Josh RenaudI’m so disappointed in the design of the new Apple Sports app, which does not degrade gracefully on smaller screen sizes, like my iPhone SE2.
Apple used to get this stuff right.
When two teams score triple-digits, they get turned into “1…” on my iPhone SE2. Come on, Apple, this is so, so sloppy.
#apple #apps #ui #ux #iphone #responsive #design #sports
#apple #apps #ui #ux #iphone #responsive #design #sports
Steven Op de beeck
Chris Wu 🪐Several people have asked about text size.
My "Dynamic Type" is set just below middle, and "Display Zoom" is "Larger Text".
Changing "Display Zoom" to "Default" reduces the effects, but the root problem persists. Scores still overlap. Team names still spill out of their containing boxes. etc, etc.
I wish the #UI was responsive. When screen size is small, or type is big, move side-by-side elements into stacks.
#Apple should account for its settings and device sizes.
I have opened an Accessibility ticket with Apple. We'll see how it goes.
Heath Borders@Kirkman lol you might as well yell out the window
BruceCredit where credit is due. Apple has greatly improved the Sports app with its 1.1 release. It’s readable and usable for me now on my iPhone SE2. #apple #apps #ui #ux #iphone #responsive #design #sports
Brian Lewis@Kirkman I suppose I should reinstall it.
Ellen Shapiro@Kirkman @[email protected] I cut them *some* slack because they clearly launched under time pressure, but that is atrocious
@designatednerd @[email protected] I've noticed many third-party apps increasingly seem like they don't care if things work on smaller screen sizes. 1Password is a good example.
But my SE 2 is only 4 years old and runs the latest iOS, so I'd expect Apple to do by right by the systems it's supporting.
Jonathan HendryEddy Cue does not make good software.
Lonnie@Kirkman is this the default text size?
@lonnie I do have display zoom set to “larger text.”
Changing it back to default helps a little, but the scores still overlap.
Here are two screenshots for comparison.
Jona 🐳
lightandshadow@Kirkman @lonnie That’s odd. The version I just downloaded from the App Store doesn’t have “Yesterday”, “Today”, “Upcoming” as buttons. They move up into the navigation controller when scrolled up. And there have been no updates indicated in the app’s history. Are they just buttons on the SE2, but not larger devices?
@lightandshadow @lonnie I re-downloaded just now, and the design remained the same with the three as buttons. So maybe that’s a device difference?
@Kirkman @lonnie Both an iPhone 15 plus and iPhone SE would be considered as having a horizontal size class of .compact, regardless of what the device width is in pixels. So, they’re checking the width of the device in pixels?
And it doesn’t support Split View on iPad when Stage manager is off. So, it doesn’t support multi-tasking. Something is funky.
@Kirkman @lonnie This is totally maxed out font size on my 15 pro max. The rows are growing taller, etc.
@Kirkman @lonnie You have “Button shapes” turned on in accessibility. And the entire row is a button.
Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Button Shapes
Thats why there are backgrounds around the ranges, why content seems to spill out of the rows, etc. Still, not good, but at least it makes some sense. It significantly changes the layout
@lightandshadow Turning off button shapes changes the behavior of “today,” “yesterday,” etc. But the other issues of content overlapping persist.
Dorian@Kirkman This app looks like something that has been started by someone who later left the company and then someone else had to finish it, reluctantly
FriendlyMike 
@Kirkman @benlikestocode ironically saw a team member on LinkedIn proudly declaring the app took their team two years to develop.
troz@Kirkman @designatednerd I guess they didn’t have to pass app review.
Clément Cardonnel@Kirkman Do you have Dynamic Type on? Not an excuse, especially for Apple, but it surprises me how broken it looks 🤯
Sinclair-Speccy
Matteo@Kirkman If it was an independent developer, this would probably not pass app review.
kaiserkiwi 
@Kirkman Oof they really want to kill these screen sizes.
spv@Kirkman how is this real
J@Kirkman it’s also a really bad app to see anything other than scores. Why are full league standings on every game summary. Why can’t I quickly see who scored goals in a hockey game. And on and on
Migrated to @@Kirkman yeah, Apple is getting worse and worse with time
sdevore (moving)@Kirkman @stroughtonsmith Also on a 13 with display zoom on, way to go Apple
EthanRDoesMC@Kirkman I have never EVER seen anything by Apple laid out this badly. I don’t know what went down here, because UIKit makes it really hard to mess up this badly.
icraze@ethanrdoesmc @Kirkman I’ll give you hint: SwiftUI
Ray Greenwell@Kirkman seems like App Store review would reject any 3rd party app that did this.
Joe Lion@Kirkman @stroughtonsmith the amount of press given to a mediocre and limited app, because it came from Apple, reminds me of the embarrassing about of hub-bub when they released Clips, then promptly forgot about it
Shawn King@joelion @Kirkman @stroughtonsmith @angry_drunk People rightfully rag on Google for the apps and services they’ve discontinued but Apple is just as bad…
@KingShawn @Kirkman @stroughtonsmith @angry_drunk yeah. Basically, any service that is going to require ongoing, daily, constant work, that isn’t a “core” service that enables or directly supports sales of their hardware, don’t count on it… their “office” suite, anything fitness related, arcade, radio stations - these are all “hobbies” for Apple. Don’t build your business on someone else’s hobby.
Craig Grannell@KingShawn @joelion @Kirkman @stroughtonsmith @angry_drunk That music notes app was really great. So of course it was killed, without even integrating its functionality into eg GarageBand.
Vincent Friedrich@Kirkman What the hell. I’m terrified 🫠