Wednesday, November 6, 2013

iOS7 Review

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Many are asking me whether they should upgrade to iOS7 on their iPads and iPhones. Here are some quick observations that may help you decide.

Generally, I like it, and the things I don’t like are not show-stoppers.
  • Things I Like
    • Apple finally let us put Newsstand into a group and get it off the desktop!
    • Apple now lets us set what day of the week we want to be the first day of the week in Calendar. I prefer Monday so that when viewing a week I can see the entire weekend. Previously you had to change the International Regional Setting to Northern Mariana Islands to accomplish that.
    • The Calendar month view scrolls forward (down) and backwards (up), helping to see events in context better.
    • You can now have unlimited Apps in groups.
    • The iTunes song select no longer requires a search.
    • Browsing restrictions can be a great help to keep inappropriate website from being available. And the setting impacts all browsers installed!
  • Things I Don’t Like
    • The Dock hides the bottom of the wallpaper. It would be better if it had transparency and size settings.
    • Groups only show 9 Apps at a time in a panel (more than 9 Apps in a group generates a second page in the group). It would be better if groups had setting options of how many Apps they showed on a page. 
    • The Camera no longer has the iris close and open animation when taking pictures. That’s okay, but now there’s an immutable sound with every picture snap.

So I say, "Go for it!" 

1 comment:

Nick Nicholaou said...

Jason Powell at Granger Community Church did a short presentation to their congregation about the iOS7 restrictions option that can help protect us from the Internet's 'bad stuff' on iPhones, iPads, etc. Here's a link: http://vimeo.com/76881644