How much discussion of the iOS design overhaul, based on fourth-hand accounts of what somebody might have seen once as they walked past an office, will we have to endure over the next month? It's driving me nuts. Roughly nobody knows what it's actually going to look like, but everyone seems to think they're still very qualified to comment.
I don't mind the discussion as long as there's some hint of intelligence to it. My problem is that people are so stuck in this "here and now" mentality that they can't think outside of the box even a little bit. Example: the banter about the "flat" UI. Did anyone even consider that a design can not be skeuomorphic and ALSO not be flat? The flat interface is Google's and Microsoft's thing -- why would Apple copy it directly, ESPECIALLY when there are well-documented UX issues with flat interfaces?
The fact that people have already 1) claimed to know exactly the path that Apple is taking and 2) have already made opinions about said path is what is entirely frustrating.
I agree, a discussion about UI design in general, informed by the current state of iOS and speculations about its future, could be interesting. But instead we get "they're doing this, and it'll suck/rule!" when people don't even know what they're doing!
So long as people click on those pages, everyone with even the most minute point will write to their hearts' content. I'm surprised that this page didn't have a million ads on it
