How does having Tips app on a skilled users ios device help unskilled users? Notice they didn't ask that there be no Tips app but that it was removable in some form.
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iOS 8 Beta 4 Tidbits: Tips App, Control Center Redesign, New Display Options
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How does having Tips app on a skilled users ios device help unskilled users? Notice they didn't ask that there be no Tips app but that it was removable in some form.
Even skilled users don't know everything.... So you never know.
Apple has never allowed stock apps to be removed and that's not changing anytime soon, if ever, all that can be done is to stick it in a folder on a separate screen and be done with it.
Could you give an example? Android has always seemed a little thrown together to me, design wise. It reminds me of Linux.
I'm not saying it's terrible, some elements are OK, but iOS7/8 looks more consistent overall.
I'm actually really excited for the realtime talk to text feature. I've seen it used on Android and it is so much better than having to wait to see your errors. 
The buttons don't look as good when selected. Mixing black and white in the same icon was a mistake. It breaks the style rules used in the rest of the design.
Start at google.com.
Look at the Gmail Icon, News Icon, Play Store Icon
Also check out screenshots from playstore on android devices.
This is what comes to my mind in first place.
However I dont like the performance and scrolling. It just doesnt feel right.
Control Center looks worse, just like pretty much every UI tweak since the first iOS 7 beta.
A lot of people actually like it, get used to it.
I quite like the Drive and Calendar icons with the the flat transparent shadows to add 'depth' to the flatness, but while the play icon looks fine on its own, it's a completely different style. The maps icon is different again.
So like I said, no consistency.
I counted 7 various fonts on some Android homescreen , 9 if sizes included. How is that Android & design are even in the same sentence ?
I hope that this tips app represents a sign that Apple feels the operating system has matured to the point where it is worth training the users to the finer details and the controls are going to settle down. Changing so much with each new version is a sign that Apple hasn't got it right yet. Change is not good simply for changes sake. Things need to stabilize.
I really, really hate that control center mockup. Why is iOS going in the visual direction of a childs toy?
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Stock Kit Kat is beautiful, what you and most other people don't get is that almost all the phone companies release their own version of Android on their phones, for instance Samsung runs a version they call Touchwiz. So it's kind of hard to say a blanket statement "that all..." when they are not the same.
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Stock Kit Kat is beautiful, what you and most other people don't get is that almost all the phone companies release their own version of Android on their phones, for instance Samsung runs a version they call Touchwiz. So it's kind of hard to say a blanket statement "that all..." when they are not the same.
Okay? I don't even have an iOS device. And it's not like I made a big deal about it, minor UI tweaks are not a dealbreaker or anything.
You said it was the worst UI change since the first beta of iOS 7, that's making a big deal out of it.
Photostream gone?
When I look in the Photos app, "Photostream" is gone? It is still turned on in the settings and I get the photos in iPhoto on my iMac, but when I delete the photo on my iPhone I does not go away on my iMac as before and the other way around. The folder "Photostream" is completely gone in the Photos app.
Also I can't edit the order of my albums anymore?
Anyone else have this problem? Is it a bug or just me who does not understand the new way it works?
When I look in the Photos app, "Photostream" is gone? It is still turned on in the settings and I get the photos in iPhoto on my iMac, but when I delete the photo on my iPhone I does not go away on my iMac as before and the other way around. The folder "Photostream" is completely gone in the Photos app.
Also I can't edit the order of my albums anymore?
Anyone else have this problem? Is it a bug or just me who does not understand the new way it works?
beta 4.1?
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i have noticed its only on the iPhone my iPad i can access them.
Nice to know it's not an isolated case, at least. Still sucks, though.
Forgive me, I didn't realize I couldn't post my opinion about something. From now on I'll check with you before I have anything to complain about.
Apple borrowed that change to the Control Center from the jailbreak community.
So?
And do you really mean the more than dead JB community?
Is it my devices, or does 'Instant HotSpot' no longer work?
I've tried it now a couple of times and the HotSpot prompts me for a password from iPad to iPhone and vice versa. (note: both are LTE devices and both had cellular data turned off during the testing)
On the lock screen when you have a new message you can swipe right and you'll have options to reply or dismiss. Not sure if this is a new feature or what from the previous betas.
Is it my devices, or does 'Instant HotSpot' no longer work?
I've tried it now a couple of times and the HotSpot prompts me for a password from iPad to iPhone and vice versa. (note: both are LTE devices and both had cellular data turned off during the testing)
I think you just answered your own question. Cellular Data must be turned on for the hotspot to work.