New iOS 7 Concept Brings Johnny Ive’s “Flatter” Idea To Life

We’re one month away from Apple’s WWDC where iOS 7 is expected to be unveiled, but the concepts definitely haven’t slowed down. Many designers have taken it upon themselves to create new and refreshing concepts of what the next generation iOS software should look like. Some are better than others, and this one will surely interest some of you.

Designed by digital agency Simply Zesty, this iOS concept is based on the recent rumors of Johnny Ive giving the platform a “flatter” look. Although the concept doesn’t really include many new features, the overall UI gets a big refresh, and we love it…

Personally, I’ve gotten a little bored with the stock iOS look, especially considering the lack of customization available without jailbreaking. So, this is definitely something I wouldn’t mind giving a try. Here are some more pictures of the concept's design:

Message Send Percent is a status indicator for your outgoing messages

Message Send Percent, by developer greensnow, is a simple little UI tweak that adds a percentage indicator to your Messages app. This allows you to know the exact send status of all of your outgoing text messages…

And when I say little, I mean little. There’s no Home screen icon for Message Send Percent, and there’s no settings. Once installed, the only time you’ll notice it is when you send an outgoing text from the Messages app.

In my brief testing, I found the tweak to be accurate and stable. And it blended in nicely with the stock UI. I guess I could see how some folks might like this for the aesthetics, because otherwise its purpose is pretty wispy.

At any rate, if you’d like to try out Message Send Percent, you can find it in Cydia, in the ModMyi repo, for free.