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General What do you think a Jony Ive, anti-skeuomorphic OS will be like? [Merged]
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I'm not expecting it to be worked radically, it'll just be a subtle shift in direction.
That said, if the Podcast App is killed and podcast functionality is just left in the music app, with improvements to syncing, then it'll be good news for everyone.
That said, if the Podcast App is killed and podcast functionality is just left in the music app, with improvements to syncing, then it'll be good news for everyone.
Mountain Lion Tweaks should give you a clue
I agree
Its coming, its quite obvious they are pulling them together, they keep saying post pc era, well how else better to do it than merge them into each other to smooth the transition
Knowing Joni, it (software look) will be so polished that it will scratch too easily. Just like his iPhone 5 bevel edges and old iPod backs.
You know him huh? Sorry had to do it
Apple will be back to how it used to be, focusing on how to make things simple and elegant! and not unusable (Maps) and tacky (Calendar on Mac)
Knowing Joni, it (software look) will be so polished that it will scratch too easily. Just like his iPhone 5 bevel edges and old iPod backs.
Whats up with THAT. That's Ive major failure in my opinion. Yeah, they look quite beautiful when you get them out of the box but just 5 minute after it's all scratched up. I'm talking about the old iPod's back, NOT about the iPhone 5.
Now Jon Ive is in charge of iOS, what features would you like to see in iOS 7?
I'm hoping that :
- all that tacky skeuomorphism will be gone!
- we will finally see 'active' icons
- there will be a new lock screen
- there will be an option for multiple app selection
anything else you would like to see?
I'm hoping that :
- all that tacky skeuomorphism will be gone!
- we will finally see 'active' icons
- there will be a new lock screen
- there will be an option for multiple app selection
anything else you would like to see?
I'm doubtful as to whether any major changes to iOS will come in at least the next 2 versions. Still, I hope I'm wrong, would be nice to see something fresh! 
A complete graphical overhaul and hopefully the dumping of stupid slow animations like when you click on folders and the screen "splits" (SO ugly).
Theres a lot of work to be done though. Id like widges and more custom choices as well, but the main thing here is not the amount of new functions but some desperately needed fresh thinking about how it should all come together.
Its about time. 2007 called, they want their software back. Im sure Sir Jony Ive will do amazing things like he has with hardware lately.
Theres a lot of work to be done though. Id like widges and more custom choices as well, but the main thing here is not the amount of new functions but some desperately needed fresh thinking about how it should all come together.
Its about time. 2007 called, they want their software back. Im sure Sir Jony Ive will do amazing things like he has with hardware lately.
While i agree that iOS needs quite a lot of working done to it, stuff like widgets will never be on iOS.
Johnny will only be in charge of design not features.
i agree that it needs a complete overhaul! id like to see widgets but not like android does em. Apple's special version of them. maybe that just means making the native apps 'active' and being able to change the size of them?
EDIT: a bit like window's phone?
EDIT: a bit like window's phone?
man... poor bastard, this Jon Ive: I bet he hasn't realized the land mine he's stepped into. All the cry babies that take iOS too seriously and over analyze every single tiny bit of it. And in the end, there's no way to keep everybody happy. With hardware design there's always an end to any discussion. But with software design, everybody thinks they should have their own idea of how anything should look and work. Plus, the ability to further customize it. A real nightmare.
For what it's worth, I doubt Jon Ive's involvement in iOS will be permanent...
For what it's worth, I doubt Jon Ive's involvement in iOS will be permanent...
Yeah, much as I admire Ive's stripped-down look in hardware, I'm not sure that I want 101 apps on my phone with no easy, out-of-the-corner-of-my-eye, way of telling them apart. Quirky as the skeumorphisms are, they make each app distinctive. So I can flip between tasks easily while doing other things like running to catch a flight or getting cash from an ATM.
So I hope that apps and different contexts keep their distinct identities - whether it's through skeumorphism or some other device. Imagine you went to a party where all your friends were wearing identical masks. It would certainly slow down your interactions with them.
I'd be happy if everything simply worked as they said it would... it's a shame that most doesn't.