Unless one is on LSD. Then I would guess it looks OK
On average, what my cat throws up looks better than this.
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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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On average, what my cat throws up looks better than this.
Well, I’m not on any substances and I have never been, so I guess I have no chance😂.Unless one is on LSD. Then I would guess it looks OK
And now it's all... We are making a switch so you can turn off MOST of the stupid glass effect that we never should have put on. So, Gee Apple, thanks for the favor. I guess. Have we learned NOTHING of UI/UX in the past 30 years???
Who is we? The interface is nice and UI/UX design guidelines move with the times.
I have to say I really dislike it after a couple of months using it. Not a fan of the liquid glass look or the animations, not to mention its perhaps the buggiest iOS I have used in years. It feels like a beta. Feels so dated too from a design perspective IMO.
I can't even point it towards the iPhone I am using (16 Pro Max) as it seems to be worse on my wifes 17 Pro. Shes having issues with the photos app crashing and freezing when changing the orientation. The phone was stuck in night mode despite clearly set to normal day time mode. Messages are being delivered but not showing sometimes.
Cool to see a thread dedicated to this and I really hope it improves very soon.
I can't even point it towards the iPhone I am using (16 Pro Max) as it seems to be worse on my wifes 17 Pro. Shes having issues with the photos app crashing and freezing when changing the orientation. The phone was stuck in night mode despite clearly set to normal day time mode. Messages are being delivered but not showing sometimes.
Cool to see a thread dedicated to this and I really hope it improves very soon.
This legitimately looks like a really bad Jailbreak theme from a decade ago.
It's stunning to me to see how far Apple design sensibility and taste has fallen.
I think it looks cool with the borders.
There's a solution is to leave the user's phones to the users who own them. Apple should allow to downgrade to whatever previous iOS system capable to run on the device.
I neither care that some apps stop working, nor I care about security vulnerabilities that have 0.001% chance of getting exploited. I want to use the phone as I want to. We should be allowed to downgrade. I would do that immediately : )
As we know Apple doesn’t allow downgrading past the point of no return. Two options:
1) never upgrade
2) make sure to downgrade prior to the cutoff.
After using it for several weeks I really don't like the look of iOS26 or barely anything about it. To me its really a big downgrade compared to 18 (and 18 was a downgrade compared to 17 in my opinion).
All I can say is that I'm grateful that I can always switch back to Android whenever I want. I'm not tied into the Apple ecosystem thankfully.
All I can say is that I'm grateful that I can always switch back to Android whenever I want. I'm not tied into the Apple ecosystem thankfully.
You speak like someone who hasn't used android. The experience is really the opposite, android is smoother and simpler visually - less distracting.
100% yes to this, but we have to face this fact. Apple does not and will not allow downgrading.
This is a lost battle, the decision has been made years ago.
So, I’m afraid that this is the only solution.
Complaining after the fact? Pointless
Expecting Apple to do better? Pointless
Expecting redesigns to work like-new? Pointless.
Expecting like-new battery life four versions in? Pointless.
Either update and accept the consequences or stay behind.
But like I’ve repeatedly stated: it is no longer valid to complain after the fact. You update? Expect the worst. Expect battery life and performance to be garbage. Then if it is good, well then that’s great.
But people can’t keep being surprised by this. It’s on updaters at this point. As I said, zero empathy for chronic updaters who complain, you can’t be surprised anymore.
Yep. I would advise anyone wanting to upgrade to 26.1 because Liquid Glass is "fixed" go to an Apple Store and see if they updated the demo units and play around with it for a long while, because there is no going back.
I always try to hop on the betas (even if it is just near the end when it is an RC) because I can roll it back if I decide the new features just don't add enough to counteract the new bugs. I made it from 26 DB1 to DB4 before I noped out. I will come back when the Gemini-LLM-Super-Siri can answer questions that Gemini on Android has been doing for months. (And Gemini can do some really cool things on iOS as long as you are using all Google services like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep, etc. We just need it to do similar with Apple apps and services to reach parity.)
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Actually, they do not move with the times. Not if one is concerned about Accessibility.
Just like to thank Apple for the Tinted glass option.
Now on my Home Screen I can have a dark distorted mess or a light distorted mess, ABSOLUTE GENIUS.
WHY if I can change the time to solid on the lock screen can it not be changed elsewhere. Now been forced to change my wallpaper to a solid colour to stop me wanting to launch my iPhone at the nearest wall.
Now on my Home Screen I can have a dark distorted mess or a light distorted mess, ABSOLUTE GENIUS.
WHY if I can change the time to solid on the lock screen can it not be changed elsewhere. Now been forced to change my wallpaper to a solid colour to stop me wanting to launch my iPhone at the nearest wall.
Apple is concerned with accessibility as there are a plethora of settings in the “accessibility” session as you know.
You never know by iOS 26.7 they might have sorted it all out. Just in time to start all over again with iOS 27.
I call BS. If they were REALLY concerned, they would not have made this horrific blurry confusing "upgraded" OS. Bad Apple!
Imo, one has nothing to do with another. However it’s a fact Apple a plethora of accessibility settings even if you do not like the new UI.
You can pick whatever launcher you like. If you don't like the interface, pick a different one.
Why can't that plethora have an option to disable the stupid shapeshifting border nonsense around widgets and icons?
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Absolutely. Settings needs a Theme/Style section, because options are good. It's not about accessibility, it's about choice.
honestly, it looks like a "skin" for some other software from years ago. Not to my liking either but its not too bad...just "eh."
Well here's a warning for everyone. One of my iPads is now infected with a piece of malware called iPadOS 26 (13" M4 iPad Pro).
I had automatic updates off, but I had a notification yesterday there was an update available to 18.7.2. I was surprised I missed that one, so I clicked the Install Tonight button and this morning it had 26.1 on it. I am not sure if Apple tricked me or it was a bug or I just have poor reading comprehension skills. But now I am stuck with it. I played around with it for a bit since I had not used it since July. Yes, I tinted the glass to minimize some of the ugliness, but my opinion on this OS stands. This is still a very inconsistent and incompetently-designed OS made for the same people who like the way TVs demo in a Best Buy at max brightness in an unrealistic vivid mode with motion smoothing on. It sure looks "purdy" until you actually want to get things done.
I cannot get over how hideous some of the new icons look (Calculator/Settings/Camera icons--why did you think gray needed to be a pastel... and blurry?). Solid AMOLED black is now impossible as everything looks frosted black instead. It just looks like the whole screen got smeared. And the icons look crooked. I feel like I am using the iPad underwater (which may be the intended effect). I also have this annoying white edge line in the bottom right of my window to remind me I can resize it when it is fullscreen. I have traffic buttons that I need to long press to get to my old controls (and WHY is there a red one? we have been told for years not to force close apps and now it is a button?). And everything takes more clicks to get to.
And that's before I get into how buggy a mess Safari has become. Menus and buttons just overlap webpages and each other. My clicks on interface elements don't work half the time. I don't think I can actually use this browser in its current state.
According to Gurman, Liquid Glass was 3 years of development. On top of that, we are going to be nearly 2 years since More Personal Siri was announced before it actually ships (or even demos) because Apple had to punt the hard work over to Google. This is just further proof that Apple's software team has been gutted and is running on a skeleton crew of overpaid, unskilled leftovers who couldn't get a job anywhere else. You can't just spend your way out of every problem. You need to hire some talent and train/develop them. It does not instill me with confidence that other longstanding issues are even viewed as "issues" at Apple. What is currently on their To Do list? Do they have a giant whiteboard of things they know they need to get around to fixing when time permits? Or are they always looking forward at the next shiny thing? When the foldable comes out next year, is all we get with iOS 27 a bunch of stuff for a phone only 1-3% of iPhone users will buy? Where's the stuff for the rest of us? Sorry, but that depresses me.
If you read this far, congrats. Whatever medication you take to deal with these feelings, take two today. You earned it!
I had automatic updates off, but I had a notification yesterday there was an update available to 18.7.2. I was surprised I missed that one, so I clicked the Install Tonight button and this morning it had 26.1 on it. I am not sure if Apple tricked me or it was a bug or I just have poor reading comprehension skills. But now I am stuck with it. I played around with it for a bit since I had not used it since July. Yes, I tinted the glass to minimize some of the ugliness, but my opinion on this OS stands. This is still a very inconsistent and incompetently-designed OS made for the same people who like the way TVs demo in a Best Buy at max brightness in an unrealistic vivid mode with motion smoothing on. It sure looks "purdy" until you actually want to get things done.
I cannot get over how hideous some of the new icons look (Calculator/Settings/Camera icons--why did you think gray needed to be a pastel... and blurry?). Solid AMOLED black is now impossible as everything looks frosted black instead. It just looks like the whole screen got smeared. And the icons look crooked. I feel like I am using the iPad underwater (which may be the intended effect). I also have this annoying white edge line in the bottom right of my window to remind me I can resize it when it is fullscreen. I have traffic buttons that I need to long press to get to my old controls (and WHY is there a red one? we have been told for years not to force close apps and now it is a button?). And everything takes more clicks to get to.
And that's before I get into how buggy a mess Safari has become. Menus and buttons just overlap webpages and each other. My clicks on interface elements don't work half the time. I don't think I can actually use this browser in its current state.
According to Gurman, Liquid Glass was 3 years of development. On top of that, we are going to be nearly 2 years since More Personal Siri was announced before it actually ships (or even demos) because Apple had to punt the hard work over to Google. This is just further proof that Apple's software team has been gutted and is running on a skeleton crew of overpaid, unskilled leftovers who couldn't get a job anywhere else. You can't just spend your way out of every problem. You need to hire some talent and train/develop them. It does not instill me with confidence that other longstanding issues are even viewed as "issues" at Apple. What is currently on their To Do list? Do they have a giant whiteboard of things they know they need to get around to fixing when time permits? Or are they always looking forward at the next shiny thing? When the foldable comes out next year, is all we get with iOS 27 a bunch of stuff for a phone only 1-3% of iPhone users will buy? Where's the stuff for the rest of us? Sorry, but that depresses me.
If you read this far, congrats. Whatever medication you take to deal with these feelings, take two today. You earned it!
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