It works like the homescreen in that icons can be placed on any page you want with spaces if you want. But I can see why you'd hate them. I do wish it kept the same icon count. I also wish you could change the folder to an image, maybe some stock categorizational icons. Right now I use Emoji for my four folders. Tools, Internet, Media and Games. A wrench, computer, clapboard and Space Invaders alien. Would be nice if I could use those as the actual icon. I don't need to see a grid of tiny icons that only represent the first page anyway. Let me change the folder icon to an image and let us use normal sized folders again and it'd be perfect.
Wrong. iOS has had a home screen build animation since day 1.
Yeah, I don't mind the Homescreen icon animation. But I hate the delay when you press Home to the point it finally fades up so I can see the lock screen. That's where the delay is. It's annoying. I don't know if it's because the phone is actually initializing and loading something or it's intentional but most of the time there's a noticeable delay before the fade animation even begins. Fortunately for me it's not all the time. They just need to speed it up a bit. Make it twice as fast. Maybe thrice.
An icon can be flat and still have gradients, it can be both. Flatness typically refers to visual depth imparted by shadowing, beveling, glossiness (makes them look like a rounded button).
still mad I never got iOS 6, I basically stopped updating apps since update all fails due to space and each time you update one it takes you back to the home screen.The home screen, with its apps, feels like the brightness is permanently set too high. I'm getting used to it though. The green used in Phone/Messages/FaceTime realy irritated me at first. The white of the apps never bothered me, just the overly bright colors of the new app icons.
An icon can be flat and still have gradients, it can be both. Flatness typically refers to visual depth imparted by shadowing, beveling, glossiness (makes them look like a rounded button).
I concur on the animations, they need to speed up generally, and some need to go away entirely. Some are fine and lend to a nice object constancy (zoom in/out on task switcher). Some are pointless (I am looking at you lock screen fade in and fade out on lock.)
Edit: I still have an iPad 1 should I upda... Oh yeah
Does a shitty job of masking it. I notice it jump every time I turn it on.
I actually have two iPhone 5 devices, one on ios7 and on on ios6 (my wife's). She'll eventually upgrade, but I guess I can make little comparisons in the mean time.
True dat.
I suppose so. That said I check my lock screen hundreds of times a day and haven't had an issue with it, and I'm one of those people who can't stand slow loading web pages haha.
I know! OS X is the same way with gestures. Like I swipe left or right to switch between open Fullscreen apps and swipe up to open Mission Control, but if the animation isn't completely finished, (And it takes forever because it slows to a crawl at the end which makes you think it's done) it doesn't register at all. Makes it feel very clunky and slow. iOS 7's TM is the same way. Plus, what's with not having it go back to the Home screen after you close the last app? Is there any reason whatsoever to keep the Home screen centered with nothing around it waiting for you to tap it. And you have to actually tap it, you can't tap outside it anywhere else on the screen. It has to be the icon. At least iOS 6 let you tap the upper part of the screen to go back to your app.
An icon can be flat and still have gradients, it can be both. Flatness typically refers to visual depth imparted by shadowing, beveling, glossiness (makes them look like a rounded button).
I concur on the animations, they need to speed up generally, and some need to go away entirely. Some are fine and lend to a nice object constancy (zoom in/out on task switcher). Some are pointless (I am looking at you lock screen fade in and fade out on lock.)
Edit: I still have an iPad 1 should I upda... Oh yeah
The camera app icon still uses drop shadows that give the icon an embossed look(well recessed in this case). Has nothing to do with the gradient. Music and settings both have gradients and still look flat just like photos
