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I own mac, pc, android, ios. With each revision, ios has become harder to use because they keep adding new things without considering holistic experience. Tak
by pcurve 13y ago
I own mac, pc, android, ios. With each revision, ios has become harder to use because they keep adding new things without considering holistic experience.
Take a look at the Settings in ios7. It's nothing but a list of identical looking settings that go on for pages. Everything is nothing but text and thin lines.
A simple color-coded organization, categorization, and minor variation in fonts would've gone a long way.
Android's settings isn't much better, but at least things are better marked with text labels and clearer icons.
Apple has long crossed that line of less-is-more. They are firmly in the less-is-less territory. Both companies are leaving a lot on the table by being too boxed-in in their thinking, but Android is at least taking more humble approach.
- archagon 13y ago"Take a look at the Settings in ios7. It's nothing but a list of identical looking settings that go on for pages. Everything is nothing but text and thin lines." Err, it's pretty much always been like this.
- pcurve 13y agoThe basic layout has stayed the same, but the left-side list has grown quite a bit over the years, as has the number of settings on the right side. The original layout may have been serviceable years ago, but now it leaves a lot to be desired. The current split-pane interface works fine if you go in there to change multiple items on a regular basis, but that's not exactly how most people use the settings.
- megablast 13y ago> and minor variation in fonts would've gone a long way. This would look awful, but you make a good point. Having little icons next to each one would be good as well.
- pcurve 13y agoYes it 'could' look awful, but it could also look good too. That's where good designers earn their paychecks. As a designer, I sympathize with designers at Apple. Some of them must feel pretty frustrated.