Do you feel iOS is (looking) dated?

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Dolby said:
For me, it's definitely the widgets.

I know the most Apple guys (say) they don't like it (at this point), but I think it's a large part of the 'dated' comments and user experience. Nothing like having a single screen that I can put what I find relevant to me pinned to it and can be seen at once glance.

Yes - some guys go overboard, but I have only 3 pages : calendar on one page, and the other page data use, alarm, shares etc I don't have launches or 10 million things, but the basic are great. For me those basic make iOS dated.

I mean they didn't have notifications until recently, which was a ball ache compared to Android
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iOS8 SDK enables widgets + more... yet probably not exactly the way you want... but it's there.
 
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A nice touch could be an addition of the OsX dock that overlays the current app. That way the home screen is less of a terminus. It is already faster to access items with the search function and other features show that casual users simply don't appreciate the flow
 
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I personally love touchwiz. I think it has a great balance between design and customisation. I love the HTC One. It think it has a brilliant design and screen but the UI is so boring that I chose the S5. The main point for me is Samsung (much like apple) keep the same UI design language wherever possible, in Sammy apps and widgets. That's were HTC fell off for me. Screenshot_2014-10-29-00-04-43.jpg Here's my home screen. Simple, to the point. Everything I need.
 
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ChocolateBadger said:
I personally love touchwiz. I think it has a great balance between design and customisation. I love the HTC One. It think it has a brilliant design and screen but the UI is so boring that I chose the S5. The main point for me is Samsung (much like apple) keep the same UI design language wherever possible, in Sammy apps and widgets. That's were HTC fell off for me. View attachment 162257 Here's my home screen. Simple, to the point. Everything I need.
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TouchWiz is okay if you have very powerful hardware. You should try a faster launcher out though and see how you like it. I recommend Nova Launcher Prime. A big benefit of changing the launcher is custom icons. No offence, but as someone who is used to attractive icon packs, your home screen looks ugly.
 
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Bryn26 said:
TouchWiz is okay if you have very powerful hardware. You should try a faster launcher out though and see how you like it. I recommend Nova Launcher Prime. A big benefit of changing the launcher is custom icons. No offence, but as someone who is used to attractive icon packs, your home screen looks ugly.
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Non taken. I have tried many customizing options and just keep going to back to something simple. I also wouldn't say Nova launcher is faster, the S5 runs touchwiz like a dream. But that is the beauty of android. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you make your phone what you want it to be and goes much further than just rearranging icons.
 
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ChocolateBadger said:
Non taken. I have tried many customizing options and just keep going to back to something simple. I also wouldn't say Nova launcher is faster, the S5 runs touchwiz like a dream. But that is the beauty of android. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you make your phone what you want it to be and goes much further than just rearranging icons.
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I also rely on the Nova Launcher app drawer customisation. Games have their own tab, apps on the homescreens and other apps that never get opened are hidden, scrolling in each tab is vertical rather than horizontal etc. A long list of every app is a nightmare to me.

I like your general layout though. I've always done something similar.

My current homescreen:
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Well this is my current homescreen. Simple. To the point. Have all my most used apps. Folders I access frequently. Weather is a swipe away. Don't need more then this ;)

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backstreetboy said:
No you have it wrong. View attachment 162249 Specially when I look at that.
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That's a perfect example of a dead interface. It's a static screenshot of a homescreen that looks like it should be all snazzy and functional, but actually is just an app launcher with no animations or real purpose other than to make a nice looking homescreen. The iOS interface is defined by the quality of its smoothness, intuitiveness and attractive animation. None of that is evident in looking at that shot, but it's what makes a UI feel living rather than inert and fake.
 
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iOS isn't dated - it's familiar, which is pretty much what I want for a phone.
 
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cerebus said:
That's a perfect example of a dead interface. It's a static screenshot of a homescreen that looks like it should be all snazzy and functional, but actually is just an app launcher with no animations or real purpose other than to make a nice looking homescreen. The iOS interface is defined by the quality of its smoothness, intuitiveness and attractive animation. None of that is evident in looking at that shot, but it's what makes a UI feel living rather than inert and fake.
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Fair enough. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-new-android.html
Google was more focused on adding features and APIs and cared less about user experience. Manufacturers had to create their own apps and skins to sell phones. This fostered a vibrant ecosystem, but also created problems: devices are slow to update, Google's guidelines are sometimes ignored by manufacturers, user experience suffers. Apple started with the user experience and added the missing features later, Android started with the features and improved the user experience later.
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