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I don't agree. I have an Android, and when I go to a product page on the app store, there is this huge "install" button clearly in a different color. Very good

I don't agree. I have an Android, and when I go to a product page on the app store, there is this huge "install" button clearly in a different color. Very good UX. I remember receiving a company iPhone years ago. I went to an app store product page, and couldn't find any install button. Totally confused I looked for some menu options or whatever. Turned out you had to click the "free" text behind the app title. Not a button at all, not clear at all. That is just bad UX.

sofixa 4y ago
To expand on this, when you click that install button, you get a progress bar and a notification with that progress, so you can know what's happening and where it's at. Just got an iPad through work, and i tried to install an app - there was just a loading circle animation, without any context or information. Guess what, it didn't work (but of course it wouldn't say it isn't working, it just kept spinning for tens of minutes), i had to set up a payment method first (for a free app, Obsidian, that supports payments for extra features). What the hell? Why no error message? Why no actual status instead of a useless animation? Similarly, on macOS, the scroll direction cannot be changed between mouse and trackpad. There is a parameter in both menus, but they switch each other. Yes, that is terrible UX.
- koonsolo 4y ago
  > Similarly, on macOS, the scroll direction cannot be changed between mouse and trackpad. Ha that's funny, because I'm also struggling with that one! The general idea that Apple is good at UX is very wrong.
yamtaddle 4y ago
Probably iOS 7 or shortly after. They murdered what had been hands-down the best UI for non-nerds of any OS I've ever seen, with that version. Lots of "buttons" that were just text and other terrible flat-UI garbage. They undid some of that since, but it's still not back to being as good as 6 was.

sofixa 4y ago

To expand on this, when you click that install button, you get a progress bar and a notification with that progress, so you can know what's happening and where it's at. Just got an iPad through work, and i tried to install an app - there was just a loading circle animation, without any context or information. Guess what, it didn't work (but of course it wouldn't say it isn't working, it just kept spinning for tens of minutes), i had to set up a payment method first (for a free app, Obsidian, that supports payments for extra features). What the hell? Why no error message? Why no actual status instead of a useless animation? Similarly, on macOS, the scroll direction cannot be changed between mouse and trackpad. There is a parameter in both menus, but they switch each other. Yes, that is terrible UX.

koonsolo 4y ago
> Similarly, on macOS, the scroll direction cannot be changed between mouse and trackpad. Ha that's funny, because I'm also struggling with that one! The general idea that Apple is good at UX is very wrong.

yamtaddle 4y ago

Probably iOS 7 or shortly after. They murdered what had been hands-down the best UI for non-nerds of any OS I've ever seen, with that version. Lots of "buttons" that were just text and other terrible flat-UI garbage. They undid some of that since, but it's still not back to being as good as 6 was.