Would be interesting if icons support two variations in iOS 15, one for Light Mode and one for Dark Mode.
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Apple's Revamped Apple Music for Artists Icon Leads to Speculation About iOS 15 Design Plans
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Would be interesting if icons support two variations in iOS 15, one for Light Mode and one for Dark Mode.
Not sure which Keynote, but the App Store icon reminds me of Office 2004 (Mac).
What happened to consistency and taste? That Music icon looks okay, but that App Store needs to tone down the amateur bevel and emboss, looks gross.
That exact design isn't the best, especially cause the shadows make the text hard to read sometimes, but I wouldn't mind something like it.
This makes perfect sense.
"Glow and Behold"
"Glow" meaning, well, glow. A big, bright change, like how macOS changed with Big Sur.
"Behold" meaning... well it's pretty self-explanatory. Handheld, being held, able to be held in the HAND... *wink wink*
I like it a lot. Finally we‘re getting back some contrasts and details on our screens. The more high res our screens got, the more details got removed from the UI suddenly. It sure makes sense we restarted with a blank canvas so to say but for my personal taste it took long enough to get back some eye candy in screen design.
Looks great. I'm still in disbelief Apple doesn't let you customize your launcher. Here's my S20FE, with a couple different app icons, custom spacing, all apps on one page, and no text to make it totally personalized to how I like it.
More consistency in the app icon design would be welcome. ios is better in this regard than Mac OS where it seems like anything goes. Also what would this new look do to the settings icon which has never matched the other app icons.
Depends as, if my memory is correct, the changed the music icon from the nice red one to coincide with the new Apple Music service launch. The logic being new icon = visual cue of updated and new features for end users.
For content creators, this may be a nudge for album and podcast artwork to implement 3D effects and developer teams to come up with a 3D icon to align with direction that Mac and iOS are headed. Some daily driver 3rd party apps on Big Sur stick out like a sore thumb compared to stock ones.
Agreed. Arguing over aesthetics is one of the most pointless things ever.
To be fair I finally started to like the latest design philosophy, realising the potential of what Yosemite did (badly).
I'm not sure going back to a bevel look would be appropriate, but we'll see.
At least I appreciate Apple always doing its thing, regardless of what else happens in the tech world.
I'm not sure going back to a bevel look would be appropriate, but we'll see.
At least I appreciate Apple always doing its thing, regardless of what else happens in the tech world.
That'd be pretty cool.
I like the colourful look of the Ui, but it works much better in light mode; as a dark mode user myself I'd like some muted icons, maybe even monochrome.
Correct. I should have quoted the OP wher they inadvertently listed it as “...macOS 10.12...” Has since been fixed. As you were. 😜
iTunes was gracefully divided into several apps, like a fragmentation grenade. iTunes started as a big mess 2 decades ago, it just keeps getting worse...
No, it's actually skeuomorphic once again. I cannot believe that Apple moved away form that previously!
Scott!!!!!