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Re:Apple’s Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul by bluthru on Monday May 27, 2013 @10:51AM (#5774807)
Complexity isn't better design. Apple had widgets back in OS X 10.4. Not having widgets is a design decision, not being "behind".
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Re:Apple’s Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul by nevir on Monday May 27, 2013 @11:26AM (#5774956)
True, but iOS doesn't address the core reason behind widgets very well: users want a more relevant at-a-glance view of things.

Notification center doesn't cut it.

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Re:Apple’s Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul by MatthewPhillips on Monday May 27, 2013 @12:00PM (#5775090)
> Complexity isn't better design.

Neither is simplicity. Balance is important. Taking away features makes something more simple, but not necessarily better. If it did we'd all be using Jitterbugs.

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