how do i uninstall IOS7
How do I uninstall IOS7. It looks ghastly, makes my phoe look cheap. Please give us the option of the original look
iPhone 5, iOS 7
Scott,
Being of a similar mindset, and having read this thread completely through, I have to commend you on that well-written post.
I use my iPhone for work as well as personal communication. Make no mistake: It's a beautiful piece of kit. However, it's not a toy; it's a $600 tool, which is what ALL computers were designed to be. I'm not a graphic designer, but I am an IT professional who works with end-users on a regular basis. One of my responsibilities is training end-users on how to use the software and hardware our company has developed. Sometimes I get questions about the way our equipment works and I ask myself, "Yes, why DID they do that?" There are never any easy answers to that question. But as I've seen both sides of the usability debate in a professional aspect, I feel I have sufficient leeway to speak on some of the tenets of usability.
I have been using iOS 7 since the day after its release. I downloaded it voluntarily, having followed its progress and the rumor mill. I saw the screenshots. I saw the release presentation. The design looks OK in screenshots. But in normal office lighting on an iPhone 5, it looks washed-out, and the all-white menus lack depth and visual delineation. The placement of icons in the interface is not cohesive at all. The old interface was more cohesive, more traditionally spatially oriented, and the drop shadows made the text more legible against high-contrast or detailed backgrounds.
This is where Mr Ive and I differ on opinion. He argues that we no longer need the artifacts and design elements present in iOS 6, because they restrain the designer's ability to innovate how we interact with our devices. He is attempting to redefine Apple's philosophy of "thinking different" in an attempt to improve the company's fortunes in the media and the cutthroat tech industry. He has every right to do that. But in doing so, he ignores an entire group of users - whose purchases pay his salary - who need to be convinced that his way is better.
I would be more willing to consider Mr Ive's opinion if he and his team had delivered a polished, neat, cohesive user interface that was naturally intuitive. In this writer's opinion, they have NOT. And his company further compounds the insult by refusing to allow me the option of downgrading. This is especially confounding when Apple still supports iOS 6 on phones that have NOT been upgraded.
iOS 7 has made me less productive, and has made me less satisfied with my Apple product. To those who claim that I should have visited an Apple Store to "try" the product before upgrading, I argue that's akin to laying on a mattress for five minutes in a furniture store. You only get a passing notion of what it's going to be like sleeping in that bed once you've made it.
I have made an appointment with a local Apple Store to request that they flash my phone back to its original factory settings, and failing that, I will proceed directly to my local post office and mail a letter - written on yellow note paper - to Mr Ive and Mr Cook, explaining my dissatisfaction. I suggest that anyone else dissatisfied with iOS 7 do the same.
