Apple picker The launch of a new operating system from Apple for mobile devices has been long awaited not only by developers, but also by users. And not only because of the greatly redesigned graphical interface. iOS 7 is in many ways a less "classic" Apple operating system - it has come closer to its rivals from Google and Microsoft...
With a few exceptions, the vast majority of elements used in today's mobile operating systems are borrowed from other systems. After a closer examination of the new concept of multitasking in iOS 7, considerable similarities with the Windows Phone system can be discovered. And both systems take their inspiration from Palm's four-year-old webOS.
Another new feature in iOS 7 is Control Center, a feature that offers a quick menu to turn on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Airplane mode. However, a similar concept has been used by competitors for years, such as the aforementioned Google or LG, and it is therefore rather a reworking of an idea than the introduction of a new standard. Similar functions have even been offered for unlocked iPhones through the Cydia community repositories - at least 3 years ago.
The transparency of most of the panels, one of the most eye-catching elements of the new system, is also not hot news. Transparent panels were already used for the consumer market in Windows Vista and in mobile systems via webOS. Thus, Apple only visually revitalized its aging mobile operating system, which was crying out for a necessary update. All the pre-installed applications have been redesigned, but mostly only in terms of graphics, while the functionality of the software remains unchanged from its predecessors.
At its core, iOS 7 will still be iOS, but in an entirely new, smooth and "glassy" coat that has been partially stitched together from pieces of its rivals' and competitors' clothing. In the mid-90s, Steve Jobs quoted the painter Pablo Picasso: "Good artists copy, great artists steal." In relation to this mantra from Jobs, one has to think about what role Apple plays now – is it either the good artist that just takes good ideas but doesn't make them better, or the great one that takes someone else's idea and makes it a better and more cohesive whole.
According to the resulting result, the inspiration will not be anything of high quality!
but from where?! :)
Very apt :D
I accept everything, but the transparency really has nothing to do with Win Vista :-D I already laughed when they wrote about it on the verge.
I think it is more interesting than the similarities to point out that iOS is anything but flat. Both Android and WP work with flat logic, everything in one level of the canvas. iOS 7 is much more spacious than iOS 6 or any other system. So the "flat" direction, which way to escape
You can agree with that, even if I don't understand why they flattened the icons.
Something like functionalism. Suppress decorations, show content.
I personally don't like most of the new Apple icons in iOS 7, but if I look at the direction they're showing, I'm not worried. I am really looking forward to what the most talented developers of today - iOS developers - will do with this new direction. I already have different plans and I think that by Christmas we will not understand how we could survive with the iOS 6 style for so long. But we'll see. Apple only shows the direction, third-party developers actually pull the platform gave.
ive should stop spouting that crap, they probably take the wrong inspiration, just look at android 4,2, what the system can do, and it will introduce version 5 this year, windows should also be released sometime in the fall, as well as introduce another 2-5 of new inflated lumii. apk from droid will be released on bb, which is also great. well, if apple introduces the iphone 5s in the fall, only with a new process and a higher resolution photo, then it's a hell of a lot.
Android 5 will never be
:) I like it best when someone evaluates something that they have only seen on a picture :) or at most on wwdc :) . I've been using iOs 7 for almost a week now, yes, it doesn't seem like it at first :) but then it's great, I'm looking forward to the new version. And today I put 6.1.4 to sleep and to tell you the truth, it seems somewhat outdated :) . AND I AM NOT RESPONDING TO THE ARTICLE BUT TO SOME GENTLEMEN OF THE DISCUSSORS :) ….
please? I had ios7 installed, after the downgrade I was relieved, the old icons are really nicer, besides, you quickly get used to them, especially when it works, then the new ios 7 was praised by only a handful of people, especially populist reviewers, who are anyway bribed here , I don't mean this editorial office.
I've had beta 7 for more than a week now, so that it's sharp, but that won't happen until the fall, I've gotten used to it and I wouldn't change better than Android 4.2, it's already more than a year old SW, so what about it?
I wasn't talking about the old software at all, I was referring to the fact that android updates and develops at breakneck speed, which cannot be said about ios, it doesn't matter if the new version is called 5,6,7. the point is that I am innovating significantly more and especially faster. moreover, if you are talking about the old system, you can also mention how many devices this act. 4.2 ma, thank you.
But the dizzying speed of changes also has its downsides. So that they don't get ahead of themselves :) it's true that Apple changes/improves the system barely visible to the eye, but that's the same as with its HW design. When you do something properly, there is no reason to redo it in a hurry. In addition, it is not good for someone to constantly get used to newly violently remodeled things. This is also why Android is so fragmented. When you do something wrong, it's clear that you have to redo it. On the other hand, adding a new function does not mean digging up everything. Like a sharp stone traveling through a riverbed, which smooths out into a perfectly rounded shape and then changes only minimally.
My experience is that I switched from Windows XP to Mac OS because I was irritated by the semi-transparency of Vist. Gray bland system environment, I find it the least distracting, minimalistic and clean. That's why I don't even like the new graphical interface of iOS7 visually.
At school, we were taught that when icons are made, there must be some uniform visual element in the set of icons that unites these icons, the same graphic stylization, color, etc. The new icons do not look very similar to me personally. To illustrate this idea, look at the icon of four colored bubbles with a white reflection :)
About the tech icons:
The single visual element is the field on which the picture is located!? I don't have the skills to do this, but what, for example, is the uniform visual element for icons on Android? Please don't take it as a rant, I'm seriously interested. ;o) As for OSX vs. WIN-coloring books, so I fully agree with you!
That style. From the guidelines:
"Use a distinct silhouette. Three-dimensional, front view, with a slight perspective as if viewed from above, so that users perceive some depth."
Oh, well, I guess so. Thanks for broadening the horizon! ;O)
Sorry, but I'm not really going to write it again. I think it can be done without dashes. They're holding me back, but now I care :) thanks for the reminder for next time. I had no idea that it could bother someone considering what appears in the discussions.