Interesting, same here. Both my wife and her best friend can't stand the look of IOS 7. Of course I don't care what it looks like so I'm pretty happy with it but I'm surprised to hear of so many sighted folks hating the new look.
Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Duck Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. Hi Guys, Yeah, my sighted wife hates the new look too. Most of my family and many of my friends have IOS devices and pretty much all of them hate the look. The other day, my wife came in and saw me using the iPad that we share and she said "Don't update it!". This must be one ugly OS. LOL. Thanks, Scott Duck -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. For what its worth, my sighted wife hates the new scheme and when I first showed it to her after installing it on my iPhone, her first reaction was that a fifth grader designed it with all its goofy colors. She is totally jealous of the handwriting option though. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 5:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. Wow, nice sexist comments here. <smile>. So you are saying that because the person involved with the colors is a woman, then she used her feminine influence for the colors? Do you have data to back this up, or is it merely speculation like most other things. Then you go on to say that the teenagers who are young mails will be the ones who want to tinker? So, you are saying that females can't tinker, or don't have the drive and hormones necessary to want to tinker because they are female? Yes, I'm probably reading too much into what you say, but seriously man, either you have some serious sexist issues, or your sense of humor totally went over my head. Personally when i see a woman tinkering, developing, ETC whether it's Android, iPhone, or whatever I think it's sexy as can be. -- Raul A. Gallegos Want to hear a Potassium joke? K. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 9/30/2013 10:03 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: > Actually, I think they were targeting the female population with the > new interface's colors. The person Apple put in charge of the > appearance of the new interface is a woman. Just by the way they > described the colors and overall appearance it right away seemed to me > like they were going after new female iPhone users. The teenagers are > probably Android users as young males are more likely to want to > tinker with the OS and hardware. ...At some point the user of > electronics matures and grows out of the curiosity and simply wants something that works--this is where Apple steps in. > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Pelletier" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:52 PM > Subject: RE: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing > iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. > > > Hi Cara, > > > > Funny you should say that. I was told The very same thing a couple of > days ago. My friend told me he is almost ashamed to be seen with his > phone. He says it looks like a toy that was designed for a kid. We > know that Apple was going for a look that would please the younger > generation but it seems like they don't even like it. I was told that > the contrast is horrible and the font is just as bad. > > > > I am total so I don't really care but I have to say that this is not > what I was expecting from Apple. > > > > Ron & Danvers > > > > > > Falling down is part of LIFE... > > Getting back up is LIVING... > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Cara Quinn > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 1:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing > iOS 6 holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. > > > > Unfortunately, I must agree with the assertion that 7 is just plain ugly. > > > > A number of sighted friends have described the 'new' look, each in > their own way, (as well as their difficulties with using it) and it > just seems to me that for whatever reason, Apple just essentially > abandoned all the upscale chic look and feel of iOS for what I can > only describe as a thrown together gaudy amateurish look. > > > > For as much polish as the parallax effect has, the rest of the OS is > so overly scaled down as to be just plain ugly. > > > > Just to illustrate one basic example, now what are being read by VO as > buttons, in some cases, are simply a very light grey word on a white > background. There are no borders making this look like a button, no > indication that this item should be tapped to be activated and no > really definite way to tell if the button is active or not. The font > is so thin as to make it difficult to read and as I said, pretty much > impossible to distinguish between being active or inactive. > > > > This is absolutely awful and inconsiderate for people with any kind of > visual difficulties at all. Not to mention just the major change in > user interface paradigm. > > > > I have absolutely no idea what Apple was thinking with this one and > quite frankly, it makes me ashamed. > > > > This is just not cool and I really hope reason once again prevails here. > > > > apple, please do live up to your excellent standards and turn this one > around right away so that everyone can enjoy this OS rather than need > to suffer through it. > > > > At the very least, please consider bringing back at least some classic > mode of visual interface (as you have done by keeping original > ringtones) for those who can see, but whose vision might not be > perfect. At the very least, consider bringing back an option for an > homage to the classic look and feel. > This would make worlds of difference for many people. > > > > This would go a long way to really showing that Apple inclusiveness. > this is not just a matter of a new cool look. This is a matter of a > whole lot of difficulty for many users whom may not even technically > have vision problems but for whom this OS is just plain difficult to > work with. > > > > These are just a few of my thoughts. Thanks so much for reading! > > > > Smiles, > > > > Cara :) > > On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > You wrote: > "In short I feel that there is absolutely no reason why > somebody who has an iPhone 4, 4S or 5 shouldn't upgrade." > > My reply: > I find IOS7 to be ugly and hard to read. The improved > functionality does not add enough to overcome my dislike of the new design. > > I know others prefer IOS7, but I'll hold out as long as I can or until > Apple fixes some of the biggest visual problems. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. 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