iOS 7 is probably the OS that has received the most scrutiny ever. Part of that is due to the fact that everything Apple does is always under a magnifying glass, but another part of it is due to the fact that Apple’s iOS 6 was, for the most part, one of the best mobile OSs out there. So why change it? Simple: it was fusty and old-looking and in desperate need of a visual overhaul. BIG TIME.
Apple introduced its reimaging of iOS in September 2013, giving it a brand new look and some killer new features (admittedly, some were taken from Android). I had a love-hate relationship with iOS 7 when I first used it, but as you can read in my first review of it here, I thought Apple did a surprisingly good job overhauling the platform. Still, there’s always room from improvement see my piece on how Apple could make iOS 7 better when it launches iOS 7.1 update later this year.
While there’s still no set release date for iOS 7.1, Apple has released its third beta of the OS and if it’s any indication the company is doing as I suspected: refining the OS, cleaning up the ugly bits and adding some cool, new features to boot. So, just what can you expect when iOS 7.1 launches later this year? I scoured the net for screenshots of all the changes so far.Button shapes are back!
Yes, iOS 7 is supposed to be flat and sparse and that does make it look beautiful in a minimalistic way. But one of the things that annoyed many was iOS 7 did away with button shapes in favour of textual buttons essentially just labels. This caused a lot of confusion among people who weren’t familiar with the layout of your average app UI and those hard of sight. Thankfully it looks like users will get a way to turn button shapes on in iOS 7.1. The setting is found under Accessibility in the Settings app and, once enabled, will have iOS 7 cast flat button shapes behind the textual buttons.Calendar List View is back too!
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