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Help! Motion of user interface is nauseating iOS 7

I updated my iPad 2 to iOS 7 yesterday. It is certainly very bright! But my main problem is with the motion of the Icons on the Home screen, even after toggling to "Reduce Motion of user interface, including the parallax effect on icons and alerts" the speed at which they zoom in is visually disturbing.


I wish there was a way to revert to the way in which they appeared in iOS 6 which did not have this wince making motion sickness inducing feeling.

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1, Upgraded to iOS 7

Posted on Sep 21, 2013 3:00 AM

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Sep 25, 2013 1:09 AM in response to Czxoxo

Add me to the list of people experieincing motion sickness. I can't stand the zooms!!! Almost as bad as the zooms is the high-contrast text (black on white--it's unbearable, even with the brightness turned all the way down--though it doesn't stay that way). I really wish I could just go back to iOS6. Seriously a terrible user experience for me now.

Sep 25, 2013 4:11 PM in response to wendy_is

I also am experiencing some motion sicknes, but I don't think it has so much to do with the motion as it does the awful, terrible, horrible, *** were they thinking did they even put any thought into this, color scheme they plastered all over the interface.


Text is virtually impossible to read, causing eye strain, causing headaches. The thin white text surrounded by bright vibrant colors is just awful. I noticed last night when I was in a call and pressed the home button, the green bar at the top of the phone to "return to call" is virtually unreadable. If I didn't already know what it did, there is no way I would know that pressing the green bar at the top would take me back to my call because you just can't read it. At all.


I'm young, I can't imagine what older people are experiencing. I specifically instructed my grandma NOT to update her iPad because there is no way she will be able to read anything, and since there's no going back if she does update - she's done with her iPad after that point as far as I see it.


The white background with brigh and/or light colors is the worst idea in the world. Everything is just awfully designed. Any introductory design class on color schemes would tell you to do the exact opposite of what Apple did with iOS7.


I fully understand Jony Ive and his whole simplicity thing and I can see how the white backgrounds and bright/light text fully fits what he believes. But it doesn't work here. Simplicity is great, when it works, but when you do it just for the sake of doing it like Apple did with iOS7 it just doesn't work.


They just took it way too far, all they have to do is make it readable and useable again by scaling back their whole design scheme. They just took it way too far.

Sep 25, 2013 5:13 PM in response to wendy_is

+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! 🙂

Oct 1, 2013 7:29 AM in response to nybe

Hey Nybe,


Do you think that a new in the box, would be the same as restoring the iPhone 5 to factory settings? I don't have the option to go and trade mine... but have been wondering. Even with reduce motion on, I'm still getting nauseous and am struggling to adapt to the new notes/calendar not to mention the other glitches I'm having...


Thanks!

Oct 4, 2013 6:17 PM in response to Czxoxo

Just adding my voice to this thread. I have major motion sickness on boats and trains, and now, I'm sad to find, I get nausea when using the iPhone 5s too. The symptoms are very similar to my motion sickness, and they last long after I stop using the phone. It's kind of astonishing how quickly the symptoms appear, too -- I figured only prolonged exposure would cuase this, but I can use the phone for just a few minutes and I become noticably woozy and sick.


It's too bad, because I'm otherwise enjoying the **** out this phone: it works great, and being a new iPhone user I don't have the old OS to compare it to. Seems beautiful to me in every way. But I'm gonna have to return it unless there's an update soon that lets me turn off some of the effects that are now widely reported to be causing these problems!


Seriously, folks, I know this seems like whining to the majority who don't get these symptoms, but they are incredibly debilitating to those of us who do. And they don't come from overuse -- I'm talking about very, very light usage here. I use my cell phone for my job: I can't afford to have one that instantly sickens me when I use it...

Oct 4, 2013 7:49 PM in response to ChazThePhoenix

I too am a graphic / ux designer and I'm not sure what trends you are following, but this OS is absolutely the weakest product Apple has ever released. Our entire design group (catering to 20+ million users) agrees.


Steve Jobs cared about the tiniest details and when he died, so did those processes. Being so involved in the design process is why the end user loved Apple. I personally was never a fan of skeuomorphism, but going too far in flat design has its flaws as well (how about the 'call bar' at the top of the screen when on the phone and returning to the home screen - really?! - show me that trend). I've never seen so much slop in an operating system.


Check the many examples here: http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/ - if you didn't notice these, you must be hypnotized by the fluorescent gradients and mind-numbing stark white pages. Simple things as in centering tabs, inconsistent icons, text overlap, color theory, etc.

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