I'm seeing a huge discombobulated mess I want no part of.
It's so depressing that they thought any of this was a good idea.
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Do you like Liquid Glass on Mac?
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I'm seeing a huge discombobulated mess I want no part of.
It's so depressing that they thought any of this was a good idea.
In its current state, I find macOS Tahoe very ugly. For the time being, I will stick with macOS Sequoia.
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The new 'tinted' option feels like a slap in the face. I mean, do these guys actually communicate with each other?
Music: Tinted
Music: Clear
The additional 2% opaqueness is about as useful a chocolate kettle.
Finder: Tinted
Finder: Clear
Tinted adds more shadow. That isn't tinting, that's... well adding more shadow. Maybe Apple's engineers know more about the physics of glass than me.
On the bright side, the border of each button is now more defined.
I can almost feel the struggle with this one. How does one present a 100% of an image in its original format without altering the window corner radius.
"It's okay guys! The bottom corners usually aren't important. Just tell 'em to zoom out."
- Some bonehead
Music: Tinted
Music: Clear
The additional 2% opaqueness is about as useful a chocolate kettle.
Finder: Tinted
Finder: Clear
Tinted adds more shadow. That isn't tinting, that's... well adding more shadow. Maybe Apple's engineers know more about the physics of glass than me.
On the bright side, the border of each button is now more defined.
I can almost feel the struggle with this one. How does one present a 100% of an image in its original format without altering the window corner radius.
"It's okay guys! The bottom corners usually aren't important. Just tell 'em to zoom out."
- Some bonehead
It's made naff all difference for me. The change is so subtle it's not worth it. I saw a screen shot of sequoia earlier and forgot how good it looked because it did exactly what Liquid Glass was meant to which is get out of the way. The bottom screen shot of yours alone has 4 things that should never have passed testing.
The corner radius - crops images as shown AND wastes space (toolbars and icons have less space as they have to be moved inwards to accommodate the daft radius).
The edge of the image is far too close to the edge of the window. Either add a little padding so its not jarring or get rid of the border completely.
The weird floaty buttons that are meant to be layers of glass but are really an ugly shape with misaligned icons with a massive shadow underneath making it float way above the surface its meant to sit on.
I genuinely regret 'upgrading'. I have no interest in ANY of the 'features' they've added. All I got was a **** looking UI with even ******** UX.
Great to hear (read) that. I'm guessing we're similar regional dialect
Tha's got that reight!Great to hear (read) that. I'm guessing we're similar regional dialect
I like tinted glass on iOS because it doesn't have the clear background for Message previews on a locked screen.
I'm honestly struggling to even see a difference in the screenshots a few posts up.
That's "it"?
Those are their tweaks to help fix this mess?
That's "it"?
Those are their tweaks to help fix this mess?
Seriously Apple WTF I reported this issue with the downloads folder a few days after 26.0 came out and it's not fixed in 26.1:-
Also posted it here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/do-you-like-liquid-glass-on-mac.2462862/post-34165850
Also posted it here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/do-you-like-liquid-glass-on-mac.2462862/post-34165850
I just laughed for real when I tried that tinted option.... I have a feeling the guys that enabled that are actually sitting in their workstation laughing their assess of on us.
To be honest I think I see a bit of a difference in Music, but those two screenshots of Finder look completely identical to me 😬
there's no pleasing you moany lot, just squint until it tints, this is cutting edge stuff.
So, it appears the latest iOS beta has a Liquid Glass slider - of sorts - for the lock screen.
There is only one response to this.
This has to be a step in the right direction. Fundamentally the UI is flawed, but a slider to effect system wide transparency would at least mitigate some issues.
There is only one response to this.
This has to be a step in the right direction. Fundamentally the UI is flawed, but a slider to effect system wide transparency would at least mitigate some issues.
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yes!
moreover, let macOS have independent Reduced Transparency and Increase Contrast Settings like iOS 26.1. Why differentiation?
Is anyone else surprised Apple didn’t alter the system alert sounds to tie-in with Liquid Glass, given what a dramatic overhaul it is?
The changes they made for Big Sur were unnecessary in my opinion, just altering the sounds for the sake of it.
The changes they made for Big Sur were unnecessary in my opinion, just altering the sounds for the sake of it.
I mean, I'm still waiting for the return of the backlit Apple logo on laptop lids............
I just hope it blinks on the lid and plays the fanfare sound when they bring it back, but its outline also morphs with the wallpaper on my screen, so I can see it through any context menu I have open. and it also better be a touchscreen, so I can trace my precious blinking logo with my finger, setting off emoji fireworks as I do. my productivity will skyrocket.