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Apple UI Design Chief Alan Dye Leaving for Meta
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Apple, Quickly hire a new designer. So we can dump Liquid (Gl)Ass as asap.
Good. Now bring someone in who actually cares for productivity instead of emojis, memojis, liquid bull and other childish nonsense.
Great! Another reason not to buy Meta hardware - the UI is terrible!
In all seriousness, good riddance.
In all seriousness, good riddance.
If someone waived dumb money, you wouldn’t take it? Let Zuck drain the Meta coffers
You mean them having their fingers all over you data wasn’t enough of a reason?
I like liquid glass and the rounded corners but I really hate the way the files sidebar must be all gray, is very hard to rearrange, and cannot get icons, etc. It's just really hard to navigate. The timing of it going gray seems to be about when he took over, right?
Because I know they can do colors.
Hopefully this ends the low-contrast, painful-if-your-eyes-aren't-perfect designs all around.
Because I know they can do colors.
Hopefully this ends the low-contrast, painful-if-your-eyes-aren't-perfect designs all around.
Folks, Apple found Dye just wasn't quite ready to truly delight customers, so he had to be moved. Not to worry, because the UI pipeline has never been stronger.
One more thing.... Apple is thrilled to announce a revolutionary advancement in the leadership of UI and his name is Steve Lemay. Like our founder, Steve will take UI to a whole new level, based on his years of extraordinary work on game-changing features. Stay tuned!
One more thing.... Apple is thrilled to announce a revolutionary advancement in the leadership of UI and his name is Steve Lemay. Like our founder, Steve will take UI to a whole new level, based on his years of extraordinary work on game-changing features. Stay tuned!
This guy has very clearly lost a step. I'm excited to see Apple's software UI/UX get back on track.
If this means we can start killing Liquid Glass I’m very happy
Good. The new head has been there since 1999, so. That’s great. Maybe he’ll make things look as nice and as functional as they did back then up until 2014.
The design team was reporting to Jeff Williams before he left. I doubt that’s any different.
Good luck Alan.
As for Liquid Glass, I really don’t see why so many people dislike it. I’ve had no issues with the UI. I can clearly see the elements. If I was to complain about anything, it would be the use of the Reply icon in Mail as an Action button. This hasn’t made sense for years, yet I haven’t seen one person complain about that.
As for Liquid Glass, I really don’t see why so many people dislike it. I’ve had no issues with the UI. I can clearly see the elements. If I was to complain about anything, it would be the use of the Reply icon in Mail as an Action button. This hasn’t made sense for years, yet I haven’t seen one person complain about that.
I don't understand all you Liquid Glass whiners. its barely noticeable and when it is its a cool effect 🤷♂️ and Vision OS is awesome
Solid surfaces help us organize our world and understand where things begin and end. Picture your home, the buildings around you and the streets filled with completely transparent objects, where the only way to tell things apart is through weird light diffraction patterns. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
In short, transparency sucks.
macOS 27 - now with less Liquid Glass - I'm glad I stayed on macOS Sequoia on my production machine!!! Yes!!! Hate how liquid glass is implemented on macOS...