the UX for the UI is the worst ever now. multiple taps within apps etc. its super confusing and a huge step backwards. did they have real humans agree to these changes from iOS18?
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Everything New in iOS 26.1 Beta 1
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Real humans, that are apparently really poorly trained in UI and UX.
It's really disheartening that they think this is "good".
Do playlists sorted in ‘title’ order on iPhone, show in title order on CarPlay? Currently CarPlay shows songs in ‘playlist’ order despite the sort order being by title on the phone. It’s really annoying me as you can’t change it within CarPlay itself - at least I don’t know how to do it if there is.
Regarding Tahoe: I expect a mess like this from Microsoft. I expect it when I meddle with Linux without understanding. It feels like one of those fancy new Linux distros that come out from time to time to be better than any other distro. It feels so not like Apple. Everything feels not right. Like: ChatGPT, I want to make MacOS glassy. Let's go!
Regarding iOS: I could accept some parts of it but oh my dear there are so many bugs. And dumb design choices. Why can't I click on the name of a person to call back? I have to move my thumb up up up to the small circle? What?
It is so... let's add some extra steps so people can spend more time on the phone? I don't get it.
Agree totally. Tahoe screenshots, to me, look like a Linux theme that's trying to be like macOS.
The thing that annoys me the most is that media is playing it all down. Like: People also were upset by former major design changes. But it's not the case. In the past I liked some of their changes more, some less. But no matter what they changed, it still felt like iOS and MacOS. But this abomination feels like constantly playing Bejeweled. In my Mail.app. In my notes app. In my browser.
They want the corners of windows, pop-ups and content to have the same radius as the corners of the display. This fails to acknowledge that everything having the same radius just does not look good - to say nothing of the space that gets wasted by such a large radius.
Increased Contrast looked AMAZING up until the .1 beta. Now, instead of outlined icons and buttons, we have a smudgy darker version of the liquid glass. The result - folders are once again lost to wallpapers as they were in iOS 7.
The point is that it’s meant to IMPROVE visual legibility, not make it worse. Who the hell is signing off in this garbage?
The point is that it’s meant to IMPROVE visual legibility, not make it worse. Who the hell is signing off in this garbage?
I run 26 on my test iPad and am keeping it off every other device in my household until it matures—maybe by .4
(You assume that detractors are ignorant.)
Some users refer to the 6-7 transition.
Sure, many things were different, however, it wasn’t a trip into fuzzy icons, fuzzy frosting, etc.
Yesterday, I read on another platform that this is purposeful, to focus the user on what an app is doing, and to turn the interface itself into art.
I switch apps many, many times each hour. If the in-app experience is richer at the expense of overall navigation, I don’t consider that a win.
Since the other user admitted to being on 18.7, which is not possible to downgrade to, they haven't used it so yes they're ignorant.
As someone else mentioned, this would not be a 26.1 change. Nonetheless, I disagree. I quite like this new design a lot. It was overwhelming at first, yes, but as I've been on it since June 9 I've grown very used to it. I think it looks fantastic. Granted, I loved iOS 6 and earlier as well as iOS 7 - 14. Around iOS 15 was when the design started to stale for me, personally.
I downgraded my 13 mini to 18.6.2 and applied the 18.7 fix. All but one of my household’s i-devices are 18.7. Is that so difficult?
Gotta say: Whether or not folks like Liquid Glass, these threads are meaner, nastier and more unpleasant than ever before. Chill a little, please.
Well if you’re gonna use a flat black background, that’s kinda what I expected
As an old guy, I’m not having issues. Sorry you are
What bothers me about this discourse is that the people who don't like Liquid Glass can easily disable it through accessibility options. Plenty of people like it and the whole contrast argument is genuinely a non-issue for them.