[dba-Tech] Skeuomorphic UIs are dead? Apple to follow MS Win8 UI design principles with iOS7?

Salakhetdinov Shamil mcp2004 at mail.ru
Tue Jun 11 05:02:12 CDT 2013


 Hi Hans --

I just wanted to note that despite the fact that  "the UI/UX of iOS is in the complete control of a designer" "they will have to adapt their apps to match the rest of the operating system if they don’t want them to look antiquated."

-- Shamil


Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:53 AM -07:00 from Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>:
>Yes, but what are you trying to imply?
>
>Best regards,
>Hans-Christian Andersen
>
>
>On 11 Jun 2013, at 02:26, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote:
>
>> Hi Hans --
>> 
>> But have you read the article concerning iOS7 flat design I have posted in reply to Arthur's note on Win8 "Metro" UI? The article is about iOS7 developers' dilemma: "adapt their custom apps to iOS7 new UI or die":
>> 
>> "Apple Publishes iOS 7 Transition Guide To Help Developers Adopt Flat Design"
>>  http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apple-publishes-ios-7-transition-guide-to-help-developers-adopt-flat-design/
>> 
>> " As expected, Apple is  introducing  a completely new design language for  iOS 7 . For developers, this means they will have to adapt their apps to match the rest of the operating system if they don’t want them to look antiquated. "
>> 
>> 
>> -- Shamil
>> 
>> 
>> Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:15 AM -07:00 from Hans-Christian Andersen < hans.andersen at phulse.com >:
>>> I think you are disregarding the fact that Metro has been a failure for Microsoft, because it was too much of a change for users to adapt to. Someone got fired for that, if you recall.
>>> 
>>> Also, the UI/UX of iOS is in the complete control of a designer.
>>> 
>>> The jury is still very much out - even more so than ever.
>>> 
>>> - Hans
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2013-06-11, at 1:05 AM, "Gustav Brock" <  gustav at cactus.dk > wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Shamil
>>>> 
>>>> Skeuomorphism sure looks dead. And thanks for that.
>>>> 
>>>> After the introduction of Metro/Modern UI, I was convinced that in a few years skeuomorphism would be so much yesterday.
>>>> The new design of iOS settles this.
>>>> 
>>>> Now the Linux people are the left behinds ...
>>>> 
>>>> /gustav
>>>> 
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>>>> Emne: [dba-Tech] Skeuomorphic UIs are dead? Apple to follow MS Win8 UI design principles with iOS7?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi All --
>>>> 
>>>> See subj questions and the following links: 
>>>> 
>>>>  http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apple-ios-7/
>>>> 
>>>>  http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/take-a-good-look-at-apples-new-ios-7-with-these-early-screenshots/
>>>> 
>>>>  http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/apples-flashlight-is-why-we-cant-fund-nice-dumb-things/
>>>> 
>>>> etc.
>>>> 
>>>> it looks like iOS7 is preparing for iOS8 to get running transparently on "Apple Pince-nez"?...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Салахетдинов Шамиль
>>>>  <<< skipped >>>
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