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		JohnBooty on May 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Jony Ive left Apple to the ‘accountants’ `Ive actually had a lot of misses, from the gradients and flat look in iOS 7` Lot of people thought that was a major win, compared to the childishly skeuomorphic interface (largely a product of Jobs' taste) that it replaced!

jkestner on May 2, 2022 [–]

Once it settled down, agreed. But iOS 7 initially swung too hard at a look that was not as discoverable or accessible. Thin font, UI elements that were hard to distinguish, low contrast.

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