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Responding to iOS 7
- orbuch 13y agobranch here: http://branch.com/b/how-do-we-respond-to-ios-7 http://branch.com/b/how-do-we-respond-to-ios-7
- Groxx 13y agoSite's 500-ing for me, google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=cache%3Atapity.com%2Fiphone-app-design%2Fresponding-to-ios-7%2F&oq=cache%3Atapity.com%2Fiphone-app-design%2Fresponding-to-ios-7%2F&gs_l=hp.12...0.0.0.2341.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..18.psy-ab.NowsuDzpSaQ&pbx=1 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?site=&source=hp...
- ultimoo 13y agoNice. Quite a well written article. I am especially interested in how Tweetbot is going to adapt to the iOS 7 interface. I love to use it on iOS 6 but as the OP points out the interface is very "heavy" -- full of bevels, shadows, and gradients -- when compared to iOS 7.
- cbillins 13y agoAgreed. I think they will adapt in their own way and create a pleasant style just like they did for iOS 6 and below.
- avolcano 13y agoHonestly, I think Tweetbot (and Tapbots' other products) are the greatest "heavy" UIs I've ever seen. They're basically the pinnacle of pre-7 iOS design, and I still think it's the most beautiful app on my phone. My worry is that flat design will lead to less information density (because of the decreased emphasis on visual hierarchy and separation through 3D effects) and lead to a downgrade in functionality for some apps. Honestly, I wouldn't be bothered if Tweetbot stayed the same.
- JoshGlazebrook 13y agoI have to agree 100% on the Tweetbot aspect. By far one of my favorite looking apps on my iPhone and iPad. Even the OSX version is very nice.
- rdouble 13y agoA good example of flat design in an app is Propellerheads' Figure. http://www.propellerheads.se/products/figure/ http://www.propellerheads.se/products/figure/ If all flat design apps are like that, things won't be too bad. Interestingly, their other iOS apps are totally the opposite, and are pinnacles of skeumorphic design: http://www.propellerheads.se/products/thor/ http://www.propellerheads.se/products/thor/ http://www.propellerheads.se/products/rebirth/ http://www.propellerheads.se/products/rebirth/
- terhechte 13y agoReBirth already existed in 1996, when Window 3.11 was still a common thing to have. So it was kinda one of the really early skeumorphic UIs
- mortenjorck 13y agoThor for iPad is a great case study, but I'd say it's actually a fine example of how the entire "flat versus skeuomorphic" debate has ultimately been misguided: The app utilizes a broad spectrum of digital UI affordance to great effect, from literal object metaphor ("this is a synth; it has knobs that do exactly what synth knobs do") to abstract color and shape cues ("these controls aren't part of the synth but have auxiliary control over it and your project"). This layering of design language creates a useful divide between areas of functionality that can't be achieved when you're limited to "flat or skeuomorphic" as a binary choice.
- zeckalpha 13y agoFigure is flat but it is still skeumorphic. They are not opposites.
- rdouble 13y ago
- coob 13y agoThis is echoing our experience. I think there's going to be some serve overuse of UIDynamics but hopefully that will eventually be refined in.
- zw 13y agoI think the people without the taste to use it properly are of the type to not understand the physics involved and therefore wouldn't be able to use it properly. I'm not saying it won't be used wrongly, just look at [Write](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/write-for-dropbox-beautiful/id587363157?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/write-for-dropbox-beautiful/...) for an example of a place where this'll be overdone to shit. But many of the UX people who intend to use dynamics stuff have probably had these ideas in their head or sketched out for quite a while.
- jerols 13y agoThanks for all the support guys! Never had this many concurrent users... now I know what its like to be on the HN home page. I am trying to resolve all the server issues. It should be mostly working now.
- joejohnson 13y agoI really like your new design!
- jerols 13y agoI'm really sorry for the site errors. It was down for about 2 hours. Never had to deal with so much traffic before and my host shut it down. Should be back up for everyone now.
- dsego 13y agoIt's just funny seeing how everybody now claims that removing visual noise is making a better experience for users. How come nobody had that insight before apple changed the design?