It's not distracting - it's actively helpful. It helps you understand how the parts of the user interface are separated, and so guides in how to interact.
I yearn for the menus of Windows 98 whenever I'm forced to use a new/updated ios app, and don't understand where to swipe to get it do to what I want.
Back then, software even came with manuals, and often a useful "help" menu right in the application. Now, when you google "how to x in app y", you end up on some spammy help-page that spends 5 paragraphs (with ads) to tell you to "pinch and then swipe" or whatever.
I yearn for the menus of Windows 98 whenever I'm forced to use a new/updated ios app, and don't understand where to swipe to get it do to what I want.
Back then, software even came with manuals, and often a useful "help" menu right in the application. Now, when you google "how to x in app y", you end up on some spammy help-page that spends 5 paragraphs (with ads) to tell you to "pinch and then swipe" or whatever.