Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Feb 2013 09:04 UTC
John Gruber illustrates the dangers of not having a clue about history: "The utter simplicity of the iOS home screen is Apple's innovation. It's the simplest, most obvious 'system' ever designed." Thanks for playing.
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No, they aren't "bubbles", nor are they called "bubbles" by Apple in English. They are called "badges" by Apple and any Apple developer worth half their salt.
The concept isn't even hard to understand - "you have X amount of items that you have yet to look at". So for Mail, that is emails. For Calendar that is new appointments. For Messages that is sms/imessage. For other apps, it depends on what the developer is trying to convey - but generally it's going to be "items I have synced for you in some way shape or form."
Edited 2013-02-20 13:21 UTC
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I think the problem is that you have no iOS experience. Those "bubbled" numbers are called (notification) badges, the informational messages that appear at the top of the screen are called notifications and can also be found in the notification center. IIRC it's the same with Android. Well, Android borrowed the badges, iOS borrowed the notifications.
Personally I don't think these feature should cause any confusing, certainly not on the long term and users prefer to have them.
Neither the badges or the notifications change the icon grid in such a way that people are not able to launch their favorite apps.
Member since:2009-05-19
Those "bubbled" numbers are called
Yes, by Apple. They also call your network operator a carrier, even if you selected British English.
Well, Android borrowed the badges, iOS borrowed the notifications.
Android has no badges. Unless it's another skin. iOS borrowed the notification drawer only(and they shouldn't have stopped there)
I think the problem is that you have no iOS experience.
Yeah... right.
Personally I don't think these feature should cause any confusing, certainly not on the long term and users prefer to have them.
And I said they were confusing? They are not complex, per se. They are misplaced. If you have your to-do app on another page, you'll have to move around between the screens to see if that app needs your attention. I don't know about you, but I have a lot of apps I use regularly that don't fit on my first page. Swiping to check if I have to open them is not simplicity of operation.
Everything complex is made up of simple things.
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Really!?!?!?!
Bubble:
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs46/f/2009/232/9/8/Blue_Bubble_by_hallv...
Balloon:
http://www.csballoon.com/img/purplemet_balloon.jpg
iOS icons with "those" - do they look like ballons or bubbles?
http://i.stack.imgur.com/EQsS5.jpg
Well... Maybe can and can't mean the same in your head.
The operation of both contradict your claim of simplicity. Both show a number. Both numbers mean the content of the app, not part of the logo. One number does not change the other does. You get used to it(like I did), but people get used to SAP Legacy Workbench as well.