iOS 10 Clock

You can always use the Invert Colors option in accessibility to change the clock colors back to black text over white background, but then everything else is inverted too.

If you set it to the triple click accessibility shortcut, it may be a decent alternative if you don't want to download a different clock app.

Beyond that, I fail to see what is so offensive about white text over black background, or the existence of a bedtime button.

Phil0124 wrote:

Beyond that, I fail to see what is so offensive about white text over black background, or the existence of a bedtime button.

Definitely a First World problem. And so much more satisfying to worry about than the hurricane victims in Haiti.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Phil0124 wrote:

Beyond that, I fail to see what is so offensive about white text over black background, or the existence of a bedtime button.

Definitely a First World problem. And so much more satisfying to worry about than the hurricane victims in Haiti.

Indeed.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Phil0124 wrote:

Beyond that, I fail to see what is so offensive about white text over black background, or the existence of a bedtime button.

Definitely a First World problem. And so much more satisfying to worry about than the hurricane victims in Haiti.

Or the humanitarian crisis in Syria....

GB

Sorry, but I completely agree with Daniel! Also, as far as I can tell, the black background can't be changed, so it's not like we can choose something else. I cannot fathom why they mess with things that are perfect already. Changing the clock, just for the sake of change itself, doesn't make it better.

Gary, I absolutely agree. The black clock kills my eyes. They need to make it optional.

Yep Daniel, I couldn't agree more. I think that Apple lost everything when Steve Jobs died. The products / software updates are truly questionable now. Sad, for what were once the most innovative products on the market.

Have you sent your feedback to Apple sharing your opinion and suggestion?

GB

I am not crazy about the black background and would like the option to change it. On the other hand I love the bedtime feature. I recently lost my Fitbit which I was using to track my sleep. Now it is conveniently on my phone. Thanks Apple

I hate the black screen on the clock. I can't see the numbers anymore. I use this alarm clock everyday but if Apple doesn't fix it to where we have an option between a white or black background I'm going to have to find a different one to use. SO ANNOYING! It worked perfectly for me and now they've turned it into something I no longer can use.

OK, not liking it aesthetically is one thing. But "can't see the numbers?"

Why? It's the same contrast level as before, simply inverted.

I don't see how reading black text off the glaring surface of a light bulb is better, either.

Stokestack:

"OK, not liking it aesthetically is one thing. But "can't see the numbers?"

Why? It's the same contrast level as before, simply inverted.

I don't see how reading black text off the glaring surface of a light bulb is better, either."

I cant see it either. I also have very bad night vision, so I wonder if it possibly affects people with that type of vision problem? Anyway, I used the alarms 24-7. I set alarms when I want to bid on eBay, or when I need to move the laundry along, etc... I can't use it now.

Well, according to Apple, you don't exist. Despite years of claiming that they're going to improve "accessibility," Apple has failed to understand the importance of letting users set up their own color schemes. As I mentioned above, Windows has offered this capability for 25 years: Users can set up a system-wide color scheme that is inherited by all applications.

When asked to do this in a "user experience" forum at its developer conference in the early 2000s, Apple acted as though it had never heard of the issue (despite bugs having been filed on it). And some programmers in the audience howled in dismay over the idea, which Windows and Unix programmers had understood and handled easily for a decade already. It actually makes the programmers' work easier, since they no longer have to hard-code the colors of every UI element individually.

That's the culture you're up against: If Apple hasn't imagined it, you don't get it. When they're out of ideas, they'll take things away for the sake of doing something.

There's no excuse for the removal of the analog view, for example. But they did it. And they'll get a free pass on it from fawning "reviewers" and too many others.

Stokestack wrote:

Well, according to Apple, you don't exist. Despite years of claiming that they're going to improve "accessibility," Apple has failed to understand the importance of letting users set up their own color schemes. As I mentioned above, Windows has offered this capability for 25 years: Users can set up a system-wide color scheme that is inherited by all applications.

We're talking about an iDevice here, not a computer. And in my personal experience, the only apps that pick up the selected color scheme in Windows (which used to be completely customizable, and now is a selected palette), are Microsoft apps. None of the other apps I was running would change to my color scheme. But comparing a computer to an iOS device is pointless - apples to seashells.

GB

The color scheme was fully customizable as late as Windows 7; I'll have to check 10. Microsoft presented a bunch of predefined ones, but you could still customize your own. The interface to do so was extremely clumsy compared to the old one, unfortunately. And every properly coded application will honor the system colors, unless the developer has deliberately overridden them. Those that do override them are usually inept, forgetting to set either the background color or the text color; the result is invisible text on some systems.

And the point stands: Apple was very slow to understand the importance of color in its UIs, in addition to acknowledging other deficiencies. And here we see people complaining about the same thing. Mobile devices and computers both present a visual interface, so there's no reason not to compare them.

But hey, after decades of user complaints, you can now make Finder sort correctly (with folders at the top)!