MacOS used to be an amazing, but now it looks like a 3 year old designed this horrific UI!
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its quite funny that windows 11 actually looks quite decent compared to macos 26
it makes app looks like toys, not tools
Yeah... pretty funny, isn't it? A forum tradition going waaay back on just about everything Apple does.
my favorite feature of this update is watching other people get flustered while i happily remain on ios18 and sequoia
Having no launchpad has so far stopped me updating. To those that have can I ask - is the spotlight replacement a good one?
Although strictly speaking, innovation doesn't have to be anything other than just "new" to qualify, we generally expect it to also be "useful" or an "improvement". Liquid Glass is neither.
nope, cant organize apps in any way, just scroll thru or search
its app library from ios, not home screen
Yikes..I updated to 15.7 and after reading these posts, not sure I want to update to 26! Never seen so many users dislike an update like Tahoe
Agree. I had my apps in folders as on my iPhone and all that’s gone now replaced by a random jumbled mess. I’m beyond angry.
It's worthless. You're better off just using regular Spotlight CMD-SPACE and typing what you want to run. You can't customize, reorder, or even recategorize.
If your habit with Launchpad was to just type what you wanted to run, and not try to organize any of it, then there's effectively no difference.
I can't find a control to change or disable the trackpad gesture?
It’s a complete mess. So stupid like fisher-price or 1990’s General Motors interior design took over Apple and just nuked all the good stuff. Hodge podge Mischmasch, hard to achieve but I’m both pissed and disappointed.
The fact that someone at Apple is getting paid for this is beyond laughable
Anybody else having this spotlight folder appearing like every time they log in? I have to hit esc 2x to get rid of it and the GD spotlight search window. Absolutely bonkers.
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I find splotlight better than launchpad. Part of this is because I've mostly used Spotlight for a few years for finding apps. Otherwise I personally consider the browsing for app to be similar though with a smaller window. Both launched and spotlight are quick to launch.
I used to laugh at the comments about Apple being out of ideas. But with retrograde nonsense like Liquid Glass, it feels like those critics were right.
And just about anything new that Apple releases is rarely assessed as useful or an improvement, and immediately panned. A forum tradition. iPod, iPhone, iPad, Watch... for example.
Though there have been a couple of products where that was justified. Apple iPod Sox, Apple HiFi, and Apple PowerMac G4 Cube come to mind. But those were released under the previous CEO.
Which lead designer/architect at Apple is actually responsible for approving Liquid Gas?
For me it’s kinda like Apple threw in the towel on getting developers to make Mac versions of their apps, line “so who TF needs folders anymore?” became the mantra.
I love how upset people get about change.
In technical terms, innovation is a market-disrupting advancement or change. For example, the HD format, which brought new televisions onto the market.
Or innovation in colloquial language generally means something new that changes one's own experience.
However, this refers to positive experiences. Something that leads to a worse experience is not innovation.
Apple's own press photos show how the usability of the system has decreased significantly due to Liquid Glass. Apple's own notifications show how poorly AI works.
What's innovative about that? It's basically bloatware.
Jeez, the amount of liquid glass disdain on this post like it hasn't been visible in Beta the last few months. I guess maybe it's some of your first time using it hands-on. By now, I'm very used to it lol.
Anyways, I can't see an option to customize folders when I double-click on them? Anyone else? How does that feature work lol
Anyways, I can't see an option to customize folders when I double-click on them? Anyone else? How does that feature work lol
Change is good if it's innovative! Apple's software team is a joke these days.