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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Lets Users Control Liquid Glass Transparency with New Toggle
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I prefer clear they created the toggle to satisfy people like you who keeps complaining about it
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He's certainly on record for saying "choice is good" during a keynote, though that was during a momentary trepidatious mood.
I tend to recall this moment from the release of Leopard, though, when he appeared to be responding directly to user requests with respect to the interface. Listening to what people thought about Apple seemed like such a critical tooth of Steve's cog – as well as a critical part of Apple's success during his years – that I don't think it's that hard to know. Of course he'd be listening to users and take into consideration what he thought they wanted from Apple. I imagine the ability to gauge some of their applause instantaneously – an ability modern Apple has voluntarily waived – was another reason he loved the live keynotes.
This is the last time I really loved Control Center design and look.
(like iOS 12 I think?)
Good lord, that looks like an oasis.
I can't help but think of Steve Jobs occasionally mentioning in keynotes that the staff was working on a current problem only to realize they'd solved it years ago.
Okay, so, basically, iOS 18, which still looks and feels a lot like iOS 7, just a bit less flat. So, Apple is apparently unable to actually overhaul iOS with a new, modern, tastefully done design that doesn't blind you, or that goes beyond the dock and a few overlays.
For us it’s nice to have a choice, but for Apple this is really disappointing. If you provide a choice, you know it’s not good design. What a failure.
That's largely how it's felt to me since the start. I kind of get the chain of reasoning: "device screens are all rounded now," "there's wasted space around the corners," "wouldn't it be nice if the content could extend all the way out," "if the content extends all the way out, wouldn't it be nice if the interface didn't totally obscure it," et cetera.
But within a week of the announcement, I'd already arrived at my own chain: "okay, there are some reasonable starting points there," "they've really taken them pretty far," "Apple's biggest design changes are usually the most drastic in the initial stage and settle in from there," "do I really want another one of those right now, when so much seems so well-settled already," and so on. And, so… here we are in the initial fade of the initial stage, I guess. It's still going to be a while.
100%. The contrast in the new design is awful. Everything is just so washed out. Until they fix that I'll stay where I am on Mac as I use it 14 hours a day.
This shows that Apple has absolutely no idea how to solve this problem. They opted for a solution that has nothing to do with usability or readability, and they don't have a setting that would be both transparent and readable. Now they're resorting to a prosthetic. Complete absurdity. What's next? Rounding the corners in the Tahoe? (That wouldn't hurt, though.)
and the transparency got toned down every release after Jaguar (10.2)
So did iOS 7's translucency. It was too translucent on release and they gradually toned it down over the years.
Umm nobody reads these days.....they read the headline (even though it literally says TOGGLE) and then move on.
Just an option to turn it off. I am typing this on my iPhone with reduced transparency and increased contrast just to deal with this FUGLY UI. You keep it on and I can turn it off.
Just looked at a friends new Pixel 10 Pro XL with Android 16 at work yesterday. That OS is clean and elegant, not the inconsistent fugly UI of iOS 26.
These choices have nothing to do with design. This is about organisation.
Users should not be asked about legibility, if Apple just made the most legible version.
When I said "can't wait for people to somehow complain about this", I was being facetious.
People actually started to complain about it. Wow.
People actually started to complain about it. Wow.
lol what an absolute **** show. how about the company starts treating their OS as a platform again, maximizing for usability and usefulness and not as the main topic. I'd rather not spend days, trying to figure out which tweak serves me best whilst the OS will turn my modern device into a powerhungry hot brick.