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ios 7 zooming induces nausea + motion sickness

I just wanted to add to the forums and to the Apple atmosphere - that ios7 has a glaring flaw. The zooming from different points in the screen when opening and closing apps is causing nausea and motion sickness for me and my wife, and I'm sure for many others.


This is a big usability problem which needs to be addressed!

The previous ios zoomed, but it would fade and zoom in and out from the same point every time. Now it zooms depending on where the icon was located.


PLEASE Apple support and community, help fix this issue in iOS 7.


PS - The lime green colors are way too bright as well. What happened to the taste for design?

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 10:18 AM

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Sep 24, 2013 2:29 PM in response to erickf315

I am glad it is not only me having this problem!!!!

Since the upgrade I can hardly use my ipad as all these zooming and animation give me severe nausea. I am contemplating the idea of getting rid of it.....as it is now I have lost any interest in using it........


I have left feedback in the website but I doubt they will do anything about this.

Sep 25, 2013 1:54 AM in response to erickf315

Me too. I'd be fine with the kidsy color scheme if the contrast wasn't so harsh in apps like iMessage.


The zooms are especially terrible, and I can't believe Apple thought these would be a good idea. They give me a headache--nuts that a phone update should do make it through testing and do that to so many people!


Apple needs to allow for a dark color scheme and ditch the absurd animations or I'm for sure gone as a customer (plus three family members with iPhones and iPads).


PLEASE FIX, APPLE!!! Are you there??????

Sep 25, 2013 5:14 PM in response to sgnyc13

+1


I've experienced nausea and motion sickness and headaches since last week when I installed IOS 7, all due to the apps zooming in and out animation.


I had zero problems with IOS 6.


I think the best thing to do is keep posting on different forums to raise awareness. I think there's some people who may feel a little of the nauseous and dizzy symptoms, but they're not sure what's causing it.


Also, everyone, please send a quick email to the Apple Accessibility Group. I believe this is the best way to get in touch with the folks at Apple who can best address this issue. It is as simple as an enable/disable animation option with the Accessiblity menu.


accessibility@apple.com


My ONLY solution this past week, is to look away or close my eyes when unlocking and opening/closing apps.


Please send an email and keep your fingers crossed for a quick fix! 🙂

Sep 26, 2013 8:02 AM in response to sgnyc13

Yes, I get this issue too, glad to see other people raising it. I think it's the smoothness of the animation which tends to draw your eye along and induce a very mild feeling of nausea, it's similar to the feeling I get in the car when reading.


The fact that it delays the app opening/closing (when you just want it to open/close) only adds to the frustration.

ios 7 zooming induces nausea + motion sickness

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