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I also dislike the trend away from bordered buttons in iOS 7. Users shouldn't have to guess whether something is a label or a button. Trading off that usability

I also dislike the trend away from bordered buttons in iOS 7. Users shouldn't have to guess whether something is a label or a button. Trading off that usability for just a little visual cleanliness seems like a bad deal.

lstamour 13y ago
You can turn on visual buttons in accessibility. Which to me just becomes one more thing I need to test for as a dev ;-)
- userbinator 13y ago
  Funny they put it in Accessibility - the category of options for "disadvantaged" users, as if "normal" users wouldn't need a more accessible UI?
  - lstamour 13y ago
    I don't know if I'd say that. I can't tell you how often I employed VoiceOver pre-Siri as a way to dim the screen while playing YouTube audio or to read me all my emails while doing something else. In fact, a year to when Siri was announced, I referenced that and got a nudge-nudge, wink-wink that audio was one of the next big things. In some ways I think Accessibility is a misnomer -- it's the way Apple says, hey, you 20% of pro users, here's something you can try. Hence Accessibility on Mac getting a security center so apps can use those hooks to resize and read the screen the way "most" shouldn't. I treat it as a toy box, and frankly still miss most of its settings on Android. Have a look at WWDC videos on accessibility, unlike the counterparts from Google and Microsoft which often require special extensions or apps to enable, Apple delivers the whole thing, and it really works. Why else would Apple offer 8-9 different font sizes in roughly four font weights (normal, bold, and fonts overwritten normal and bold). Yes, some options could be highlighted during the welcome screen, in the same way VoiceOver is on a Mac at first launch. But like right-click, some things you have to turn on yourself until they sync over the cloud. But that's life. At least their settings apply across the board to all apps.
  - judk 13y ago
    You are the one who mentioned "disadvantaged". The default is just tuned for pretty to look at and show to your friends, not accessible. Fitting for a status item.
hiphopyo 13y ago
That's what they said about blue underlined links too back in the day.
- lstamour 13y ago
  Hah. Speaking of which, I hear you can add underlines in iOS 7.1 too. Yeah, Mr. Button Shapes in Accessibility strikes again: http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/whats-new-removed-apples-latest-ios-7-1-for-ipad-iphone-ipod-touch-0149970/ http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/whats-new-removed-apples-l... Makes sense to me.

lstamour 13y ago

You can turn on visual buttons in accessibility. Which to me just becomes one more thing I need to test for as a dev ;-)

userbinator 13y ago
Funny they put it in Accessibility - the category of options for "disadvantaged" users, as if "normal" users wouldn't need a more accessible UI?
- lstamour 13y ago
  I don't know if I'd say that. I can't tell you how often I employed VoiceOver pre-Siri as a way to dim the screen while playing YouTube audio or to read me all my emails while doing something else. In fact, a year to when Siri was announced, I referenced that and got a nudge-nudge, wink-wink that audio was one of the next big things. In some ways I think Accessibility is a misnomer -- it's the way Apple says, hey, you 20% of pro users, here's something you can try. Hence Accessibility on Mac getting a security center so apps can use those hooks to resize and read the screen the way "most" shouldn't. I treat it as a toy box, and frankly still miss most of its settings on Android. Have a look at WWDC videos on accessibility, unlike the counterparts from Google and Microsoft which often require special extensions or apps to enable, Apple delivers the whole thing, and it really works. Why else would Apple offer 8-9 different font sizes in roughly four font weights (normal, bold, and fonts overwritten normal and bold). Yes, some options could be highlighted during the welcome screen, in the same way VoiceOver is on a Mac at first launch. But like right-click, some things you have to turn on yourself until they sync over the cloud. But that's life. At least their settings apply across the board to all apps.
- judk 13y ago
  You are the one who mentioned "disadvantaged". The default is just tuned for pretty to look at and show to your friends, not accessible. Fitting for a status item.

hiphopyo 13y ago

That's what they said about blue underlined links too back in the day.

lstamour 13y ago
Hah. Speaking of which, I hear you can add underlines in iOS 7.1 too. Yeah, Mr. Button Shapes in Accessibility strikes again: http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/whats-new-removed-apples-latest-ios-7-1-for-ipad-iphone-ipod-touch-0149970/ http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/whats-new-removed-apples-l... Makes sense to me.