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Agreed, reminds me a lot of Android and Windows. Kinda kills the Apple 'think different'.
Honestly, I LIKE skeumorphic design.
Honestly, I LIKE skeumorphic design.
I actually feel like the photos icon is the only real improvement in the bunch.I'd like it if they actually picked some better colors. Although the Photos and Game Center icons are atrocious no matter what tint you go with!
Same here. Flat design really seems like a trendy fad where everyone jumped on the bandwagon, so it is getting harder to escape.
Icons have moved from works of art to flat/boring/monochrome versions of the same image, or total abstract nonsense, like the game center icon, which is just some colored circles.
A disturbing thing in the applications and interface is the extensive use of translucency. I hated that effect when it was big a couple of years ago, but it was optional. I suspect with Apple you are stuck with this lame effect. Talk about a pointless visual effect that serves no purpose.
I call bullshit. Aero in Vista/7 was a pointless visual effect. It did nothing, and did not help workflow across different applications and GUI elements in Windows.
Using the iOS 7 beta I can tell you that the translucency is a great addition. Instead of the keyboard popping up and completely eating the bottom third of the phones already small display you can at least see through it now and visualize what is under it.
It goes way beyond just being a dumb visual effect in iOS.
I am going to call BS on your BS. Translucency is always just a dumb visual effect. It distracts, rather than conveying any useful information. Here are two examples straight from Apple. All they do is make the screen you are dealing with more annoying. I don't think anyone needs reassurance that their icons still exist.
No, it isn't. Using iOS 7 Beta 1 the translucency is far more then just a 'dumb effect'. If you seem to believe 'It's always a dumb effect' then me arguing with you is akin to beating my head against a wall.
Using the iOS 7 beta I can tell you that the translucency is a great addition. Instead of the keyboard popping up and completely eating the bottom third of the phones already small display you can at least see through it now and visualize what is under it.
So you can see big, faint blobs of color underneath? This changes everything, again!
I have no problem with it, but I'm not going to pretend it adds anything more than just some nice visuals. It's just eye candy.
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Will the weather icon finally give a live number like calendar icon? Only in California is it 73*F all day every day!
Same here. Flat design really seems like a trendy fad where everyone jumped on the bandwagon, so it is getting harder to escape.
This isn't flat design, and that word has been hilariously misused over the last 48 hours. It's minimal, not flat. The OS is still designed around depth; things still slide in and overlap (and now acknowledge that they are overlapping), there's emphasis on parallax, and there are discernible layers. Personally, I blame Metro for skewing use of the word flat; since Metro is both flat and minimal, people now think the two are the same thing.
Also, it's remarkable how the Internet has immediately developed a purportedly informed opinion about a half-complete thing it has never used.
I agree. Seeing the two designs side by side is jarring.Honestly, I LIKE skeumorphic design.
I agree. Seeing the two designs side by side is jarring.