When scrolling through things like the home screen or Messages app you’ll see a subtle parallax effect. Apple has kept the basic structure of iOS but it’s redesigned its icons with a flatter, more stylized look -the whole palette has become brighter and simpler by stripping out the gradients that were ubiquitous in previous versions. Under former hardware design head Jony Ive that’s changed somewhat. Since the first iPhone was released in 2007, Apple’s interface has looked more or less the same - and as iPhone hardware evolved, iOS started looking stale. Stubborn rumors about an Apple TV and iWatch will likely refuse to die, as Tim Cook and company had nothing to announce today, and we expect that users will continue to complain about iOS 6 until later this year as no one but developers will get their hands on the new stitching-free version of the mobile operating system until this fall. The show was light on hardware though new MacBook Airs with “all-day” battery life, Intel’s new Haswell processors, and lower price points were announced, as well as a long-overdue redesign of Apple’s Mac Pro desktop. Overall, the extremely welcome software tweaks (which we’ll enumerate below) show Apple catching up to its competitors in many ways. 10.9 is known as “Mavericks,” and it kicks off a series of California-inspired names for future versions. ![]() iOS 7 looks shockingly refreshing, and OS X has seen many changes as well - including a move away from cat names. Both operating systems have abandoned nearly all signs of skeuomorphism - indeed, Apple executives continually poked fun at the felt, stitching, and leather featured in older versions of the operating systems. This year’s WWDC may have started off slow with a nondescript app demo from third-party developer Anki, but the typical barrage of news started soon enough, with major updates to both iOS and OS X only representing part of the press conference.
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