What do you mean by the five dots on iOS 7?

As the biggest change since the birth of iOS, iOS 7 has abandoned the paradigm style that Apple has always insisted on, and it will surely make it difficult for many people to accept it. Someone may ask, is Apple doing this to catch up with the trend?

We often have an expectation of the evolution of the operating system. When it deviates from its desire, it must be disappointed. However, in fact, the development of the system is often related to the leading designers. Their preferences and concepts influence the style of the system. When the designer changes, the system is faced with the possibility of mutation. Therefore, when Matias Duarte became the leading designer of Android, Android 4.0 began to move into a new style, and Ivey became the new chief designer of iOS, and iOS 7 suddenly went flat.

iOS 7 is indeed a change, but it is not the result of natural development, but is related to internal changes in the company. Like forgotten Scott Forstall abdicated, iOS software design of the initiative replaced by Ivy. Ivey does not like to materialize. He must reform the system and move it forward in the direction he intended. He doesn't care whether this is a trend or not. Is there any suspicion of copying other systems? He may not care whether it is flat or not. In his opinion, this is a better user experience.

After trying out iOS7 Beta, many people complained about their details, but in fairness, this may be related to time pressure. In just 7 months, the Ivey team has completed the system change. How did they do it?

The Cult of Mac website found an interesting detail on iOS7. The signal bar on iOS7 is five small dots. This is the same as a prototype of iOS in 2005. what happened? It turned out that this prototype map was done by the Ivey team. Due to Apple’s strict confidentiality policy, Ivey’s hardware team could not see the system designed by Forstall, so they made a prototype. Now, Ivey turned back to find design inspiration.

Perhaps, things are not as simple as the five rounds. Mark Wilson of the Co.Design website believes that from this small detail, two different design trends within Apple can be inferred.

This tiny interface detail has been almost idle for 10 years since it was conceived. Now it has emerged as a bright spot on the new interface. This again confirms people's claims that Scott Forstall has led iOS in one direction, and below it, another better sense of design is boiling.

Is this feeling Ivey? It is very possible, but it is also very likely that it will be brewing some time for Apple's world-class designers. No matter how you think, someone made those dots, and after almost 10 years, they waved wildly.

Ivey's transformation of iOS is 7 months, but his idea of ​​changing iOS may come a long time, and there is no lack of recognition. This may also explain why Ivey’s team was able to complete a complete system change in such a short period of time.