iOS 7 - User Interface Quirks

I'm liking the new interface with iOS 7 ... but am still amazed by the lack of consistency.

It's even worse when Apple itself slips up. 

For example: my auto update setting updated the iBooks app recently, to version 3.2. In general, a cleaner, simpler look. But, I was surprised when I hit the Store button, and saw the icons along the tab bar at the bottom:

For some strange reason, the current tab has a glow effect - in addition to the blue highlighting. Strange.

What makes it even stranger is the lack of glow in other apps. For example, here's the App Store - showing the version history for iBooks itself ... 

Strange indeed.

For reference, the Apple design guidelines for tab bar icons are here.

TweetBot UI

After the recent changes to the official Twitter iPhone app, I've done as others have - and looked at options.

At the moment, I'm trying TweetBot - self described as a Twitter app with personality.

And I'm really liking it. The transitions, animations and sounds make for an enjoyable experience.

But, there's a few little things which I think would improve it even further - one of which has been annoying me slightly (disproportionately to it's actual impact) - and that's the shape of the custom back button.

Let me illustrate ... here's a comparison shot between TweetBot - and the standard iOS back button:

I've highlighted the "problem" area - which shows:

• the standard button has a much steeper angle, and finishes with a slight curve to the line
• the TweetBot button is essentially a straight line (of a shallower angle) with a small curve at the end.

Like I said - not  a major issue. But every time I see it, I think how it would be nice to have it as the standard shape.