I just upgraded to iOS 9 this morning, and almost immediately I regretted it.
I know, I know - people hate change, and it takes time for people to get accustomed to new things. But not all change is good, and sometimes designers feel compelled to change things for change's sake. I think that's maybe what happened to certain parts of iOS 9.
Below is a running list of things that are either broken or annoying the hell out of me in iOS 9. This is mostly for my own catharsis & reference, so your mileage may vary. I will update as new bugs/annoyances are discovered.
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Switching apps is now impossible
This overlapping coverflow effect is HORRIBLE. The physics are weird, so I can never actually select the app I want. I usually skip right past it, or I don’t go far enough and get stuck. And because apps overlap each other, there’s less real estate to tap on, so I often fat-finger the selection, dropping me into the wrong app, which forces me to start the infuriating process anew. I feel like Sisyphus, and I HATE HATE HATE THIS. -
"Share" menu customization was deleted
I customized the apps in my "share" menu to quickly send things to Pocket or Twitter or Wunderlist or Gmail, but now the first option is Message, followed by Reminders, and they've tossed in Notes as well, even though none of those were ever in my share menu before (and I almost never use the last two). Why did you screw with my customizations, Apple? It's bad enough you won't let us delete your pre-installed apps, but now you have to shove them in my face at every turn? No thank you. -
The new font sucks.
I love San Francisco the city, but "San Francisco" the font gives the city a bad name. It's like a demented version of the good ol' Helvetica Neue I used to know and love. To take just one example: the number "4" now has such small stem (the vertical part) that it almost looks like a triangle. So much for "readability" improvements. -
Notification tray is buggy.
I tried to clear out a bunch of notifications, but every time I hit the little "X" circle and it changes to "Clear", when I tap it again, it toggles back to "X" without deleting any notifications. I'm stuck in an endless loop of suckage. How was this not caught in testing?! It feels like a cruel joke that I can't get rid of notifications, and they just keep piling up in the tray, taunting me.
I miss Steve.