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If the function of 2.3MIUI is A (basic system function), then the workload of porting to V4 is A+B (hundreds of functions added since its release). In order to enable users to upgrade smoothly, almost every function needs to be transplanted.

Second, stable functional requirements.

In the process of developing V4, including the release of V4, users' functional requirements will not stop, and different user groups put forward their own functional requirements. When the product begins to take care of more people, it will not be perfect for any user group. To improve the experience of V4, it is not easy to communicate a lot and persuade the team to modify the finished and released products to make them conform to the new interactive and visual norms. After the release of V4, MIUI staff made a lot of patches on the system, and many interfaces were out of the scope of the overall design specification, resulting in more and more inconsistencies and disunity. MIUI as a whole is no longer compact and solid, but scattered in independent applications. SMS, telephone and contact are one set, desktop and theme are one set, and notes, recordings and other gadgets are one set. This led to the split of the overall experience of MIUI. In some places, the interface and vision are inconsistent with the whole, in some places, the interaction mode is inconsistent with the whole, and in some places, the user's operation process is maddening (the path is deep or the process is incredible), which increases the user's understanding and learning cost, and the accustomed operation behavior gets unexpected results. The problem with MIUI is not that its functions are not perfect, but that it has too many functions and complicated operation. We pieced together a system with various parts, and now we need to redesign the user experience in a holistic, global and unified way. When using the system, there are doubts, misunderstandings, unable to find the required functions, frustrated operation and unsmooth use, all of which are caused by fragmented user experience design. More than once, the entire development team wants to take the time to reconsider these issues and repair the fragmented user experience as a whole. Everyone on the development team clearly understands the situation and tries their best to organize and unify the MIUI system. We have worked hard, we are still working hard, and we will work harder in the future.

The problem of theme mashup

The reason why the theme is ugly is that when designing the theme, all the modules are not designed completely. When making a theme, in most cases, designers only consider the effect of the complete application of the theme, ignoring the mashup. According to the design mechanism of Android system, there are still many elements that use global controls in separate modules, which leads to the effect of mashup is not as good as the overall application theme. In this regard, the development team will think hard, even if the designer does not completely design a separate module, it is possible to migrate the global style of the theme to a separate module to ensure the mashup effect.

Set correlation

In fact, the ideal setting should be no setting. The default configuration can make users happy to use. Therefore, when designing the functions of settings, we don't want to expose too many settings to every user, try to reduce the items in "All Settings" and take more and more advanced configuration operations to the next level to avoid making users panic. Putting the setting item of the secondary page at the first level can indeed reduce the steps of user operation, but it is unfriendly to users who need this function. For users who never need to adjust this setting, every time they see this exposed setting item,

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Really ugly. I'll find a way to unify.

Desktop editing adds multiple-choice questions

Multi-selection of desktop editors should be considered carefully, but the way has not been decided yet, and double-clicking is absolutely impossible. Double-click is an interactive design on PC, which is unpredictable and difficult to learn.

Search box is not unified.

As mentioned earlier, the product structure of V4, especially various interactive controls, is very inconsistent. This must be adhered to, and we will work hard.

English and Traditional Chinese Interface Problems

Indeed, we simply translated English and traditional Chinese, and there are still many applications without the support of these two languages. The display screen also has various problems, so it should be optimized once. MIUI is one of the best customized UIs for Android in China. MIUI has been deeply loved by users since the first beta was launched on August 6th, 20 10. After continuous improvement, MIUI was officially launched to V5 version on March 6th, 20 13. After more than two years of upgrading, MIUI V5 was launched on 20 13.

System introduction

Through the system settings, we can see that the version of MIUI is 3.2.27, based on Android 4. 1. 1 or 4. 1.2.

The lock screen interface is as simple as before.

From the starter's point of view, the most intuitive change of MIUI V5 is the Dock part. Compared with the original version, the Dock icon has more shadows and text descriptions. In the taskbar, MIUI V5 has also reached a real full screen, instead of displaying shadows.

In addition, the shadow effect of the Dock icon can be switched by itself.

When adjusting the volume, there will be dynamic prompts such as volume adjustment and vibration in the middle of the screen.

Another change in the launcher is the icon of the folder. In the past, the icon of the folder was 2*2 and V5 was 3*3.

Some dynamic icons, such as calendar and weather, have also been redesigned.

Many plug-ins of starter have also adopted new designs, such as weather plug-in.

Click to enter the weather application, which is more powerful than ever.

The drop-down bar has changed a lot, the UI design is "rounded" and the font is much larger.

Multitasking management: pull down to lock the background application, and pull up to close it.

The folder has changed a lot, adopting full-screen style, giving people the feeling of entering the "secondary menu"

The style of setting interface is also quite different from the past, and the corner design of UI is smoother.

Like the style of the launcher, the setting interface is circular, and the setting options have not changed much, so I won't describe it in detail here.

A user account can be added with contacts bound to Sina Weibo, which is also a manifestation of localization.

The system comes with self-starting management application, which is very practical, and avoids the situation that the system starts slowly and the operation is stuck because of too much software startup and self-starting.

The system comes with a music player, and the volume can be adjusted after connecting a Bluetooth speaker.

The free desktop is more "free" than before, and the addition of plug-ins is more flexible.

Built-in applications such as flashlights also improve the appearance.

Generally speaking, the change of MIUI V5 is more of a "face project", while the overall layout and elements of the UI have not changed qualitatively. Of course, this is also the inheritance of MIUI V5 from the previous generation. For MIUI, it has done a good job in function and ease of use, so it is reasonable that V5 only improves the appearance. I believe that with the weekly update of MIUI, it will bring more practical functions to users.

The official version of MIUI V5 of Xiaomi m2 and m2s was released on April 9, 20 13, but the stable version of MIUI V5 of m 1 and m 1s finally came to us on February 6, 20 13, however, after we called for a thousand times.

Looking back on the birth of MIUI from 20 13, we can't do without your support and encouragement. From participating in the internal test, coming to the forum for feedback, and then summarizing and submitting questions, we have paid time and energy for MIUI. Two years later, you still love and hate us as always, but you have always supported and helped MIUI grow and never left. Gradually, I realized that the fetters were so heavy that it seemed indifferent to answer all the questions raised by everyone. After so long, it seems that I haven't communicated with you for a while, so I'm going to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. What happened to MIUI V4? What did the development team learn from it? How to ensure that V5 will not let history repeat itself? I will try my best to make my thoughts clear, and finally answer every feedback from carsoncheung one by one.

telephone

Use the dial-up panel to quickly find contacts, display the incoming call sticker in full screen, prompt the calling place and harassment number, and automatically mute the phone when it rings, so as to stay away from incoming calls and enjoy natural calls.

Text message

Network SMS can help you save money, and increase the function of setting the top of SMS and private SMS, so that important and private messages can be found in their proper places; There are also regular short messages to help you save time and effort, and automatically add smart addresses when sending short messages in groups.

Voice assistant

Text messages, phone calls, weather and traffic routes can also help you find the songs you want to listen to and even search for food around you. The voice assistant can understand what you said, because we use the best Chinese speech recognition technology in the world, which is provided by Iflytek. The speech recognition rate is over 90%, and the semantic understanding accuracy rate is over 85%.

Network assistant

It is accurate and reliable to query the traffic usage directly from the operator. You can view and control the data and WLAN traffic of each application, and provide the protection function of excess data traffic, so that you can use various network services with confidence.

password protection

Password protection can effectively protect your privacy. You can use numbers or graphics as the unlock password.

Authorization management

Application authorization is clear at a glance, and permission usage records can be viewed immediately.

Get your mobile phone back.

Log in with Xiaomi account and turn on the function of retrieving the mobile phone, which can quickly obtain its location when it is lost, realize remote erasure and protect your privacy.

Self-starting management

A quick view of background self-starting applications can easily close unnecessary tasks and save more system resources.

Personality theme

MIUI has thousands of personality themes and tens of thousands of personality collocations. You can visit the theme store online and get personalized themes carefully designed by thousands of famous designers at any time.

chameleon

Say goodbye to a single unlock, so that every unlock is full of expectations.

And 200 other functions make miui more comfortable to use.

Since the birth of MIUI

Many users have always missed MIUI in the 2.3 era. When V4 is facing so many problems, I have been thinking about the reasons for the success of 2.3. From 2.3 to V4, the number of development teams almost doubled. Why is V4 not recognized by users like the previous version when there are more people? When a brand-new product is first designed, it is much easier than later modification. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and there are countless possibilities before the product exists. MIUI may become a pure high-end ROM like CM or a system tailored for domestic users. Therefore, when designing the first version of MIUI, the team strictly walked through the whole product design steps: 1) to determine the user group; 2) limiting the scope of functions; 3) Design a unified interaction model; 4) Design a unified interface and vision. 5) Develop stable products through rapid iteration. 2.3 The process is like the pyramid below. The whole team is user-centered and implements a good user experience in the entire MIUI system from top to bottom.

Through this series of processes, a MIUI most suitable for local users in China was born. At this time, the MIUI user group is clear, the functional scope is clear, and the structure is unified. In addition, MIUI is not so well known by outsiders, so we have enough time to optimize and adjust the performance, and 2.3 has gradually become a classic. With the success of 2.3, more people began to notice and use MIUI, and the user base gradually expanded. The forum has become a platform for everyone to express their opinions and seek help, and the forum has also become the most concerned place for the development team. However, problems have arisen. In order to meet the needs of various user groups, MIUI began to add hundreds of functions, and this product began to become complicated. Even the members of the development team may not know what it is and where it is hidden. To manage and maintain this increasingly huge system, the development team has to expand its staff, but the new members have not experienced the complete process of MIUI design, and the design concepts and principles of the 2.3 era have gradually faded in the process of inheritance. The increasing popularity of MIUI forces the development team to keep up with the pace of development. We were forced to start running before we learned to climb.

Xiaomi 3 adopts MIUI V5 based on Android 4.2 operating system. Since May 20 14, all versions of Xiaomi 3 have been upgraded to MIUI V5 based on Android 4.4.2. Xiaomi 4 adopts MIUI V5 system based on Android 4.4, and the interface is slightly changed compared with the previous V5, which is slightly flat and concise, but the version is still V5, and the development versions of other models of Xiaomi mobile phone will also be changed in the update of198th week. At the annual conference of Xiaomi 20 14, Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Technology, briefly introduced MIUI before announcing Xiaomi Mobile Phone 4 and mi band, and announced the release date of the next version of MIUI-MIUI 6 at the end of the introduction.

On August 6, 20 14, MIUI 6 was released. Tested by 1000 people that day. It was expanded to 10000 on August 22nd. MIUI V6 development version will be downloaded in early September, and the whole line will be upgraded in June 10. Xiaomi mobile phone 2/2S/2A, Redmi and Red Rice NOTE will be tested at the end of 20 14. At the end of the conference, Lei Jun said: "We don't care whether it is the first or the second. Our future is a sea of stars. 65438+ 10 or 165438+ 10, Xiaomi will hold a press conference in the United States. Communicate our designs in the United States and don't always be accused of plagiarism. "

On the invitation letter of MIUI 6, a slogan is written in a slim font. The slogan is pun: "it looks good and good." Hong Feng, head of MIUI, said, "MIUI 6 makes the mobile phone at least lighter10g". At the scene, Hong Feng, the head of MIUI, threw a question: "What is the essence of design?" Hong Feng said that the most important part of design is content, just like seeing headphones represent music and seeing thermometers represent temperature. "MIUI design is to remove all decorative content that hinders content presentation, better present content and deal with the content itself." In MIUI 6, the interface generally adopts flat style and bright colors. The color of the icon permeates the surrounding frosted glass effect, and the color change is also emphasized in the details of application deletion: when an icon is deleted, it will be composed according to the color of the icon, and the icon will become colored fragments like fireworks.

Compass: In the past, the design of the compass emphasized the realism of the compass itself, but it was not practical when combined with the real scene. The compass design in MIUI 6 is combined with the scene in the real camera. When the camera sees the real scene, it also points out the direction, which is similar to "walking around". At the same time, the compass application also has the function of a level meter, which can check whether things are hung flush.

Weather application: MIUI extracts symbols and colors representing weather, and directly perceives the content of "rain" through the gradient of dark blue. The weather application further simulates the real scene. When the phone is tilted, raindrops will be sensed according to gravity, and the direction will change accordingly.

SMS: MIUI canceled the black-and-white boundary of the top bar of the original mobile phone, but unified it into the same white and unified the label bar.

Music application: When switching between singers and albums, the background color will change accordingly.

Mathematical algorithm: Ren Tian, chief designer of MIUI, studies mathematics. In MIUI 6, when the user presses the Home button, the application trajectory rising at the bottom rises according to the unified elliptic formula path, and similar mathematical algorithms continue in timer and other applications.

Application notification: In MIUI 6, all application notifications are divided into important and unimportant. By default, unimportant notifications are displayed at the second priority, with only an icon similar to an ellipsis at the top. When the screen is locked, the content will be put away, and only the number of important notices will be represented by numbers. They will only be displayed when triggered by clicking, and will not affect the beauty of the lock screen itself. The unread information number logo in the upper right corner of all application icons is directly connected to the notification bar. If you clear these notifications with one click in the notification bar, all the applied corners will disappear immediately.

Immersive notification bar: MIUI6 adds an immersive notification bar to make the desktop unified and concise. However, in MIUI 6 version 5. 1.23 (inclusive), only the system application of the immersive notification bar is adapted, and then the official will adapt the third-party application, and users can also immerse themselves by installing the Xposed framework.

Photo function: MIUI simplifies the photo function. When taking pictures, sliding down on the screen will switch the flip covers of the front and rear cameras, sliding to the right will bring up the filter, and the function switching panel will be drawn to the left.

Pause notification: When receiving a call, most mobile phones are usually designed to receive the notification in full screen, while MIUI 6 only leaves a pause notification at the top.

Application finishing: Smartisan OS uses 9*9 application display to solve the problem of application finishing, which is similar to the "shopping cart" in MIUI 6. In edit mode, users can temporarily put the application line at the bottom, and drag and drop the required icons to different positions of the mobile phone individually or in groups as needed.

Essential functions: MIUI 6 has also been enhanced in some essential functions: millet cloud service emphasizes collaboration between different devices; Memory optimization, intelligent power saving function; "Xiaomi Yellow Pages" integrates the functions of other Internet applications-P2P download of Thunder service, download of cheetah, antivirus and memory cleaning. 2065438+On August 13, 2005, Xiaomi Technology released MIUI V7 at the autumn new product launch conference, and adapted all its own mobile phone models and third-party models such as Galaxy S4. Download the development version on August 17, and push the V7 stable version in mid-September. MIUI7 is light and quick in system design, and continues to inherit the design concept of MIUI6 that "good looks and easy use are beautiful", adding 4 sets of system UIs, and inheriting the brand-new concept of "rejecting monotony and designing for you".

Update content

1.MIUI 7 adds 4 sets of system UI (MIUI Goddess Edition, MIUI Boys Edition, MIUI Girls Edition, MIUI Deluxe Edition).

2. Release theme production tool: MUSE

3. Show the theme "My Emperor is asleep"

4. Celebrate the fifth anniversary of MIUI 7 distribution and MIUI. MIUI theme is free for 3 days from August 13 to August 16!

5.MIUI 7 has carefully optimized large fonts, providing four font sizes: standard, medium, large and oversized, and each font has been carefully adjusted.

6. Baby photo album pet photo album

7. Children's phone show

8. Various optimization updates

9. Foreign roaming mode

10. One-key notification blocking function of notification bar

PS: MIUI7 cannot be upgraded for Xiaomi tablet. The version number of MIUI7 is 4.4.4 (5.0 for some models).