Re: iOS 7 Beta 1 Thoughts and Bug list
After 24 hours of regular use, here are the things I've noticed with iOS 7
1. Podcast app is only useful if you stream your podcast. The app completely crashes when trying to play downloaded content.
2. The Phone app is quite buggy. Switching between Contacts, Keypad, Recents has to be done very slowly or the app crashes. Often Voicemail is completely inaccessible.
3. Most of my apps work with the exception of iMore Forums, but hey, it's a beta OS.
4. Some apps open slightly to the left, leaving a vertical passthrough on the right hand side. This is probably an app issue, not an OS issue.
5. Parallax is jumpy. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, often it only works vertically, not horizontally.
6. The animations are gorgeous, especially the icon fly-in when unlocking the phone. This does cause some slow transitions though, especially when coming out of an app into the home screen. I'm hoping these are sped up a little in final rev.
7. The camera if absurdly fast. I love it! I'm going back to iOS 6.1.4 at some point this week, and the whole animation-less instant shot thing is something I'll miss until I'm ready to test drive beta 2.
8. I've seen some complaints that spotlight can be difficult to access from within apps. Pretty sure we've never had that ability before, so that doesn't bother me. I can access it from the home screen 100% of the time.
9. Incoming message banners will sometimes cause the home screen icons to jump.
10. Battery life on my iPhone 5 is quite spectacular. Every device is different though, of course.
So far I'm very impressed with the OS, and it's only in beta 1. I may rock it for a few more days before I go back, but overall I pretty pleasant experience. Can I say without getting hammered with epic flames, that it seems out of place for people to get all ragey on non-devs who take the risk of installing the OS? I've always found this community very helpful and kind. I understand that non-devs with poor common sense can make the experience unpleasant for those of us who actually know what we're doing, but perhaps not so much of the "YOU STOOPID, PAY FEE OR SHUT UP YOU FACE". There will always be people who take the gamble and want to beta the new OS out of sheer glee. I would hope most of them understand that, and if not, I will politely advise them that they should strongly consider restoring to their previous OS before the poo hits the revolving wind generator. Outside of that, flames are just flames
. Anywho, just my two cents. I should probably get some work done now. Stop being so distracting forums! Lol.