Bullgrit
Adventurer
I just watched the iOS 7 video, and it makes me feel like a grumpy old man. The first half of the 7 minute video explains all the aesthetic updates -- all stuff I don't care one little bit about changing. The second half of the video explains how they've updated all the parts of the software that I've intentionally turned off -- I don't want the phone tracking my location, I don't care to share crap with other people, I don't use the cloud.
Now, if there is something broken about the old OS, I want the correction. But I don't care at all about the new, improved prettiness. Heck, the wallpaper/background of my phone is just black -- no picture.
A couple of quotes from the video:
"the most significant changes to the user interface"
"defining an important new direction, and in many ways, a new beginning"
These kinds of quotes always push me back.
The last time I updated my iPhone OS, I was annoyed. My and my wife's phone memories got wiped with the update. We lost contacts, settings, bookmarks, pictures, music, everything. Very, very bad.
A long time back, I upgrade iTunes on my home computer, and the result was a completely different creature. Suddenly I couldn't do some things I liked how they worked. Now it's aggravating to do what I had gotten used to doing easily. Hell, because of the change, I even stopped using iTunes on my computer at all. Easier even to purchase songs through my phone rather than on my computer.
With most every other kind of update in something, you can try it, and if you don't like it you can go back. But not with software. I wish software fixes were offered without having to take the whole upgrade/update.
Bullgrit
Now, if there is something broken about the old OS, I want the correction. But I don't care at all about the new, improved prettiness. Heck, the wallpaper/background of my phone is just black -- no picture.
A couple of quotes from the video:
"the most significant changes to the user interface"
"defining an important new direction, and in many ways, a new beginning"
These kinds of quotes always push me back.
The last time I updated my iPhone OS, I was annoyed. My and my wife's phone memories got wiped with the update. We lost contacts, settings, bookmarks, pictures, music, everything. Very, very bad.
A long time back, I upgrade iTunes on my home computer, and the result was a completely different creature. Suddenly I couldn't do some things I liked how they worked. Now it's aggravating to do what I had gotten used to doing easily. Hell, because of the change, I even stopped using iTunes on my computer at all. Easier even to purchase songs through my phone rather than on my computer.
With most every other kind of update in something, you can try it, and if you don't like it you can go back. But not with software. I wish software fixes were offered without having to take the whole upgrade/update.
Bullgrit