Now I've had a week or so to get used to it, I'm finding it ok. Some of the translucency is bit tricky at times-i've not accessed the accessibility settings to change it because I want to stick it out. I think another issue for me is clutter-sometimes it feels like a few of the UI elements are too close together, then combine that with the translucency and it becomes difficult to use.
Safari I think for, so far, is the worst app of all of them. Everything else I'm ok with, but it just feels messy. I don't like the button to open a menu to access all tabs: give me the old one back. Sometimes there is too much going on in Safari on the websites I'm using to then add clunky buttons or translucent elements
I like it. Not liking the battery drain. I for one had grown to like iOS 18 photos after customising it to minimal. I like the new photos layout but would have liked the ability to deselect some of the collection options so as to minimalise that page without just collapsing them. Not a major gripe!
My battery drain on my 15PM (95% bat. health) was ok after a couple of days. My 17PM battery seems to be draining at the same rate-I only ever charge to 80%, and by the end of the day yesterday, I was down to around 18%.
In regards to Photos, ended up making it work in much the same way, but I do like the Photos app now. The tab to flick between camera roll and folders makes it much easier to use. And the fact you can minimise the categories in the collections tab is handy too. I Sync albums from my Mac, and one gripe i've always had is that aswell as syncing the folders I select, I always get a 'People' folder too: which I don't want! I have that in the Photos app, I don't eed one created when I sync the photos from the Mac. No way to stop it though, which is annoying!
