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As an Android user, the loudest complaint about iOS seems to be 'it's boring,' despite it's reliability and constantly improving feature set. Seems like iOS's

As an Android user, the loudest complaint about iOS seems to be 'it's boring,' despite it's reliability and constantly improving feature set. Seems like iOS's next killer feature needs to be customization/skinning/theme support. (Correct me if I'm overlooking an already existing feature like this in non jailbroken iOS)

drivebyacct2 14y ago
It's interesting, back in the Froyo/Gingerbread days, I was convinced that Google was going to give us native theming support. And then it came to CM by way of TMobile's Theme Chooser they contributed. And it was "fun" in the 2.x days, but there were very few high quality themes. Now, I'll get curious every once in a while and download and there are a few that take minor creative liberties with Holo and look pleasant, but I always go back to stock. I'd be very, very, very, very surprised to see Apple give users that level of control, not because I'm trying to be all holier than though about Apple, but because that would seem to betray their knack for polishing and making the experience universally whole. That having been said, I think it's really, really stale and am excited to see what they come up with for iPhone Next. Also, it's interesting to hear people express "boredom". I went from being a crack-nightly flasher on Android who would build his own builds to include a patch that hadn't been accepted yet... and now I'm largely bored with my phone. It's a flashlight, a maps app and something to do when I'm in line at the grocery store. Maybe I've just changed, I'm certainly tired of the "appify everything" phase, but I can understand how a sense of boredom sets in.
dmcy22 14y ago
Nope, there's no skinning/theme support in iOS. The only thing you can customize are the lock screen and background.
- jnazario 14y ago
  not true. look for Black Orbs as one example. via http://www.redmondpie.com/top-tweaks-for-iphone-and-ipad-that-dont-require-a-jailbreak/ http://www.redmondpie.com/top-tweaks-for-iphone-and-ipad-tha...

drivebyacct2 14y ago

It's interesting, back in the Froyo/Gingerbread days, I was convinced that Google was going to give us native theming support. And then it came to CM by way of TMobile's Theme Chooser they contributed. And it was "fun" in the 2.x days, but there were very few high quality themes. Now, I'll get curious every once in a while and download and there are a few that take minor creative liberties with Holo and look pleasant, but I always go back to stock. I'd be very, very, very, very surprised to see Apple give users that level of control, not because I'm trying to be all holier than though about Apple, but because that would seem to betray their knack for polishing and making the experience universally whole. That having been said, I think it's really, really stale and am excited to see what they come up with for iPhone Next. Also, it's interesting to hear people express "boredom". I went from being a crack-nightly flasher on Android who would build his own builds to include a patch that hadn't been accepted yet... and now I'm largely bored with my phone. It's a flashlight, a maps app and something to do when I'm in line at the grocery store. Maybe I've just changed, I'm certainly tired of the "appify everything" phase, but I can understand how a sense of boredom sets in.

dmcy22 14y ago

Nope, there's no skinning/theme support in iOS. The only thing you can customize are the lock screen and background.

jnazario 14y ago
not true. look for Black Orbs as one example. via http://www.redmondpie.com/top-tweaks-for-iphone-and-ipad-that-dont-require-a-jailbreak/ http://www.redmondpie.com/top-tweaks-for-iphone-and-ipad-tha...