On Sep 24, 2013, at 08:03 , Timothy Cappalli <cappa...@brandeis.edu> wrote: > > There are a large number of users who do not like the UI. Myself included. >
It's definitely new and different, and I've definitely heard from people who are reacting very negatively to it. >From a practical standpoint, though, I'll point to Mark Gibbs' post at >NetworkWorld: ><http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ios-7-no-choice-upgrade> If you want to stick with the Apple ecosystem, you'll have to upgrade at some point, whether it's by upgrading the software on your existing devices or buying new devices that won't run the old software. It may be prudent to wait a little bit to let some bugs get fixed and for Apple to make some UI tweaks in response to user feedback, but they're not going back at this point. And given the lack of low-level control that you have over an iOS device compared with a personal computer running Mac OS X or Windows, the sheer number of security vulnerabilities that aren't going to get fixed in iOS 6 that are fixed in iOS 7 is a little concerning to me. I've already got 2 apps that aren't getting updated on my iPhone 4S/iOS 6 because the new versions require iOS 7. -- Julian Y. Koh Acting Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-5780 NUIT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
