Re:Daring Fireball: 'This Is Our Signature': iOS 7
by j0ev on Monday June 10, 2013 @08:50PM
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I disagree, it gives the gist of what is in the background. You can easily tell if the layer is over the homescreen or Mail or Safari etc. I like the blur effect because it makes it easier to read text than on just say a 80% opaque layer (and I think it looks cool).
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Re:Daring Fireball: 'This Is Our Signature': iOS 7
by jwilliams on Monday June 10, 2013 @08:59PM
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That's the thing - you can't see what's behind - take a look at the shot here: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/
If you look at control center - the flashlight glows green and the camera red. Why? Because some arbitrary icon that you can't even make out is that color behind it. I find that really odd.
Even if you could actually make out what's behind the layer, I don't see the utility (and I'd argue it's even more distracting).