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The leading complaints about the "Edit Alarm" screen is kinda weird...unless "Apple’s new direction" means Apple's new direction post-2006. The new: https://un

by gok 11y ago

The leading complaints about the "Edit Alarm" screen is kinda weird...unless "Apple’s new direction" means Apple's new direction post-2006. The new: https://unicornfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_7374.png https://unicornfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_7374.... The old: http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Apple-iOS-Software-Update-Patch-Ready-for-Alarm-Bug-2.png http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Apple-iOS-S... There was always a "time-wasting dial." The labels were always "styled with more visual impact than the actual data." All four different types of data elements were always "styled the same, with the same visual weight."

WWKong 11y ago
Thanks for posting the images side by side. It was tremendously refreshing to see the previous interface. To me the affordance on that is way way higher than the new flat trend.
AlexandrB 11y ago
Yeah, the dials were always a questionable idea :( The one thing they're good at though is giving information on what's above/below the current option without having to click/tap (unlike a combo box). Is there a better interaction model for this kind of operation?
- inyorgroove 11y ago
  I think android has a nice UI for this takes tow taps: 1. Select hour: http://i.imgur.com/0SZGvUA.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/0SZGvUA.png?1 2. Select minutes http://i.imgur.com/UOj43B6.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/UOj43B6.png?1
  - comex 11y ago
    Urgh. At least in my case, when I set an alarm, I already know what time I want and really don't benefit from any kind of visualization - so just give me a keypad and let me tap in the digits, something everything from the phone app to my microwave has trained me to do quickly, rather than confusing me with a one-of-a-kind UI element. Luckily, I don't have to care because I just use Siri to set and manage alarms.
    - Rockslide 11y ago
      You do benefit. When typing the time, you have to tap at least four times. With Androids visualization, you can enter the time with two taps. I'd call that a benefit...

by gok 11y ago

WWKong 11y ago

Thanks for posting the images side by side. It was tremendously refreshing to see the previous interface. To me the affordance on that is way way higher than the new flat trend.

AlexandrB 11y ago

Yeah, the dials were always a questionable idea :( The one thing they're good at though is giving information on what's above/below the current option without having to click/tap (unlike a combo box). Is there a better interaction model for this kind of operation?

inyorgroove 11y ago
I think android has a nice UI for this takes tow taps: 1. Select hour: http://i.imgur.com/0SZGvUA.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/0SZGvUA.png?1 2. Select minutes http://i.imgur.com/UOj43B6.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/UOj43B6.png?1
- comex 11y ago
  Urgh. At least in my case, when I set an alarm, I already know what time I want and really don't benefit from any kind of visualization - so just give me a keypad and let me tap in the digits, something everything from the phone app to my microwave has trained me to do quickly, rather than confusing me with a one-of-a-kind UI element. Luckily, I don't have to care because I just use Siri to set and manage alarms.
  - Rockslide 11y ago
    You do benefit. When typing the time, you have to tap at least four times. With Androids visualization, you can enter the time with two taps. I'd call that a benefit...