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Developer's Visual Comparison of macOS Catalina and Big Sur Offers Closer Look at Apple's UI Redesign for Macs
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Can you turn off translucency for the menu bar?
Disagree. Aqua was more candified and playful than either the Yosemite look or the Big Sur look. If anything, it looks more utilitarian than previous versions.
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It’s a 3D icon that is mean to look like a bulging text bubble. It is a physically accurate reflection. It does look out of place though, along with the battery health icon.
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Yeah... I remember the glorious days of when cars had fins. I don't want those coming back either.
Despite Apple saying touchscreen Mac's are wrong this all seems to fit a touchscreen design.
I‘m not a fan. Apple has always advertised emphasizing the content. But now they are blurring the line between content and controls, e.g. in the window title „bars“.
Soon the Mac will be nothing more than an Apple version of the Surface Pro and it will just be iOS.
Can’t promise anything but I have used for 2 weeks on my company Mac and did not have a single issue except for some very minor UI glitches (mainly related to widgets).
I love it. Fresh. Brings a more holistic approach to Apple's eco-system. Expected with the move to AS.
Mac OS was starting to look or was a hotch potch of the last ten years. It needed picking up by the neck and given a good wash.
Just waiting for Apple to ship a new iMac so I can try it out.
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A good thing. As Apple will do it better.
Azrael.
Mac OS was starting to look or was a hotch potch of the last ten years. It needed picking up by the neck and given a good wash.
Just waiting for Apple to ship a new iMac so I can try it out.
Azrael.
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A good thing. As Apple will do it better.
Azrael.
Actually, they’ve been heading in the other direction - the iPad broke off and is now called iPadOS rather than iOS, OSX was renamed to macOS.
Of course it’s all the same thing under the hood. But it makes me think they won’t have one unifying brand name for all their operating systems.
You and me both. The people trashing this are just looking for stuff to complain about like they do every single release. You'd think after the disaster that was Catalina they'd appreciate this...but yeah, no. "Ewwwww...the new icons are disgusting, blah blah blah...made for kids...blah blah..."
The white bezel at the top follows the design choice of File Explorer in Windows 10. In its default state, it will prove difficult to use for persons with visual disabilities.
macOS 11 Big Sur is the next major release of Apple's operating system for Mac, and following its preview at WWDC, one of the biggest discussions has revolved around the all-new user interface redesign.
Developers are still learning what the impact the new UI will have on their apps, and with that in mind, app designer Andrew Denty has compiled an extensive visual comparison of the user interface changes between macOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur.
The side-by-side comparisons cover changes to Finder, Preview, System Preferences, the menu bar, Notification Center, Safari, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, Notes, Photos, Apple Music, Podcasts, and many other native apps.
Overall, Denty's takeaway is that the UI differences in Big Sur aren't as dramatic as he first thought, consisting of a "largely incremental set of changes to make macOS feel more coherent with iOS and iPad OS."
That said, he thinks Apple "still has a vast amount of work to do to perfect the new macOS UI" before it exits the beta, and he hopes to see more consistency in the launch experience of apps, as well as more visual separation in elements like status bars and path bars, which he admits "look a little unloved" and don't yet feel properly integrated.
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Big Sur is available for developers at the current time, but Apple also plans to make a beta available for public beta testers in July, followed by an official release in the fall. What are your thoughts on the redesigned UI? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to check out our Big Sur roundup for an extensive look at all the new features.
Article Link: Developer's Visual Comparison of macOS Catalina and Big Sur Offers Closer Look at Apple's UI Redesign for Macs
yes but... did they fix all of the Catalina problems so many people are complaining about?
I mean, it is a great day if all of the issues with Big Sur are about the shadow on the icons.
(I don't have Catalina yet, so don't ask me to be more specific)
I mean, it is a great day if all of the issues with Big Sur are about the shadow on the icons.
(I don't have Catalina yet, so don't ask me to be more specific)
When the desktop picture is dark the selected folder in the Finder sidebar isn't visible. The same happens in apps with a dark theme and file open dialogs. The extra whitespace wasn't necessary.
Don't try to get rid of the ridiculously transparent menubar because you then get menubar applets white in white.
Quite a few apps crash. I can make TextEdit crash with simple text files. The new iOS messageboxes look ridiculous. Even there displaying lots of text is too complicated because the text shows up below the scrollbar.
Yes, BS it looks "fresh" - whatever that means - but the usability has gotten even worse.
Don't try to get rid of the ridiculously transparent menubar because you then get menubar applets white in white.
Quite a few apps crash. I can make TextEdit crash with simple text files. The new iOS messageboxes look ridiculous. Even there displaying lots of text is too complicated because the text shows up below the scrollbar.
Yes, BS it looks "fresh" - whatever that means - but the usability has gotten even worse.
Not a big fan of the rounded dock and new icons but what of that? There isn't much you can do to keep those "updated" except slightly change their appearance from time to time. Remember when OS X first arrived it was "lickable" yet eventually that look became worn and dated. Twas ever thus.
So beautiful icons are now constrained to what is on the iPhone? Thats sad. They look all needlessly boxy. A better idea would be to make all the iPhone icons not boxy.
Indeed! All that white makes no sense, looks like Windows. It's much better now, definitely a step back. Typical.
I get that it looks more like iOS, and it's really not a huge deal, but it marks yet another drop in visual fidelity that I have always loved so much about MacOS. That was part of what gave it a premium feel that felt great and that Windows users envied. As always with Apple, sometimes I feel they run with philosophical changes that cheapen the platform. But it could've been worse...
I ***hate*** that they are trading an icon for the search box in so many apps & OSs. I
Yep. Federighi claims that making all of the app icons the same size ands shape "reduces fatigue" but the more everything looks the same size and shape, the more energy it requires to tell it apart.
The bigger issue is when they give up and just add a white round rect backdrop to the icon because they're too lazy to redesign it in their preferred shape. At least I could tell the old Safari icon apart from every other blue icon.
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Yes, this is what I need to know!
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This is one of the best updates in a very long time. I love the fact that we've done away with old-fashioned window frames, which were minimal already in past releases and that space is now occupied by tools and titles. I honestly adore the new look. There are a few glitches but nothing to write home about. My only question is, will we get a Dev Beta 2 this evening along with a Public Beta 1 release?
Apple said they wouldn't make a phone.
And they did.
Apple say 'alot' of things.
Touch screen Macs are coming. And Big Sur aint too subtle about that. (Everything nicely spaced out and finger slider, press and finger 'touch' shaped...)
A Surface style product pending.
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It makes the last ten years seem dated. It was once design tweaked bolted onto another.
This seems far fresher and unifies Mac OS with the fundamental eco-system of iOS.
The iPad OS moves to Mac OS. The Mac OS moves to iOS/iPad OS.
Convergence.
Azrael.
I whole-heartedly agree with your assessment. It's all becoming rather childish in appearance.
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Yes. This.
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Yes, but the question is: how do you install it to an external drive?