The rounding corner thing is infuriating. It’s just wasting screen space for no benefit.
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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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The rounding corner thing is infuriating. It’s just wasting screen space for no benefit.
My iPhone is my only device I thought i am was safe to update to iOS 26 considering it was released publicly but won’t be making that mistake again .
Will be buying a hard drive and doing weekly backups of photos from now on .
I’m finding things seem to work more smoothly, snappier and perhaps a bit better with this upgrade. But I don’t care for the look of it or the ghost images behind windows and panels even with the transparency turned as far down as possible. I find it distracting as if it’s not working right. I prefer the way things looked in 18.
Overall I think it looks gimmicky. In the way things look and are arranged none of it looks better or more intuitive, but rather just looks different for the sake of looking different.
I feel they could have upgraded the OS to work more smoothly and snappier—that alone would have been worth celebrating—without changing the look of everything that seems to have pissed off so many people.
Overall I think it looks gimmicky. In the way things look and are arranged none of it looks better or more intuitive, but rather just looks different for the sake of looking different.
I feel they could have upgraded the OS to work more smoothly and snappier—that alone would have been worth celebrating—without changing the look of everything that seems to have pissed off so many people.
I completely understand that. The title stating the OP loathes the entire update isn’t followed up with anything in the post other than it’s ugly and a couple of other vague criticisms.
My point was that if you’re going to go so far as to say you loathe the update, follow it up with some specific, actionable points. I doubt the Apple people will learn much from this particular customer.
I've upgraded all three of my devices — MacBook Air M1, Apple TV 4K, and iPhone 13 Pro. It is a bit jarring to get used to, but humans are known to adapt. After a week, you'll have adjusted.
When my Mac first rebooted after the update, and I saw how the buttons appeared on the introductory screens, I said "uh oh, this can't be good", because they were totally lacking in contrast and nearly invisible against the background, but they didn't represent the entire Liquid Glass effect across the system.
On my iPhone, I also notice "visually taxing" interface elements that boggle the brain. The clock is now hidden behind my Lock Screen wall paper subject, so it can be hard to read the time.
But here's the good news — there are *plenty* of customization options to tweak the appearance to meet your needs. The out-of-box design is not going to be compatible with everyone.
Be patient, investigate the customization options, and use the Feedback Assistant app on your Mac (if you have one) to politely share your experience with Apple so that they can continue to refine the appearance.
Or stomp your feet and switch to Android. You have choices. 🤓
When my Mac first rebooted after the update, and I saw how the buttons appeared on the introductory screens, I said "uh oh, this can't be good", because they were totally lacking in contrast and nearly invisible against the background, but they didn't represent the entire Liquid Glass effect across the system.
On my iPhone, I also notice "visually taxing" interface elements that boggle the brain. The clock is now hidden behind my Lock Screen wall paper subject, so it can be hard to read the time.
But here's the good news — there are *plenty* of customization options to tweak the appearance to meet your needs. The out-of-box design is not going to be compatible with everyone.
Be patient, investigate the customization options, and use the Feedback Assistant app on your Mac (if you have one) to politely share your experience with Apple so that they can continue to refine the appearance.
Or stomp your feet and switch to Android. You have choices. 🤓
The "Increase Contrast" option in Accessibility *immediately* solves that. Try it. You can also try the "Reduce Transparency" option, but I found that to be too much when combined with Increase Contrast. One of both of those options may help you.
Have to agree, I don't like IOS 26 either. I get it some people will love it. Everybody likes different things, but to me Apple have lost their way.
Lots of users, People on Youtube etc, will defend Apple for whatever they do, that's fine as well.
Have been thinking about getting a Zfold 7 since the summer and with IOS 26 and the new Iphone 17 pro max release, Apple have made my choice easy.
If Steve was still here he would have sacked the lot of them.
Enjoy the new update and phone 17 everyone, Its certainly not for me.
Lots of users, People on Youtube etc, will defend Apple for whatever they do, that's fine as well.
Have been thinking about getting a Zfold 7 since the summer and with IOS 26 and the new Iphone 17 pro max release, Apple have made my choice easy.
If Steve was still here he would have sacked the lot of them.
Enjoy the new update and phone 17 everyone, Its certainly not for me.
My sentiments exactly, although I'm not switching to an Android phone. I have used iPhone since the very first one, and I have never had an issue with iOS design. This is the first time that I truly dislike the design. It's just so ugly. The highlighted edges on the icons is the worst part imo.
I hate it too. I could roll it back but that's the same as starting over with a fresh phone.. I'd have to re-add all my Google accounts and everything else. If I do that I will go buy an Android phone.
The thing that has be pissed off right now is Recent Calls. What idiot thought it was a good idea to make you have to go into a Recent call record and then MARK READ to make it clear the notification??? This is insane.
I won't even go into how stupid "liquid glass" looks and "reduce transparency" doesn't stop the stupid animations.
I'm definitely NOT upgrading my Mac. I almost did and decided not to.
The thing that has be pissed off right now is Recent Calls. What idiot thought it was a good idea to make you have to go into a Recent call record and then MARK READ to make it clear the notification??? This is insane.
I won't even go into how stupid "liquid glass" looks and "reduce transparency" doesn't stop the stupid animations.
I'm definitely NOT upgrading my Mac. I almost did and decided not to.
Apple literally put out a document saying expect it to run rough for a while and battery to take a hit. Every year it’s the same thing over and over with the complaints. “mY pHoNe iS sLoW” and “mY baTtErY is bAd “.
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In one breath you say iOS 7 got better over time and in the next say iOS 26 won’t? You make zero sense.
This. This is the destroyer of worlds.
I don't know what the entire team has been smoking to convince rhemselves all this was a good move. But the uncanny valley effect of the faux shine border on every ****ing icon that doesn't actually work 70% of the time anyway (bewildered they did such a bad job coding but then parallax effects off the home screen have traditionally been ******* anyway, so, yay us).
Subjectively it doesn't even look good to begin. Why even code it? Since when has light worked like that? If they couldn’t render the effect for whole of the screen like the glass sheet on Notification Panel, then full stop. It’s so tacky I would be embarrassed to ship, no lie.
This reeks of people who aren’t designers having wayyyyyyyy too much control.
Apple has fallen off a cliff with all of OS 26. If every device runs the same exact UX-UI (macOS’ version of Music feels so needlessly claustrophobic), what are we even doing anymore? And if that’s the end game, why not optimize and do an SL pass?!? Doesn’t matter if it works, just so long as it looks cool (which it does not)? Is ChatGPT leading Apple? Is Cook using it to run the company? Because that would explain a lot.
And Jonny boy will be at the top of the hill defending Apple with his sword till the day he dies. 😊
Well. I like ios26 visually. It’s fun. I got sick of the flat design all the way back with ios 8 or 9 probably. I love the animations that play out. I even smiled at some of the stuff. Which never happened with the flat design era. Sure some elements are still rough and there are bugs. But which update didn’t have bugs on launch?
Maybe it’s possible to freeze everything in the settings ? I ve an iPhone13 and I ´m concerned by the battery life. The only reason for upgrading for me is security and bugs correction . I don’t care about continuous design ´improvement’ 🙂
so after a day or so using iOS26 on my iPhone 15, it is a stuttering and laggy mess at times. My 17 pro is coming Friday so hopefully it will be a better experience. There really is no excuse though for it to be a laggy and stuttering mess on the iPhone 15.
Everyone said the same thing when iOS 7 came out. By the time 7.1 came out they made TONS of changes, improvements and visual tweaks
It is Windows Vista all over again. As humans, we learn nothing. Vista was the most hated Windows of all time. Because it made it harder to use. We want easier, not harder, Apple. Hire me and I GUARANTEE you that I will tell you what to do to fix this thing the the cat puked up that some call 26. It reeks of vestiges of Jony Ive. Good riddance.
good. that phone has better processor and more ram than my 15 so Friday should fix these lag and stutter issues when i get my 17 pro
