Latest update to iOS 17 put a big gray poster background with white font on each of my contacts. Unless they used a custom photo, it is nearly impossible to read.
For clarification, I’m an older adult and my eyes aren’t what they used to be so most of my settings are set to a black background with a gray font.
Has anyone figured out how to change that gray poster box without having to do it on each contact one at a time?
This would indeed be very very helpful.
In addition to that request it would be nice to have a setting that disables the new default contact ID view that takes a lot of screen space just for style.
I would really prefer the old style where you don‘t have to scroll so much to see all essential contact information on one screen… I use this for business and I think a lot of us would like to have this setting to make it more convenient and practical again.
I ended up just putting the phone face down on the desktop and taking a picture that came out solid black. Then I just changed all of my posters to the black photo so that now it's just a black screen with a light gray font that I can read.
That said, it still required changing each contact individually which is inconvenient for those of us with a few contacts but would be an outright nightmare for anyone with more than 50.
I do not like the changes to my contacts. It was not broken. IT folks are just justifying their jobs by changing something just to say, “I did this! Look at me! See how great I am!” It was not broken!!!!!!!!!
Of all the colors to pick Apple had to pick grey?? Grey is so drab!! I should have known better than to allow these downloads be put on my phone. Why don’t you just leave us alone and let us live our lives with the colors we choose or at least have the option to change it when you take it upon yourselves to take it away from us!!
If you want to take away all color from our contact list at least give us the option to get it back the former way it was. It shouldn’t have been forced upon the people that don’t want it. Different strokes for different folks!! Not fair!!
The design is an absolute mess. No-one uses photos for contacts (except maybe for your wife/gf/bf etc.)
The number, which is the key reason for going into contacts, I now need to scroll down on my phone because 3/4 of the screen is taking up by this giant useless photo thing at the top. Crazy design idea. And not conducive to quick use of contacts as now have to scroll down (just checked my other older iPhone, and the number was instantly available). How can you re-design something, presumably test it, and actually make the functionality 100% worse. Very very odd
Apple prides itself on good design. As a designer myself, I have to ask WTF with the new contact backgrounds someone should be fired. It is moronic to expect the people will go through hundreds of contacts and change them individually. Obviously, there was no user testing done on this change, certainly not with seniors. It’s just dumb. Doesn’t even make sense from a battery management perspective where a black background which was perfectly fine before would use less energy than the annoying gray background. I wonder how long it will take for Apple to figure out and fix this . If you need better designers, please contact me.
Dostoyevsky2001 wrote:
I find it odd that you prefer a design which requires an extra step (scroll down) to access the telephone number, which is the primary purpose of Contacts.
I find it odd (and hilarious and sad) that people are so upset about this. Just goes to show that different people have different likes, needs and opinions.
The changes for background appearance of the contact screen is probably one of the dumbest most useless changes I have seen in an update in 20 years using Apple. The procedure to change it - one at a time - is ridiculous. This needs a global fix please Apple. And there was me thinking Apple has some clued up desiggners . Duh !
As the man said If it aint broken dont change it.
English: I don't like the background color of the phone address book.,It's not easy to use when it's gray.,It's better not to change the color back and forth.。Cantonese (Traditional): 我唔中意電話通訊錄嗰個底色呀，變咗灰色唔好用，返以前嗰個顏色最好唔好變嚟變去。
This is no good re privacy. Font size is so large that anyone nearby can read who the contact is and possibly other info about them. All the text on third line has been capitalized! This changes the info I put in there. Now, to see these words exactly as I typed them, I must hit edit to open up the contact.
You are indeed allowed to like anything you want to! I don't see where anyone here has said anything to the contrary. What others are saying is that they aren't allowed to change something they didn't ask for and have trouble using.
Me too. Why doesn’t Apple follow ADA guidelines? I’m of the boomer generation and despite cataract surgery I still need HIGH CONTRAST.
I’d like a “default” color scheme that I control and can apply to all my Contacts.
Perfect critique!
Why doesn’t Apple follow ADA guidelines? I’m of the boomer generation and despite cataract surgery I still need HIGH CONTRAST.
I’d like a “default” color scheme that I control and can apply to all my Contacts.
Apple seems to be from another planet or another time.
I find this change extremely inconvenient and unnecessary. A contact in my experience is viewed to access his contact details ex phone no etc and I have checked with a few other users. 99% do not bother to add a photograph to a contact.
PattyKinGP wrote:
When can we expect Apple to create an option to change the grey background to some other color or color combination, or restore the background to what it was before 17.1.1 update?
No one here in this user-to-user forum would know Apple's plans for the future.
iOS 17 Default Contact Screen Difficult to Read
