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!"