Some of us like it. I admit it took a few weeks to get used to it, but once I did I really like it. So how did I deal with it? I embraced it.
On Sep 24, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Gordon Apple <g...@ed4u.com> wrote: > I really don¹t like to do posts like this, but I think it is warranted. My > motivation is to find out how others are coping with this. Admittedly, I¹m > late to the party, only upgrading after the release. There were only a few > features I thought I might add in my iPad apps for iOS7, so I just let it > slide. Now, I¹m looking at issues I thought would never be a problem. > > iOS7 has a lot of great stuff, especially at its core. However, its UI is > downright fugly, especially standard controls. There is always some > consternation about change, but that is not what this is about. Usability > is a strong component. Sliders look terrible, Segmented controls look like > something a 5-yr-old might draw. The original B&W Mac did better. Pickers > are downright unusable. No borders and you can¹t even see a division between > columns. Scrollable views don¹t give any indication that they are > scrollable. If popovers don¹t have enough color contrast, you¹d never know > they were there (no borders). Also, a lot of apps are having issues with > handling the status bar. Some of this might work on an iPhone, but just > doesn¹t look good on an iPad. IMHO, if this is Joe Ivy¹s doing, he should > get the same treatment as the guy at MS that was responsible for Windows 8. > This all seems to be going the wrong direction. > > I¹ve started at least embedding pickers and tables in bordered views. Not > ideal, but better than nothing. I¹m thinking about abandoning segmented > controls for a bordered view containing buttons. Other than doing a whole > slew of custom controls, how are others dealing with these issues? > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/alex%40webis.net > > This email sent to a...@webis.net Alex Kac - President and Founder Web Information Solutions, Inc. "Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is a permanent attitude." -- Dr. Martin Luther King _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
