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Kana studio Update
The important facts first.
iOS6: works fine
iPhone 5: only letterboxed
Now the long explanation. Kana studio works with iOS 6 as is and won’t have to be updated. Support for the larger screen in the new iPhone and iPod touch will require a major redesign of the Study screen.
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About Design
Folks, we need to have a talk. Currently, you seem to be hung up on the “old” design of the new iPad. I’ve got bad news for you – this is the iPad. New ones will be better, but look basically the same, for years to come.
The iMac, Apple’s former flagship product, has only ever had 3 different designs, with a slight change in material for the third one. The plain iPod never changed.
Which brings us to the iPhone. I want to preempt any complaints, that the new iPhone to be released this Fall still looks the same. The design introduced with the iPhone 4 has such a timeless quality, that apart from changes in the material, it won’t change for a long time.
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Behind the scenes, a look at how to make those kana animations.
They took a long time to create, but without SplineDraw it would have taken forever.
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I’m really proud of the refreshed look of Kana studio for version 1.1.
It’s something that could only happen after using it for a long time.
Visually, it seems only the navigation bar that’s changed. The darker color works much better than the gray/low contrast bar before. I also improved the buttons, but that doesn’t show in a static image. The real improvement happened to the workflow. I removed 3 screens that didn’t do anything except open up other screens.
Technically, it was really frightening to rip out and change the structure so much. (UINavigationController really doesn’t like custom transitions.)
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The Main Menu of Kana studio didn’t change much from the first draft to the shipping version.
A third section got cut just before launch. The main screen itself will get cut in the next update and the planned FAQ/Guide will not make it into the app.
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A look to the past. Original version of the Kana studio picker.
Heavily influenced by Calendar.
