On occasion when this happens I hear users bemoaning the new interface and wishing that they could go backwards and use whatever new features have been added but with the older interface.
So would it be so hard to give users the option? Allow them some choice over what they want in terms of interface? I know some developers do put in the 'use classic interface' option or similar, and I think that's a good plan.
Old is not always bad, and new is not always good, at least in my book anyway.
What do you think?
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There's a lot of things from traditionnal computer interface that I miss in this new "touch computing" era.
There's a desperate need for more consistence and uniformity in touch interfaces, in one app, undo is a button, in another app its a 2 finger swipe, and its different again in other apps. It would be great to have one unified gesture that brings up a clear menu of everything you can do in that app.
But then you have Apple saying app devs can't do something that looks too much like their apps or else they will be rejected from the appstore, and other people who patents concepts that nobody can ever use.
Eventually I believe we'll get somewhere, but right now a vast majority of apps works like a video game menu or tries to emulate a piece of hardware (like VA synths), it looks great but its not very efficient.
We're not talking about Apples iOS 5s Music app are we?
"We're not talking about Apples iOS 5s Music app are we?"
Yes,.. apps, we are talking about apps.. good thing you asked...
Ashley was there an app(s) you had in mind when writing this?
LOL, Sean, I was wondering the same thing. Common Ash, name names!
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