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Apple iOS 7 software update: love it or loathe it?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/08/apple-ios-7-update-iphone-problems-headaches

Majority of Apples devices now have the latest mobile operating system iOS 7, Mizpanel's trend data said around 68.8% people with devices today upgraded a day after release, so obviously Apple should have been ecstatic. However there were manly complaints, the fake zooms, parallax effects and sliding motion are only causing motion sickness and other apps just sucking battery life. Also complaints about Siri and Spotlight being too hard to find and new warning if users connect a non-standard cable. 

Some comments:

•  You can't see as many apps in multi-tasking.
• Instead of seeing a lovely picture of my dog when the screen locks, I see a lovely picture of my dog obscured by 'frosted glass'.
• If you tap on a URL in Safari (to copy it, say) it shows you the Safari startup screen while you meddle, which you then have to tap to get back to the page you were on.
• Newsstand is now mad – now they've ditched skeuomorphic they should probably redesign it because it's now a load of screengrabs of newspapers stuck on some weird grey lines.
• That, and doesn't it all feel a bit more Android?

Personally, I think the new iOS 7 is really cool, it's better looking, it appeals to more people, the colours brighten up the phone and it's much easier to use. Obviously there always will be people that don't like and complain about the products (or in this case settings) because they have such a huge world wide target audience, not everybody will like everything they create.