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Re:Jony Ive shakes up Apple’s software design group by wvenable on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @07:04PM (#7563126)
iOS 7 strips down graphical elements so that the style is the substance.

iOS 6 and earlier were stuffed with obvious affordance. Certainly there was some ridiculous skeuomorphism but it was far more usable. The calendar is, for me, the best example of iOS 7 design gone wrong: A lot of motion, very little visual distinction between elements, and overall an loss of utility.

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Re:Jony Ive shakes up Apple’s software design group by sirkneeland on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @08:07PM (#7563405)
For me it would have to be the replacement of the universally-known signal strength bar with "5 balls".

Takes more space, conveys no more information, uses a design element that is already used for other purposes (such as breadcrumb nav)

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Re:Jony Ive shakes up Apple’s software design group by bluthru on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @09:13PM (#7563628)
It's much more legible than the tiny bars symbol. The bars icon is a bad fit for a wide and short space. The new signal strength icon looks like something that Ive wanted from the beginning:

http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5011df3deab8ea5e1f0...

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