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I don't think it's as heavy-handed as you suggest. Most of the app's navigation is handled by tableviews and collection views. The dial that you reference is re
by siglesias 14y ago
I don't think it's as heavy-handed as you suggest. Most of the app's navigation is handled by tableviews and collection views. The dial that you reference is really a sideways scrollview (albeit with a material skin)--this controls a non-skeuomorphic list in an intuitive way that isn't confined to the limitations of a physical radio's interface.
I'll grant that the tape deck is outdated, but it's a largely hidden little visual treat that suggests a hidden mechanism underneath AND provides visual feedback on playback speed.
Skeuomorphism is bad when it restricts the UI to the properties of physical objects, but in this case Apple hasn't done that.
- mortenjorck 14y agoThe reel-to-reel heads got my hackles up for the same reasons Lewisham stated the moment I saw them in the screenshot, but once I realized they were only visible when you slid the cover art away, my opposition softened. It's actually a nice touch in that it (subtly or not) reinforces the "under the hood" state of the UI when the additional controls are visible.
- davedelong 14y agoThere's no way the Podcasts app could be using collection views, because it runs on iOS 5.
- siglesias 14y agoI'm using the term "collection view" in a generic way. Grid view-like interfaces appear elsewhere pre-iOS 6, like in iBooks for example.