I can't decide which one is worse, Safari or Settings.
Apple's always had quality control issues, but when the main theme of the keynote is iOS 7's new look, and the first thing they show you are those icons, it makes me think that they are having serious execution issues.
Even if they improve them later (one can hope), it's a lost chance to wow us, which has always been Apple's thing and the whole reason for the keynote.
There's nobody at the top furiously rattling the cage until all the designs are up to par. Jobs of course reviewed every aesthetic, and was more than willing to live by that sword and die by that sword (if it wasn't good enough, it shouldn't ship; he made a few mistakes on that front, but it was a core theme non-the-less).
Apple's always had quality control issues, but when the main theme of the keynote is iOS 7's new look, and the first thing they show you are those icons, it makes me think that they are having serious execution issues.
Even if they improve them later (one can hope), it's a lost chance to wow us, which has always been Apple's thing and the whole reason for the keynote.