I may be looking too much into it, but I'll post my thoughts anyway for the sake of discussion...<p>"There is a deep intellectual rigor to the design of iOS 7"<p>...sounds like he's validating his own intelligence by noticing how intelligent the design is. Only time can validate great design, and it's very early days.<p>It's almost like this article is preparing us for the inevitable(?) "I told you so" moment that we also faced with the iPad in 2012. I'm just as sure this time that we misunderstand iOS 7 in the same way we misunderstood the iPad.
Ugh. I am usually a DF fan, but this article is riddled with worthlessness:<p>"The design of iOS 7 is based on rules."<p>iOS 6's design certainly was not inferior due to lack of rules<p>"a Z-axis of layers organized in a logical way"<p>That's the basis of every UI.<p>[/rant]<p>Anyways, here is a summary of the article, for those not interested in digging meaning out of it:<p>1. Blurred transparent layers are cool and useful (Ubuntu has known this for years now).<p>2. Apple is finally making software whose elegance and design captures the essence of their hardware design (yay!). You get that same "just works" feeling (like sliding shut a heavy, mechanical dead bolt with no resistance).<p>[/summary]<p>Here's my review of Apple's iOS6 UI, if anyone is interested (note: I have used and loved Apple products my entire life):<p>1. Finally catching up to the flat UI trend. +1<p>2. LINKS instead of navigation buttons? I'm not a fan, but okay, as long as the "tappable" area is the same.<p>3. LINK instead of [SEND] button in Messages? Why?<p>4. Safari's icon is so ugly<p>5. Mail's icon is so ugly. Wtf!<p>6. The "Control Center" screenshot looks hideous on that backdrop, darken the background of your modals!<p>7. wtf@the default homescreen background! I don't even remember what that trend is called.. bokeh? bokah? Hang on one sec, gotta take this, the early 2000s are calling.<p>8. LOVE the look of the new bottom bars<p>9. LOVE the switch to helvetica neue with a skinny font weight<p>10. hate the < > buttons in safari, why are they so huge and freaky<p>11. Mail looks awesome, as does Weather and Messages<p>12. Weather needs a bit more contrast<p>13. LOVE safari's new address bar<p>But overall good job apple, it's a huge step to take and looks like the first iteration will go well.<p>[/review]
One thing I never understood with Aero -- which has been repeated here -- is the frosted glass effect.<p>I don't see the purpose or how it's useful. You can't see what's behind it. You don't even get an impression. So it's just squinty-visual noise.
"There’s a sense of place, depth, and spatiality in iOS 7 that makes it feel like hardware. A real thing, not pixels rendered on glass."<p>The physicality of iOS 7 wasn't clear to me until I watched the video demo, and it's very impressive: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-7-video-jony-ive-2013-6" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-7-video-jony-ive-20...</a>
If anyone is wondering why I flag DF posts, I do it because it's pure opinion/editorial/fluff/blogspam that really has nothing to do with HN.