No I'm not kidding. The extreme minimalism in iOS7 is a style in and of itself. Pre-iOS7, the GUI style provided utility and substance by always very clearly i

No I'm not kidding. The extreme minimalism in iOS7 is a style in and of itself. Pre-iOS7, the GUI style provided utility and substance by always very clearly indicating state (which app is currently open was absolutely obvious to see even at the shortest glance because they all looked so very different), context (how screen elements relate to each other, how they are grouped together) and affordance (possible modes of interactions, what is a button, what can be manipulated how). That substance is now gone, overridden by the style of extreme minimalism.