I don’t know what to say. For me it’s the worst iOS design I’ve ever seen. In the keynote it looked nice but when I’m using it I get annoyed.
I absolutely love Liquid Glass on my iPhone and iPad, and was sorely disappointed with the frosting applied in Beta 3. The way the elements react to touch and the various animations are gorgeous. Even my 69 year old mother really liked it and made no complaints about legibility; she even wanted me to install the beta on her iPhone 13, but I wisely told her to wait for the final release. I’ve seen some say that Liquid Glass is distracting from the content yet I feel the exact opposite - it subtly disappears and I find it less intrusive than the old UI elements in iOS 18. But as you say, like anything, some will love it and others will hate it.I like it more than I thought I would as some have also stated. Yes, there is a lot of work still to do. Several people that have seen it that would never visit Macrumors forums think it looks amazing and can’t wait to try it.
I like the whimsy where it comes in. I’m only doing the beta on my iPhone. The Mac needs a lot more attention and it just won’t get it fast enough. The contradictions in design are apparent that not everyone at is on the same page. On one hand you have the tortoise and the hare in Podcasts coming back for speed controls (last seen on iOS 6), the updated Camera app icon from iOS 6, and then you have the Mickey Mouse glove robbed from macOS. Makes no sense.
Sure the iPhone is a tool of utilitarian function. However, having lively animations that are done right can give the device a playfulness that conjures an emotional response. I think that same ideology is what saved from fatality when the iMac was born. Why can’t it look cool and have a personality? To hell with the iOS 7 era stretch we have been stuck with. Hopefully this evolves into something great. Time will tell, and of course there are a lot of things to iron out that will happen well after general public release.
No way a design change is going to appeal to everyone. Never does in any industry. I’m on board with seeing how this plays out, and I don’t want to roll my device back now.
To be fair, now in Beta 4 two months later it is a lot better. Still many inconsistencies, and it gets worse on the desktop and most definitely on watchOS. The phone is in my opinion at its best when in dark mode. But 100x better now then when it was just released. When it was just released it was nothing like the developer conference presented experience.I absolutely love Liquid Glass on my iPhone and iPad, and was sorely disappointed with the frosting applied in Beta 3. The way the elements react to touch and the various animations are gorgeous. Even my 69 year old mother really liked it and made no complaints about legibility; she even wanted me to install the beta on her iPhone 13, but I wisely told her to wait for the final release. I’ve seen some say that Liquid Glass is distracting from the content yet I feel the exact opposite - it subtly disappears and I find it less intrusive than the old UI elements in iOS 18. But as you say, like anything, some will love it and others will hate it.
I would love to, but I have no idea how to do it.Just roll it back and forget it existed… UX nightmare
Ah, amazing, thanks!You might need to download the iOS 18 IPSW file and restore to a fresh install, then backup from there. After you’ve grabbed the IPSW file, hold down option when clicking the Restore button and it should let you navigate to and select the IPSW. There’s more detailed instructions around if you do a search on restore from IPSW. Good luck!