Why iOS 7's design is bold but flawed

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http://www.macworld.com.au/blogs/why-ios-7s-design-is-bold-but-flawed-100780/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=All+you+need+to+know+about+Safari+tax+on+Mac+portable+batteries+and+much+much+more&utm_content=All+you+need+to+know+about+Safari+tax+on+Mac+portable+batteries+and+much+much+more+CID_772a365043ce27ab9f3eb60f953c8294&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Christa%20Mrgan%20explains#.UdlLZMsayK2 / middle school middle-school girls UI user interface patterns reading Apple’s iOS Human Interface Guidelines week-long summer camp iOS development changes platform iOS 6 iOS 7 beta answer fuller explanation analysis faux 3D to real 2.5D D dimensions dimension emphasising user user’s content ornamentation users user top priority application app software human interface principles rich photorealistic details analogue metaphors intuition intuit how to use access content accomplish their task quickly and easily as possible visual cues helped us understand how to interact brand new brand-new type device cumbersome stale accustomed using these devices subsequent stripping away artifice ornamentation interface patterns merely removed unnecessary distraction 3D 3 dimensions faux-3D skin, iOS depth and motion artificial 3D image techniques deep shadows strong highlights gloss relying on spry animation parallax effects flat planes convey sensation of depth developer Manton Reece compared multiplane camera technology animation studiotwo-and-a-half-D 2.5D AfterEffects backgrounds images different planes z-axis animate virtual camera move through and around them planes look fully three-dimensional parallax depth-of-field effects compelling lifelike than moving image enhance sensation of depth tilting tilt phone hints subtly elements exist relation each other background interface home screen folder app feels effect is delightful static screenshots elements in a frozen state beauty new direction depth motion valid concerns design subjective problems Helvetica Ultralight system font mistake vision typography expert Erik Spiekermann completely unreadable increase by default Jony Ive’s Ive icon grid glyphs look harmoniously balanced Panic designer Neven Mrgan emphasis differentiation between choices Action sheets button borders bolder text UI user interface major overhaul OS operating system reinvention /

Bone marrow stem-cell therapy appears to have eradicated HIV in two patients

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-04/stem-cell-therapy-wipes-out-hiv-in-two-patients/4798396 / American doctors doctor patient two patients HIV-free HIV free bone marrow stem cell transplants transplant treat cancer treated Boston long-term drug therapy control HIV stem-cell developing lymphoma type of blood cancer Timothy Henrich Harvard Medical School doctors been unable find evidence HIV infection men since transplants doctor Dr Henrich made the announcement international AIDS Society conference Kuala Lumpur too early virus has disappeared from their bodies altogether one patient now been off antiretroviral drug treatment 15 weeks seven weeks stop terminate cease Human Immunodeficiency Virus target targets immune cells immune system weakening cause causing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS people increased risk other infections and cancers emerged in the early 1980s initially known as the gay plague once regarded as a death sentence antiviral medicines normal life span developing countries millions of people do not have access to these medicines more than 1,000 new infections diagnosed in Australia each year research, which funded the study hopes cure for the virus infect infection infects stem cell stem-cell therapy disease Timothy Ray Brown the Berlin patient first person cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant for leukaemia in 2007 donor rare genetic mutation known as CCR5 delta 32 virtually resistant to patients test positive Australian scientists said optimistic discovered millions more people to get access to crucial antiretroviral drugs lower daily dose effective far cheaper dose current dosage /