iOS 7 interface design looks familiar

Without much "hands-on" time with an iOS-supported device, it's difficult to tell for sure, but something looks very familiar about the design cues of Apple's new mobile system.

In spite of the noise Apple made around it's announcements a few weeks back, all the talk around the Web seems to be focused on the new "flatter" look of the interface design. What seems to be coming out of this new look has been a move to look more like Android.

A flat look is not, by itself, revolutionary. Everyone is doing it, but when Apple is taking more and more "heat" about no-longer innovating, following suit in the design department too is certainly not going to help cool things down.

For some examples of this similarity, take in the pages below, but bear in mind a couple of points. One is that this example is of a dialog box in each of iOS 7 and Android 4.1 and to be honest, there's probably not much room for anything ground breaking can be done with them, design-wise. But the button idea is exactly the same in each (rounded corners in iOS noted). Second, it's true that one is white and the other black, but the Android Holo interface has support for both light and dark themes.

There's no criticism intended here, just an observation and a report on the findings.

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