Do you feel iOS is (looking) dated?

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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What cerebus said.
 
I think iOS and Android are at opposite extremes and they're both wrong. iOS doesn't show any contextual information on its icons apart from a basic badge. Android has widgets but they just end up wasting space and drain battery.

Windows Phone has by far the smartest way of displaying information and optimally using the available space.
 
Way69 said:
I think iOS and Android are at opposite extremes and they're both wrong. iOS doesn't show any contextual information on its icons apart from a basic badge. Android has widgets but they just end up wasting space and drain battery.

Windows Phone has by far the smartest way of displaying information and optimally using the available space.
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By filling your entire screen with massive tiles?
meh.
 
Way69 said:
I think iOS and Android are at opposite extremes and they're both wrong. iOS doesn't show any contextual information on its icons apart from a basic badge. Android has widgets but they just end up wasting space and drain battery.
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I'm not currently getting any contextual information from my phone's homescreen apart from a music control. The lockscreen does the contextual stuff just fine.
 
Ockie said:
By filling your entire screen with massive tiles?
meh.
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There are 3 sizes for tiles, so you can make unimportant tiles smaller. You can nest tiles into folders (like IOS) and then the parent tile will show content\ notifications from the child tiles.


For instance, my vodacom tile shows my account balance and data bundle balance...


So far its the most elegant approach I've seen.

For the record, I don't think IOS looks dated (not since IOS 7). I think people get bored with the interface because there is very little one can do to change the appearance.

That's why people tend to move to another platform, they just want something different (not necessarily better).
 
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I wish they'd fix the rendering on Windows when swiping between workspaces. On Mac OS and Linux, its completely fluid. On Windows it jumps or stutters... it looks really bad. Other than that, I'd say all three OS's do pretty well in the looks department these days.
 
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