Comments on: More on the ‘Flat Design’ Rumors http://isource.com/2013/05/29/more-on-the-flat-design-rumors/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Renkman http://isource.com/2013/05/29/more-on-the-flat-design-rumors/#comment-56684 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:24:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=62867#comment-56684 In reply to Jurassic.

Perhaps more of a “shade” of black, and a “shade” of white. Grey, Silver, etc?

]]> By: Renkman http://isource.com/2013/05/29/more-on-the-flat-design-rumors/#comment-56683 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:23:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=62867#comment-56683 In reply to Kevin Krause.

Very interesting perspective–hmm

]]> By: Kevin Krause http://isource.com/2013/05/29/more-on-the-flat-design-rumors/#comment-56471 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=62867#comment-56471 In reply to Jurassic.

never thought of it this way but makes sense.

]]> By: Jurassic http://isource.com/2013/05/29/more-on-the-flat-design-rumors/#comment-56416 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:34:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=62867#comment-56416 I doubt that iOS 7 UI will be completely black & white, but there is a benefit to using black & white instead of colors for UI elements, that is very practical.

The contrast of black & white is higher than using color combinations. With higher contrast, display brightness can be reduced for equal readability, and to reduce energy consumption of the display (giving longer battery life).

An example of a low contrast UI would be Microsoft’s operating system (formerly known as) “Metro”. It uses squares (a.k.a. tiles) that have a background color, with text and flat icons in a slightly lighter version of the same color. This makes the interface more difficult to read, and requires boosting the display brightness (and battery usage) to see the low contrast more clearly.

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