I posted this in another forum...
iOS 7 is beautiful, sleek and simple, but indeed there's some copying. Some interesting article on Apple iOS7 versus Windows Phone OS design.
Is Apple's iOS 7 Inspired By Windows Phone OS? | TechTree.com
The most glaring copying is the so-call cards feature-- it is actually copied from WebOS. I would have preferred Expose (from Mac OS X) to come to the iPhone via a simple gesture. But other than that, most are not exact clones because the design is incredibly minimalistic compared to stock Android and Windows Phone.
What is a flat design?
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The best
link to describe the comparisons between flat versus skeuomorphic designs.
And Sir Jony Ive on design philosophy, hevaily influenced by Dieter Rams.
The MacBook Air is really the epitome of a flat design with correct curves at the right places, yet so minimalistic and stripped down in features.
the fact is everyone copeid from someone
at some point.
the new ios7 is just a redesigned to bring
itself to a more modern look and feel
would definitely a great update to most ios 7 user
but it would be quite a challenge for some too
as with skeuomophic gone, it might be a struggle
to understand what each icon represent
iOs7 definitely feel modern and updated with feature
but the design seem to be in a total mess
a mEsher of stuff all over the system
control centre look so different from the res
what's with all the mixage of round and sharp design
it's so not the Apple we once know
oh...by ripping of so much stuff from
wp which is not a popular system as of now
plus Apple has a cross design agreement with Microsoft
so they will be safe from Microsoft lawyers
maybe they. Apple will hope that no one will notice the similarity with WP
Apple is just being sneaky
But nevertheless it's a nice and timely update
