On iOS 11 design

iOS 11 makes iPhone and iPad not just more legible but more comfortable. [iMore]( [On iOS 11 design]( Back in 2013, Apple used iOS 7 to begin a major redesign of not just all the company's [human interfaces](, but the complete philosophy behind those interfaces. The photo-illustrative, metaphorical interfaces of the past, rich in [texture and affordance]( were set aside for more digitally authentic, physically playful look. The training wheels were off. The Retina-natives were in [control](. Then, last year, iOS 10 brought a [big](, [bold](, [beautiful]( evolution. Rumor has it a designer working on the services apps — [Apple Music, Maps, Home]( — came up with it. The goal was to better orient people, especially in apps with a lot of content. Back in the old days of iOS, you could step out of a bar near dawn and still realize you were in Messages contacts rather than Find My Friends contacts or Game Center contacts, for example, simply based on the texture. Sounds silly, but it could [mean the difference between texting a friend for help]( and pinging them with a challenge. But how do you solve that, and other problems, across the entire operating system? [Enter iOS 11](. [Read on at iMore!]( --------------------------------------------------------------- GET THE IMORE APP [Get the iMore App!]( FOLLOW US ON: [Follow iMore on Twitter]([Like iMore on Facebook]([Subscribe to iMore on YouTube]([Follow iMore on Instagram]( iMore, 3151 E Thomas Street Inverness, FL 34453 Don't like these emails? [Unsubscribe](.