iOS7 – Why Is Everyone Suddenly A Design Critic?
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Maybe some people don't like the design, but can't move because they have already invested too much into the platform? A brand is a promise to not mess things up.
If users love everything Apple does we criticize them (The sheep!). If they form an opinion while still using Apple devices we criticize them as well (Those "experts"!).
Btw, I actually like the design. I was sort of shocked when I first saw it, but it grows on you pretty quickly.
Many, many, many companies make huge profits selling crap I don't like. So what? I don't expect anyone to give a fuck about my opinion. But I also don't expect anyone to tell me to shut the fuck up for having it. So why don't you take your own advice with your opinion. And we can go our separate ways.
Elitism aside, this seems contradicted by the fact that Steve Jobs used Sony as his model corporation. You know: the company that made the Sony Walkman etc...
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/04/12/sony-outlook-steve-jo...
I think your redesign is a great step in the right direction! The gradients are going light-to-dark in a consistent manner, the scale of the shapes within each icon feels appropriate and you even simplified some of them further to make them more obvious. If your icons were the ones presented, I'd have much less to complain about.
False. I'm thousands of miles away, and I've been using it since a couple hours after it was announced, which was about 20 hours before this post was published.
Seriously, can't down vote this enough. The irony of a blog asking people to stfu.
When designers forget that users or potential users are the final authority that matters, they're walking the path of irrelevance.
In the case of Apple, I disagree. Apple doesn't need to impress these users who bitch about their products, yet use them anyway.
Also "drivel"
I think Apple historically has done a great job overall and set a bar where the user experience is concerned. Recently, that hasn't been as true for me with certain Apple products and services. The brand deserves credit for mostly getting things right though.
However, to imply that users who have concerns about products they use are just complainers unworthy of being listened to, undervalues the process that leads to better products.
I believe, negative sentiment accumulates to a tipping point that can easily lead a once loyal and happy customer to another solution when or if one is available.
Whether a hybrid flat design approach works for iOS 7 or not, it's the users who will decide but no brand can afford to ignore those who are unhappy with a design BUT still use it.
Now, how do I kill people on this MUD?
That antique joke aside, most people don't know enough to know that they don't know. People who think Edward Tufte is a cartoon rabbit pontificating on design... is this really any worse than listening to them pontificate on Turkish politics, or the prime lending rate, or the relative merits of three star restaurants in foreign countries where they'll never eat?