Since IOS 7 has been gracing iPhones and iPads across the world this past week, all I have seen are posts, blogs, articles, and news about how much it’s hated. I didn’t pay any attention to it until I got my new iPhone 5C Tuesday. I admit I was a little taken with the new operating system. I don’t understand how they would create a new OS and make the fonts so thin and harder to read against shades of white and gray screens. I feel for people who were struggling to read things on their phones before – this enhances the difficulty.
Since I never had trouble reading or writing anything on my phone, I just shook my head and moved on with making friends with IOS 7. I love floating movement and the light, delicate touch to move from screen to screen. I especially love the new upscreen swipe that let’s me quickly turn my Bluetooth on and off without going into settings. That section also has not only your camera available, but a flashlight, a timer, and a calculator handy, too, with one swipe. The new camera has a lot of new features too. No need for any extra apps to enhance pictures.
So life between me and IOS 7 was proceeding rather smoothly compared to everyone else – until I updates my WordPress app on my phone that I use to write this blog. If you notice there are no tags or categories on the bottom of this post. That’s because it disappeared from its usual position beneath the title. I searched a long time, pressing all kinds of buttons, but to no avail. They really TOOK AWAY the tags and categories bar in the update. In the last update they changed the admin screen to a new page and now require a password every time you want to access it. I put up with that, but this? Take away the tags and categories bar?
And if that’s not enough, in the word processor you can’t press return and tap the cursor to the previous sentence to insert more words. Is it just me, or aren’t updates supposed to improve the apps and operating systems?
And so, as another day goes by, I jump in the boat with all the other disgruntled souls fighting with IOS 7, and I have written.
(Why I hate IOS 7 would probably be a good tag. I’d use it if I had the spot to write it in.)
This is better keypad? Really? It’s barely there even if you squint.
Hahaha… i JUST downloaded it this minute and you were my inspiration, before I read this!!