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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
