Do You Prefer iOS 7 Looks Over Previous iOS Versions? - Page 16

Faterson · 01-17-2014, 02:57 PM

What's jarring to me is whenever I see the repulsive "iOS 7 look" creep into 3rd-party apps that until then looked perfectly fine, but now are hideous to look at.

I still use my iPad 1, running iOS 5, on a daily basis, and I find the old iOS look infinitely preferable -- anything but "old-fashioned". It's better to be old-fashioned than ugly.

A big reason for me to be considering a switch away from iOS to Android is how ugly iOS 7 is; it has, for me, significantly decreased the attractiveness of the idea of getting an iPad mini, for example. The device no longer seems as desirable as when it was running iOS 6.

m00min · 01-18-2014, 07:01 AM

On the whole I prefer the look of iOS 7 but I do think Apple pushed it too far. The lack of a background on buttons makes identifying those interface elements unnecessarily harder. Backgrounds are allowed in flat design, just not gradient style drop shadows or fuzzy felt (e.g. iOS 6 Gamecenter).

Most of my criticisms of iOS 7 are to do with the user interface; the nightmare that is the music or calendar apps. Removing some of the ways of viewing your information is just annoying. Still, that does give app developers a chance to shine.

View Poll Results: Do you prefer iOS 7 over the "classic" iOS look?
Yes, iOS 7 looks better	27	19.57%
No, I preferred the previous iOS look & feel	69	50.00%
I'm fine with both; it's natural/acceptable evolution	42	30.43%
Voters: 138. You may not vote on this poll

01-17-2014, 02:57 PM	#226
Faterson pokrývač škridiel Posts: 1,525 Karma: 3300000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Device: 3iPad, SamsungNote & Tabs, 2OnyxBoox, Huawei 8″, PocketBook	What's jarring to me is whenever I see the repulsive "iOS 7 look" creep into 3rd-party apps that until then looked perfectly fine, but now are hideous to look at. I still use my iPad 1, running iOS 5, on a daily basis, and I find the old iOS look infinitely preferable -- anything but "old-fashioned". It's better to be old-fashioned than ugly. A big reason for me to be considering a switch away from iOS to Android is how ugly iOS 7 is; it has, for me, significantly decreased the attractiveness of the idea of getting an iPad mini, for example. The device no longer seems as desirable as when it was running iOS 6. Last edited by Faterson; 01-17-2014 at 03:00 PM.

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01-18-2014, 07:01 AM	#227
m00min Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 536046 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: iPad / NST / Kobo	On the whole I prefer the look of iOS 7 but I do think Apple pushed it too far. The lack of a background on buttons makes identifying those interface elements unnecessarily harder. Backgrounds are allowed in flat design, just not gradient style drop shadows or fuzzy felt (e.g. iOS 6 Gamecenter). Most of my criticisms of iOS 7 are to do with the user interface; the nightmare that is the music or calendar apps. Removing some of the ways of viewing your information is just annoying. Still, that does give app developers a chance to shine.

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