[The Westerner]

I can't speak to system slowing re: Apple products. What I found most memorable when I started up my first Mac laptop @8 years ago was the speed of loading its programs compared to any Microsoft system. It was then that I understood what Steve Jobs was all about. Next was the elegant, simple user interface. My favorite product and most used is/was my iPad1. On that version, the Settings are all on one screen where the average person can understand where to go. Now, on iPhones and iPads, the simplicity has been lost. Steve Jobs looked through the eyes of a neophyte and the artist when designing products. Sadly, no one is there to take his place.

[Swordmaker]

On that version, the Settings are all on one screen where the average person can understand where to go. Now, on iPhones and iPads, the simplicity has been lost. Steve Jobs looked through the eyes of a neophyte and the artist when designing products. Sadly, no one is there to take his place.

I have to agree with that assessment. Too many screens to navigate to find settings. For example, I was trying to find the settings for Airdrop yesterday to send some photos to my girlfriend. It used to be on the Control Center, but now it's three levels deep in Settings. Who made that decision to remove it from the Control Center and bury it? This is a frequently used function that some prefer to leave off and only turn on when needing to use it.

[TXnMA]

Even sadder, back in the era of the Apple ][e , the Apple][GS, and the early Macs, Apple published -- and, rigorously followed -- a little booklet named, The Apple Human Interface Guidelines".

The genius of Steve Jobs really shined in that little book! Nowadays, it seems that Apple designers never heard of the "Consistent, Simple Human Interface" concept.