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June 10, 2013 10:50 pm GMT

iOS 7 Steals Mailbox's Gestures, Sunrise's Layout, BB10s Back Button, WebOS's Multitasking

IMG_9265Today, Apple unveiled iOS 7 during its WWDC keynote. While the operating system boasts an impressive redesign, many features and UI choices were greatly inspired by innovative third-paarty apps or even competitive mobile operating systems. The new Mail client already looks a lot like Mailbox due to the new flat UI choices. But when Craig Federighi swipes his finger on a mail, “move” and “delete” actions appeared, very reminiscent of Mailbox’s gestures. Similarly, the new Calendar app now provides a new default view. At the top, you see your current week and at the bottom, a feed of your events happening right now. And if you need to jump to a later date, you’ll get a scrollable month view that looks a lot like Sunrise’s UI. Yet, third-party apps are not alone. Even other operating systems should take cover. For instance, Apple introduced a new system-wide UI to go back. iOS notoriously doesn’t have a back button like Android, but the company found a way around it. You can now swipe your finger from the left edge of the screen to go to the previous screen in the hierarchy. This feature comes directly from BlackBerry 10. Finally, Apple introduced a new multitasking screen that looks a lot like the good old WebOS. Arguably, the best thing that came out from WebOS was its multitasking feature. For each app that is running, you get a card showing the app’s current state. You just have to swipe from one card to another to find the app you are looking for. Some old UI elements are still there and make iOS’s default apps. For example, the week view in Calendar doesn’t exist in Sunrise and Apple is still commited to this view. Developing

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