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Any way to turn off iOS 7 navigation animations?

The zoom animations everywhere on the new iOS 7 are literally making me nauseous and giving me a headache. It's exactly how I used to get car sick if I tried to read in the car.


How do I turn them off? Do I have to revert to 6?

iPhone 4

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 4:59 PM

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Sep 27, 2013 6:05 PM in response to Purrrsuasive1

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/09/26/ios-7-motion-sickness/


"It’s all too easy to rubbish the problem, but that would be terribly unfair to folks with certain conditions. There’s no denying that vestibular and neurological conditions are very real.

Hence, Apple should respond.

But how?

For starters, Apple could do nothing, which is pretty much what they’ve done thus far. In that regard, a class action lawsuit from disgruntled users could force the company to take action, though Apple has changed a lot since Tim Cook is in charge.

On the other hand, Apple’s dealt with similar issues before by adding Accessibility settings for vision and hearing-impaired users and support for physical and motor devices, as seen below. This gives us reasons to be mildly optimistic that Tim Cook & Co. will double down on iOS Accessibility in terms of motion sickness."

Sep 27, 2013 7:41 PM in response to Ensorceled

It is making me have a headache and anxiety. I think I am having a nervous breakdown if I look at my phone for more than 10 minutes. I can't stand this os7 and uploading it is the worst mistake I've made in the last 5 or 6 years. It is horrible. The screen is a visual assault on my senses. I can't stand to look at it and touching the apps with it zooming into my face is awful. The voice mail is just rediculous... who needs all that. Just play me the **** message. The text messaging ***** too. I can barely get into search on Safari and Map Quest? Really Map quest is coming up .... I thought that went out of style with AOL!

I went to the Apple store for help and got the short neck from the "Genius"... no solution, no going back. So Verizon is sending me a new old phone to get me thru till I can switch away from Apple.

I am not a negative person and have been a big fan of Apple for years. But I'm selling my stock after this experience. I can't believe they think this is good. If this is "good".... I'd rather use a Motorola phone.

Sep 27, 2013 7:54 PM in response to Ensorceled

I am a boater and not prone to suffering any type of motion sickness, hoever the Iphone5S has done it to me. It makes me go cross-eyed when the animations occur and I have to blink once or twice to get my bearings. I think it was young folks (or old folks with good eyes) that designed this highly dynamic interface. All the good for them, but PLEASE let us turn it off! I have already turned on "Reduce Motion" but the icons still swirl around and come from out of focus to in focus. Hey Apple , can you just please let us turn it ALL off for those of use with poor vision? I will also look into downgradeing or turning my new 5S it in for a refund. Toooo painful to look at for my eyes.

Sep 28, 2013 1:11 AM in response to Ensorceled

I can't use my iPadMini without getting headaches. I think it is due to the colors, the motion, the sharp and blurriness in one visual and all the moving bits, such as the flying apps.

The reduce motion helps a little, but still I am incredibly sorry I said ‘okay’ to the update. My iPadMini was my beloved tool for everything: from navigator whilst trekking to movie screen. Now it is just a stupid device that can come handy now and then.

I wish Apple offered the possibility of turning back to iOS 6. But none of the helps desks would help me out. Apparently I’d loose all my personal settings and apps, when downgrading: there seems to be no way back. These client-unfriendly politics amaze me. I thought Apple invented products for people, now it seems to be the other way around.

Hopefully Apple comes with a solution, such as iOS 7 with the looks of iOS 6 or the possibility of changing colors and the other effects into less aggressive visuals.

Any way to turn off iOS 7 navigation animations?

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