5 ms·

Most things about iOS7 seem inconsistent, and like they were rushed - which they were. I mean Johny Ive was head of UI for like 9 months only, and had to change

by devx 13y ago

Most things about iOS7 seem inconsistent, and like they were rushed - which they were. I mean Johny Ive was head of UI for like 9 months only, and had to change everything in iOS in that period. These changes should've arrived in iOS8 in order to be well thought out and mature enough, but for some reason they decided to push them to iOS7.

threeseed 13y ago
He didn't have to change anything. He wanted to. And when you see the iPhone 5C with iOS 7 it's pretty clear why.
- myko 13y ago
  I don't get it, why?
  - gfodor 13y ago
    the iPhone 5C package is a love letter to the art of graphic design. use of color, layout, typography, and form to create a device that has the soul of a printed magazine. at least, that's what i gather.
untog 13y ago
If they removed the new design, iOS7 would be a really underwhelming release for users. The background downloading would clearly be the banner feature.. but aside from that?
- pietro 13y ago
  They would have had time to improve existing apps and work out existing inconsistencies. iOS 6 was far from perfect, and there was plenty of room for improvement without a complete redesign.
- cageface 13y ago
  Personally I would much rather they just removed some of the gradients and textures and instead focused on improving things like inter-app sharing, notifications, the keyboard, widgets/live tiles etc.
riffraff 13y ago
> and had to change everything in iOS in that period. I may be confused by wording here, sorry: which one does "had to" mean: * there was some external force pushing him (I'm thinking CEO rather than bloggers' complaints) * he couldn't resist the urge It somehow feels like the latter is what really happened, but I do not have any sources for that, and would be happy to know.
- leoc 13y ago
  I certainly don't know: it could well be people rushing to get their musk on iOS after the Forstall ouster, but http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-smartphone-market-share-to-cheaper-models-1-.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-s... could have something to do with it too. Maybe after that kind of bad news Apple decided it needed to get its new China-oriented iPhone out quickly to stop the bleeding, at the cost of time to dink alignments and overlaps?
hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> I mean Johny Ive was head of UI for like 9 months only, and had to change everything in iOS in that period. This is the real issue. There are few "complete redesign" success cases, but somehow Apple thought they would pull it in a matter of months.
- gfodor 13y ago
  So far it sounds like they did. The main criticisms of iOS 7 are, as usual with new Apple products, from the edges of the digerati. I'll see what my wife says when she gets it on her new 5S.

by devx 13y ago

threeseed 13y ago

He didn't have to change anything. He wanted to. And when you see the iPhone 5C with iOS 7 it's pretty clear why.

myko 13y ago
I don't get it, why?
- gfodor 13y ago
  the iPhone 5C package is a love letter to the art of graphic design. use of color, layout, typography, and form to create a device that has the soul of a printed magazine. at least, that's what i gather.

untog 13y ago

If they removed the new design, iOS7 would be a really underwhelming release for users. The background downloading would clearly be the banner feature.. but aside from that?

pietro 13y ago
They would have had time to improve existing apps and work out existing inconsistencies. iOS 6 was far from perfect, and there was plenty of room for improvement without a complete redesign.
cageface 13y ago
Personally I would much rather they just removed some of the gradients and textures and instead focused on improving things like inter-app sharing, notifications, the keyboard, widgets/live tiles etc.

riffraff 13y ago

> and had to change everything in iOS in that period. I may be confused by wording here, sorry: which one does "had to" mean: * there was some external force pushing him (I'm thinking CEO rather than bloggers' complaints) * he couldn't resist the urge It somehow feels like the latter is what really happened, but I do not have any sources for that, and would be happy to know.

leoc 13y ago
I certainly don't know: it could well be people rushing to get their musk on iOS after the Forstall ouster, but http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-smartphone-market-share-to-cheaper-models-1-.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-s... could have something to do with it too. Maybe after that kind of bad news Apple decided it needed to get its new China-oriented iPhone out quickly to stop the bleeding, at the cost of time to dink alignments and overlaps?

hcarvalhoalves 13y ago

> I mean Johny Ive was head of UI for like 9 months only, and had to change everything in iOS in that period. This is the real issue. There are few "complete redesign" success cases, but somehow Apple thought they would pull it in a matter of months.

gfodor 13y ago
So far it sounds like they did. The main criticisms of iOS 7 are, as usual with new Apple products, from the edges of the digerati. I'll see what my wife says when she gets it on her new 5S.