I had not intended to upgrade to iOS 7 so soon, but when both iPad and iPhone indicated the download would only take 9 minutes, I said, "What the hell," and upgraded anyway. Among the most strikingly ugly iOS 7 features is that it converted my iPad 3 dock into a nauseating, huge patch of
mustard, unceremoniously plomping the app icons (including Marvin as my default e-reader) inside the mustard; see the attached screenshot. It's so ugly it makes me want to scream; and spotting any of the new default iOS 7 apps' "flat" icons on any of the home screens is like a jab in the eye, compared to the elegance of the former, iOS 6-style icons. (The only exception: I prefer the new
Contacts app icon over the former one.) iOS 7 is not just
ugly compared to the previous iOS versions -- but it also appears to be distinctly
slower; I'm not impressed by any of the "jerky" animations: gone is the previous iOS
fluidity that was so typical of iDevices, and that distinguished it from Android (where "jerkiness" is a hallmark, especially on cheaper Android devices).
