And the rounded corners for Apple apps are just hideous on MacOS.
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Here's How the iOS 26.1 Transparency Toggle Changes Liquid Glass
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That’s EXACTLY why there’s a public beta and why you should never proofread your own writing.
Still doesn't mean I know everything that's why I ask... btw still working on (almost done) Tho I need to test the app like on iPhone pro to see if everything works fine you know...
That’s my point. Ever since Apple allowed every Tom, Dick and Harry to have a free developer account essentially to access the betas, these people use DB1 as if it were the final release and how it’s gonna be after 3 months of updates, changes and fixes in September. Use the Public Beta when it’s available, that’s fine. But while nearly everyone here knows that DB1&2 are usually the most unstable, the general public doesn’t. Which is why they wait a month to release the Public Beta for the normal people.
You're right, there are more UI element flaws in Tahoe than just transparency. My first annoyance was the larger curved radius for window corners, which made things look cheap, but that's gradually faded into the background for me. I don't use Facetime so I hadn't noticed its issues. Control Center in Tahoe mimicking its appearance in iOS and iPadOS, despite its originally being designed for a touch interface instead, is also annoying, but I try not to think about it. I don't use it for much anyway. If rumors are true about Apple releasing a touchscreen Macbook in a year or two, macOS's Control Center will be ready for it, I guess.
My bigger beef is the one you raise about the System Settings app: it's a mess. But that was true before Tahoe, starting with the redesign in Ventura in 2022 to make it like the Settings app in iOS/iPadOS. This might have been a workable interface if they'd done it right, but the way they've implemented it is clumsy. And as you say, searching for settings is a pain, especially since many or most of the named settings can't be found when you type them into the Settings app's search field. This seems so strange, since it should be a fairly simple task that even a programmer with medium skills would be able to fix it.
I expect we're going to see Apple walk this design back in the coming years. The entire design language is based on what's happening on Vision Pro which in itself is a product Apple is distancing itself from. Sure flat design is overdue for an evolution but this ain't it.
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I believe you can turn off all translucency under the accessibility options, which behave differently to this new control.
I can understand why some won't like the floating UI elements. Having certain UI controls floating in isolation can seem out of place. In some cases, they can get disguised amongst the content when you're not expecting there to be a control in a specific place.
So many toggles just to get a bad UI into a useable state ...
We've been playing this game since iOS7.
We've been playing this game since iOS7.
I find this screenshot way more informative than the article itself. Why the hell is it a video, on YT no less, instead of a well written article with many many screenshots, showing the differences between sw versions? Really pathetic to put it on a money making platform.
But but, the new entrance to the Louvre has been entirely made out of glass for many many years now!
The default Safari behaviour is annoying, thankfully you can set it back to how it was!
Go to Settings>Apps>Safari and then select "Bottom" under the Tabs heading.
You're welcome.
EDIT: TIP If you kept the new Safari UI, If you double tap the 3 dots, it takes you directly to the tabs view.
Though, I still prefer the old design, which as I said, you can restore.
Me too- except for the horrendous Notification Center (especially the slow swipe down animation!!!!!!)
Even Apple knows they screwed it up with this iOS Vista crap. But at this point they are in too deep and now enough people have been fired to roll this back.
It’s a start. Now another toggle to turn off the over the top animations everywhere. Embarrassing for Apple, who used to set the standard for good ui, that they completely ignored the most important rules for animations in UI
Apple is spending a LOT of time to this liquid-aqua-whatever and making sure that we can tweak this part of the GUI the way we want.
This does not show self-confidence, because if Apple was sure that this is the best and this is the way forward, they would give it to us and say "Here it is and it is wonderful!". Like Steve Jobs did.
Make Air drop 100% for starters and stop this nonsense.
This does not show self-confidence, because if Apple was sure that this is the best and this is the way forward, they would give it to us and say "Here it is and it is wonderful!". Like Steve Jobs did.
Make Air drop 100% for starters and stop this nonsense.
Liquid Glass looks beautiful on my iPhone Air. The design pairs extremely well with thin devices such as the OLED iPad Pro and iPhone Air. Hopefully, this option will give Apple the opportunity to take the Liquid Glass design further.
Oh my god the bottom is so much better how did they let the above one release as standard.
