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Apple's WWDC 2025 Playlists Hint at iOS 26's New Liquid Glass Design
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It’s playlist artwork. Of course it’s going to be simplistic.
Even if I’m wrong, maybe instead of judging a book by its cover give it an actual chance upon reveal at WWDC? But I genuinely don’t believe we should be forming our opinions based on playlist artwork, lol.
The worst thing to even happen to iOS (and later macOS)
some of these comments are a bit hyperbolic but i will say, if this design change turns out to be another wrong move...
one interesting thought i've had is the divergence with google's material 3. material 3 gives more of that "warm nostalgia" vibes that makes me think of the movie her, which seems fitting for the AI era. whereas this liquid glass stuff feels a little windows vista to me.
one interesting thought i've had is the divergence with google's material 3. material 3 gives more of that "warm nostalgia" vibes that makes me think of the movie her, which seems fitting for the AI era. whereas this liquid glass stuff feels a little windows vista to me.
If you're wrong, and this is what it looks like .. why should we not be forming opinions about it?
You want to have it both ways -- it doesn't work like that Eve
It'd be better to simply say "yes, I'll be back here admitting I was wrong if it turns out this was indeed the look".
Yes, we need a design that takes full advantage beautiful retina screens.
...for content. Photos, videos.
Not to distract away from them with superfluous shadows and transparency.
You must be joking. It's bland. I feel like the kid who says, "The Emperor has no clothes!" And here you are saying, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
Pretty much - yep.
I'm mainly worried about usability with changes like these if I'm being honest.
If this is true, you bet the older folks will want an option to put it back so they can actually see things on the screen.
Yeah... us crazy "gettin older folk" who want to "see things on the screen"
LOL
What is wrong with us!?
Why not have the ui be just as vibrant and detailed as your content? The original iOS wasn’t intended for retina screens, but it looked incredible. To this day many people still prefer it over the iOS7 redesign.
Announcing a phone that size would make this the best WWDC ever.
For real.
I long for the time when making tech things smaller was cool.
We could use some of that again.
Bring back all the power features of NeXTStep--Server features with an entirely updated Netinfo, mail server, web, etc--with ObjC 4.0 (fully modernized and not crippled) including C23/C+-23/Fortran 2023/Swift 7 fully interoperable with each language and I would still fire the UX if the UI has such a basic look for Icons.
Add an Apple ease of use Mesh Networking API and internal stack for 5G and up to Wifi 7 with early 6G APIs, plus a full approach API for HPC/AI exposed where appropriate in all targeted developer APIs, future of Pixelmator Pro and how it will enhance macOS, be enhanced, etc.
Can we get roadmaps on Logic, Final Cut, Motion, etc?
Add an Apple ease of use Mesh Networking API and internal stack for 5G and up to Wifi 7 with early 6G APIs, plus a full approach API for HPC/AI exposed where appropriate in all targeted developer APIs, future of Pixelmator Pro and how it will enhance macOS, be enhanced, etc.
Can we get roadmaps on Logic, Final Cut, Motion, etc?
turbineseaplane said:
If you're wrong, can we count on you to own up to that later today?eveluvsrainbows said:
Even if I’m wrong, maybe instead of judging a book by its cover give it an actual chance upon reveal at WWDC? But I genuinely don’t believe we should be forming our opinions based on playlist artwork, lol.Well, that is certainly not a "yes"! 🤣
Transparency is the absolute opposite of that. I always disable it (whenever possible) because the stuff "underneath" pushing color though, or showing a fuzzed out version of it, is distracting, and visually overloading.
Very classic "Heads I win, Tails you lose" stuff
I don't, I have a phone that's stuck on iOS6 and it's really awful. I think people are way too nostalgic for it because it's not in front of them and they only remember a few things.