On Sep 24, 2013, at 17:04 , Luther Baker <lutherba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As alluded to in some of the other posts, some of the others of _us_ that > care about usability, readability, dynamic text, full screen views, fewer > shadows and performance are finding good times ahead as we embrace the > platform and learn how to maximize the toolset - instead of fighting with > it. Your mileage may vary. The new UI is worse overall (there might be a small handful of improvements here and there). The lack of shadows deemphasizes layering (like in the swipe-to-reveal, which I didn't understand at first). The thin font weight makes it harder to determine if something is enabled or disabled (I ran into this during Apple ID sign in). Moving the text for buttons in UITableViewCells from center to left-justified deemphasizes their nature as being buttons, further adding to confusion. I've also found it hard to know that something should be tapped because it doesn't *look* like a button. Things that were clearly buttons in toolbars before are now barely readable. iOS 7 is creating a great deal of extra work, especially because now we must support two OSes with substantial differences. Studies have shown that the cognitive load is higher for outlines vs filled-in shapes. I'm finding performance on my iPad 3rd gen to be much worse on iOS 7 than it was in iOS 6. Scrolling is frequently jerky and jumpy. Shadows and gradients did not diminish readability or usability, and (as I mentioned) frequently enhanced it. -- Rick _______________________________________________ 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
