input box. If it doesn’t seem to respond to the mouse that’s because it is a label.

This is a significant step backwards in usability. Compare this to OS X Mountain Lion. It is instantly obvious whether a control on the toolbar is a button, a text input box or a status label. There is no need to try to manipulate a control just to see what kind of control it is.

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Jony Ive to marry OS design with hardware design

Well, that's what he said... How come that up until OSX Mavericks, the GUI was neat and sleek aluminium, and now, with Yosemite, it is bright white, with lots of blur, and with an option to make everything black if you feel it's too bright!

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Leaked images from Mac OS X 10.10...

...show sharp edges, huge, empty surfaces, horrific amount of blur, contrasting colours (christmas red and green against black).

The worst from iOS7 and Windows Vista.

images from http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/02/alleged-os-x-10-10-photos/

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Black Hon

hon hon hon hon hon hon... now with more clashing colours. Cuz it's EDGY!

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Apple buys Beats

"Design? I've got no time for design, I'm busy listening to exaggerated bass with no depth or sound quality" - Jony Ive

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Pages update With more proof that Apple's design team has lost it

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iPhone charging

iOS6 may look a bit old, but at least it doesn't look bloody awkward. Is the battery running away from me?

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iTunes Connect updated with the iOS7 look

And it uses all the awesome design cues like paper-white backgrounds if you hate night and want the sun shine into your eyes all the time, and white text on neon-green background because...

... who am I kidding, what the F*CK is wrong with your designers, Apple?!