I agree with the author of the article that overall iOS 7 represents a big step forward in terms of design. However, there are some glaring warts that weren't

I agree with the author of the article that overall iOS 7 represents a big step forward in terms of design. However, there are some glaring warts that weren't discussed. Most notable among the goofs is the new "Control Center" feature. What's odd is that Apple seems particularly proud of it judging by how frequently it appears in their iOS 7 marketing materials. To be clear, I think that the idea of giving quick access to frequently used controls is a good one. However the current visual design execution of this idea is abysmal. IMHO, the current design of iOS 7 Control Center is a jumbled mess that doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the new design. It violates a bunch of the new design conventions, and conceptually represents a grab-bag of misfit controls that have little reason to be together on the screen at the same time. The controls shown in Control Center don't use the new convention of tinting to a bright color to indicate interactivity, but instead opt for inverting between light and dark to indicate on/off. Additionally, some of the buttons have borders, while others don't. Some are circles, some are rounded rectangles, others are floating in whitespace. Some less important controls (AirDrop) are big, other more important ones (WiFi) are small, and they're all stacked on top of each other in a big jumbled mess. Here's how I propose Apple improve the design of iOS 7's Control Center: - Adopt a consistent control element design: no borders, color hinting etc. - Remove the bottom row of app shortcuts. Except for the flashlight these are not controls, they're links. - Remove AirDrop and Airplay. Not controls either. - Refine that ugly down arrow on the top of the pane. It's too chunky and is encroaching on the icons below. - Increase the opacity on the panel to improve readability.