How to make the dock (buttom row) in IOS 7 transparent?

Hi,

I just installed IOS 7. I guess it has a few new functions, that are nice. Real life performace will tell. But there is one thing, that is making me crazy!

See the picture:

The dock (last row) for the icons is blured, messing up any nice background picture. Now you understand, why in the presentation of IOS 7, they used abstract pictures as backgroudn. Well, the question is, how do I get rid of that blur or milky last row and make it transparent?

Any help is greatly apreceated. I didn't find any settings for it in the Settings.

Thanks

PS. If any apple emplyer should be reading this, can they please pass on the error I had, while updated from IOS 6 to 7. When starting IOS 7 he wants to connect to a Wi-Fi network. That will fail, if one tries and I had to soft reset my device. Just choose to continue without Wi-Fi (ignore the message about missing internet) and my iPad used the old WiFi settings to connect to the internet.

iPad mini-OTHER, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 10:22 AM

97 replies

azee000

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Jul 18, 2016 5:57 AM in response to OrangeMarlin

Three years late, but better late than never...

I'm one of the "microscopic minority" of iPad users that like abukarim, also find the dock ugly. Oh and I have my screen filled with icons and sorry, I still find it ugly.

Jul 18, 2016 6:35 AM in response to azee000

azee000 wrote:

Three years late, but better late than never...

And still a pointless thread. Nothing has changed. Use the feedback link provided earlier in the thread. Other than that, nothing to be done.

azee000

Level 1

4 points

Jul 18, 2016 7:00 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Don't worry mate, all over it. I provided the feedback well before posting my belated thread. I also am aware that this isn't the forum for posting feedback to Apple, it was more about giving an opinion on a discussion.

orsay54

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4 points

Nov 27, 2016 6:11 PM in response to Phil0124

Yes, you can still see this ugly dock with icons on it .. The dock is larger than the icons.. A real horror!

orsay54

Level 1

4 points

Nov 27, 2016 6:16 PM in response to azee000

You are not alone... There a many, many people that feel the way you do! The dock is hideous! And to the poster that said differentely, he's cluless.. After Jobs died many of our customization modes have been disabled. I personalky haven't met a Apple user that likes the thing. And I knew many being an illustrator.

Nov 27, 2016 6:19 PM in response to orsay54

What is your point? As has been explained ad naseum - this is a user to user technical support forum. If you have issues with the aesthetics, take it up with Apple. Posting your opinion here serves no purpose. First World problem....also, we are fellow users - we don't have a vested interest in your approval or disapproval of the designs in the iOS.

Nov 27, 2016 6:22 PM in response to orsay54

orsay54 wrote:

You are not alone... There a many, many people that feel the way you do! The dock is hideous! And to the poster that said differentely, he's cluless.. After Jobs died many of our customization modes have been disabled. I personalky haven't met a Apple user that likes the thing. And I knew many being an illustrator.

Oh, pish tosh. Jobs didn't believe in customization. He believed in giving people what he thought was best. It was one of his better known qualities, up there with being rather difficult to work with.

You may not have met me but I certainly don't have a problem with the dock. I use it as intended. It works. And, I've supported hundreds of iPhone and iPad users over the years, none of whom have ever thought twice about it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course. Personally, I would never allow my equanimity to be disturbed by such trivialities, even if I didn't like them.

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How to make the dock (buttom row) in IOS 7 transparent?