I think they might have taken skeuomorphism to the extreme in some of the recent apps (Calendar, Notes, and Reminders, I'm looking at you) but after looking through the screenshots of the new app UIs and these icon comparison I think they went too far in the other direction.
To me an icon is a quick way of telling me what the app is and for lack of that (I tend to hoard apps) some clue as to what it might do. I really have to wonder if they did any tests on this. For example, show someone an icon and see how long it takes for them to correctly say what it does. Amorphous blobs just doesn't do it for me for things like Game Center.
To me an icon is a quick way of telling me what the app is and for lack of that (I tend to hoard apps) some clue as to what it might do. I really have to wonder if they did any tests on this. For example, show someone an icon and see how long it takes for them to correctly say what it does. Amorphous blobs just doesn't do it for me for things like Game Center.