finish work on the next iteration of its
mobile operating system, iOS 7, in
time to preview it at the upcoming
World Wide Developers Conference,
scheduled to take place between June
10 and 14.
A new report by All Things D cites
anonymous sources to indicate that
Apple has diverted additional
engineering resources from the team
working on its desktop operating
system, OS X 10.9 (the next version
of Apple's desktop OS), to ship iOS 7
on time. The move is similar to the
company's decision to divert
engineering efforts from OS X 10.5 to
complete work on the iPhone in 2007.
The news reaffirms John Gruber's
earlier statement, according to which,
iOS 7 was running behind schedule,
and that engineers had been pulled
from the team working on OS X to
work on it. Gruber had also added that
iOS engineers with carry privileges
were using some sort of polarising
filter on their iPhone displays, to
greatly decrease viewing angles,
making it difficult for observers to see
the 'apparently rather significant
system-wide UI overhaul'. He had also
hinted that Apple was likely to
announce iOS 7 during the WWDC.
The new report also reiterates that
iOS 7 would get an revamped UI that
would be much simple compared to
the current version of the OS. iOS 7,
also said to be codenamed
"Innsbruck," is expected to sport a
very flat look, getting rid of glossy
icons and user interface elements, and
skeumorphic designs, with design guru
Jony Ive taking charge of the UI
design of the OS, according to several
reports.
iOS 7 is also reportedly getting a new
icon set for native Apple apps and
revamped tool bars, and tab bars
among other UI elements across the
OS. It's however uncertain if Apple
would add settings toggles or some
kind of widgets offering glance-able
information to the OS. There's also
talk of Apple introducing various swipe
from left/ right style-options to bring
different elements of the OS, much
like the notifications center slides
down from the top right now, but
there's nothing certain on that front.
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