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iOS 7 Concept Features Widgets, New Lock Screen, Mission Control and More

Friday April 5, 2013 10:33 am PDT by Jordan Golson
Earlier this week, a number of Apple-focused bloggers claimed iOS 7 was running behind schedule and that it would bring a significant user interface refresh.

Designer F. Bianco has posted a set of images to Flickr with some interesting thoughts on what useful changes Apple could make to iOS 7 to improve the user experience. Apple's user interfaces will likely face new scrutiny now that Facebook has laid out a new vision for how phone users interact with their devices with Facebook Home.

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One of the more interesting concepts that Bianco shows is a 'widget' mode for apps that allows users to see quick information or change app settings straight from the home screen, as well as a quickly accessible settings screen that can slide out from the side to quickly adjust settings.

Turning Bluetooth on and off, for example, takes four distinct steps and the process could be much improved with a quickly accessible preferences screen.



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OldSchoolMacGuy
80 months ago

Slow news day?


Pretty much. "Here's something totally made up by some random guy that has no influence on what Apple is already doing!"
Rating: 65 Votes
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garybUK
80 months ago
Slow news day?
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aforty
80 months ago
That's actually all really ugly and poorly thought out to me.
Rating: 56 Votes
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newagemac
80 months ago
Some of the ideas are good but the widgets concept is about as dumb as it is on Android. Why not just open the app and get the full deal rather than the limited info that comes with widgets? The apps on iOS open blazing fast. It's not like opening Photoshop or something on a slow spinning hard disk.

Heck, I never use widgets even on my old slow Mac. And Apple has had widgets on Mac since forever it seems. I'm pretty sure they know full well whether people on average find them useful or not. My guess is not really.
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sundog925
80 months ago
THIS LOOKS EPIC. Apple, take some damn notes.
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somethingelsefl
80 months ago

Slow news day?


It's official. This comment is everywhere. It's the new "Safari is snappier" and "Steve Jobs wouldn't have..."

A quick forum search showed that this comment is happening almost once a day now.
Rating: 30 Votes
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Mike MA
80 months ago

Turning Bluetooth on and off, for example, takes four distinct steps and the process could be much improved with a quickly accessible preferences screen.


I never understood the additional steps compared to turning on/off flight mode to be honest.
Rating: 21 Votes
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mattster16
80 months ago
"Apple's user interfaces will likely face new scrutiny now that Facebook has laid out a new vision for how phone users interact with their devices with Facebook Home."

Facebook home is nothing but hype. Doesn't look appealing to me or anyone I've talked to. The last thing I want is a constant facebook stream of pictures of other people's babies and whiny and/or self-promoting status updates flooding my phone (which is all facebook has become as I've gotten older). Just look at the facebook demographics, its users are aging and young people aren't adopting it. People who tend to use Facebook the most are also on the lower end of the economic scale. Facebook is on its way out.

iOS really does need an interface update though.
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Rocco83
80 months ago
Not a major overhaul, but a major upgrade imho.
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testcard
80 months ago
I'd put Tim Cook on my Xmas card list if I could toggle Bluetooth from the home screen.
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