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That's a pretty big oversimplification that suggests some people hate any change, good or bad.
Rather, some people like when their cheese is moved in a way that is a clear step up from before. Some people don't like when their cheese is moved in a way that is a clear step backwards from before.
There have been times Apple did something and it was 100% standing ovation from me, with way more positives that overshadowed few negatives (click wheel iPod, my first iPad, my 2014 MBA, my 2020 M1 MBA and M1 MPB, Mavericks OS, iOS1 to iOS6, etc.). And there are times I'm instantly overcome with unhappiness and dissatisfaction (iOS7 in any form, OS Yosemite, butterfly keyboards era, iOS26 without key Accessibility options dialed in...).
It's curious to hear "complaints by a large grouping of people" be pooh-pooh'd as "aw poor baby no likey any change."
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I'm so happy I've been spared a lot of the grief many here have faced. So far the only nit I can pick is I'd like to be able to add and rearrange the categories shown int he Spotlight apps browser, but this is a very minor nit for me. Most of the changes are neutral to me (no better or worse than before).
Don't like Tahoe. Looks like an interface designed for kids. All the rounded corners seem like baby proofing the house. Like did nobody stop and ask, does this really look good? ROUND CORNER ALL THE THINGS! It's just absolutely terrible. Inconsistent and childish.
I’ve not seen anything nearly this bad, especially on light mode which seems to use a very frosted glass
It's an AppKit-specific issue. The search field looks fine in Catalyst apps (e.g. Weather, Messages).
Apple really need to accept that this is a big misstep. Don't to try to tough it out and implement a series of small refinements over several updates to move Liquid Glass in a different direction. Accept that it's not popular and do something about it right away. Mistakes get made. What matters is how they're dealt with. Every other large tech company that has made a mistake on this scale has tried to face down their users and style it out (no pun intended). Don't do it Apple. Do not subject your users to this garbage for any longer than is absolutely necessary.
While I'm in the minority here, I feel its a huge improvement over Sequoia in all ways.. Not only that but the installation was faster and smoother than Sequoia updates and my M1 Mini runs smoother and faster as well..
"...and that's all I'm gonna say about that.." Forrest Gump
"...and that's all I'm gonna say about that.." Forrest Gump
Try being a SwiftUI developer and see what happens to your apps. You now have to write conditions in your apps. One UI for Tahoe and another UI for backwards compatibility because Tahoe breaks a lot of layout with its heavy curving and padding. If you’re a one, two or three person team this is painful to modify two years of app development.
It’s made worse because this Tahoe UI is half baked and broken in places so we don’t know if we should make modifications now or wait for Apple to fix stuff. Then what happens next year? Whenever Apple introduces a new UI they change a lot of it again one year later.
Then after five years they do another major new skin. It’s just such a headache because the skins never solve a problem. They just break apps and force updates.
I get this 100%, it’s exactly how I use my iPhone, sorry ya’ll are losing something that was useful for you :/ It’s honestly really surprising they would get rid of it at all, even if their metrics say it’s rarely used. Almost seems like a deliberate choice to differentiate the platforms, which is odd given how much they tried to bring them together in the past
Personally I just use muscle memory for the apps in my dock, and everything that isn’t in my dock is used so infrequently that the apps folder being in the dock does the trick for me. I do have a spatial memory of where most of the icons are in the grid in there (their general location at least)
Nice long list, have to explore...but some subs. can probably go.
- Too bad that clipboard will only last for a day - I’ll keep my subscription on Paste then.
- Looking forward to when The Journal app will come to my country.
Hope it’s good enough. If so, I might have payed the last subscription fee to DayOne a few months ago.
Haven’t suffered badly as I got a good sub.price for their early customer. We’ll see...
Despite allI love Mac's and macOS -my most desired wish is the really small, and now lightweight, MacBook, comes back.
- Too bad that clipboard will only last for a day - I’ll keep my subscription on Paste then.
- Looking forward to when The Journal app will come to my country.
Hope it’s good enough. If so, I might have payed the last subscription fee to DayOne a few months ago.
Haven’t suffered badly as I got a good sub.price for their early customer. We’ll see...
Timmy is getting old. Hope for some really good changes when he leaves
Despite allI love Mac's and macOS -my most desired wish is the really small, and now lightweight, MacBook, comes back.
Good luck, those curves on windows and extra padding everywhere look like a PITA to work around. Sounds like job security at least, hopefully?
Out if curiosity, how did you get into being a SwiftUI dev? I’m really early on in a CS degree program, but I’d really like to learn more about UI development and SwiftUI, any tips or recommendations?
We're getting closer and closer to the design of Windows Vista... This is what happens when Sir Jony Ive is gone...
The worst MacOS UI redesign I've ever seen...
The worst MacOS UI redesign I've ever seen...
While for me, I barely notice there are any visible changes at all.
I’d say that windows 11 looks decent if you don’t peer too much beneath the surface.
If you do you still see lots of windows 8, 7 and even xp era UI
And stay in light mode, as vast amounts of the OS do not adhere to the dark mode.
One thing I don't like is the new "Apps" launcher in the dock.
Big icons with a smaller window feels cramped makes apps look like a LOT more are there, and it has me scrolling through a lot. My fingers are working harder to launch an app by mouse click. (Ya, that's the way I do it; I know many feel their way is better. I click, like on an iPhone.)
So, I decided to bring the "Applications" alias folder back to the section of the dock that Apple used several OS's ago. It is more similar to the previous "Launcher."
New iOS 26 App launcher:
My return to the Applications Alias Folder In The Dock:
So, if you don't like the new "Apps" dock launcher, try this.
Just drag the Applications folder into that section of the dock. It will then make an alias there.
Big icons with a smaller window feels cramped makes apps look like a LOT more are there, and it has me scrolling through a lot. My fingers are working harder to launch an app by mouse click. (Ya, that's the way I do it; I know many feel their way is better. I click, like on an iPhone.)
So, I decided to bring the "Applications" alias folder back to the section of the dock that Apple used several OS's ago. It is more similar to the previous "Launcher."
New iOS 26 App launcher:
My return to the Applications Alias Folder In The Dock:
So, if you don't like the new "Apps" dock launcher, try this.
Just drag the Applications folder into that section of the dock. It will then make an alias there.
I never run a brand new OS update on a production rig - not worth the headache - waiting this one out until .1
iOS yes, gorgeous, glass looking, even bounce in size when tapped. Stunning.
macOS pure lie, they are the same sh#t flat look they've been since Aqua was taken away from us.
How is it even watchOS gets liquid buttons, but the all-powerful desktop OS and hardware is left with sh#t flat buttons... I'm stunned I would expect the desktop OS to be the most feature rich, iOS second fiddle, then watchOS struggling thereafter. Bring back our animated aqua progress bars, and give us the stunning liquid button look/animations that iOS has. The flat ones in macOS look totally out of place it makes no sense at all with the immense OS and HW power and resolution sitting there.
We do not want innovation for the sake of innovation. We want innovation for a purpose.
Can’t wait until i/MacOS 27, also to be known as Solid Glass.
