Liquid Glass - A must read critique

[fisherking]

Different strokes for different folks as they say

For me it’s bothersome enough to not update

If they bring back compact tabs to safari maybe I could stomach it

fair enough, altho i don't understand ppl who would not want the under-the-hood improvements, new options and capabilities, of a newer OS because of appearance, or the lack if compact tabs. but this is the great thing here: we can use what we want 🙏

 

[nathansz]

fair enough, altho i don't understand ppl who would not want the under-the-hood improvements, new options and capabilities, of a newer OS because of appearance, or the lack if compact tabs. but this is the great thing here: we can use what we want 🙏

I haven’t personal found any under the hood improvements or new capabilities that are compelling to me

Spotlight getting better is nice, but still doesn’t compete with Alfred

Maybe there are new things on offer that I missed?

There does not seem to be any major performance improvements

Maybe when they stop coding for x86 there could be a smidge of performance bump

But quite frankly my m4 pro MacBook Pro AND my old Intel Mac Mac mini are pretty quick for what I need to do

Haven’t seen any “snappier-ness” in either machine from Tahoe

Just lots of gui padding that makes my work areas smaller for no particular reason other than to chase some aesthetic that I don’t know who came up with for no particular reason that I can understand

To me macOS sequoia looks fantastic

a smidge of transparency on top of an interface that works well for me

To my eyes, in Tahoe, they’ve added a ton of padding to make more shadows and reflections that I don’t need and also don’t look nicer enough to me to make it worth the effort

 

[fisherking]

I haven’t personal found any under the hood improvements or new capabilities that are compelling to me

Spotlight getting better is nice, but still doesn’t compete with Alfred

Maybe there are new things on offer that I missed?

There does not seem to be any major performance improvements

Maybe when they stop coding for x86 there could be a smidge of performance bump

But quite frankly my m4 pro MacBook Pro AND my old Intel Mac Mac mini are pretty quick for what I need to do

Haven’t seen any “snappier-ness” in either machine from Tahoe

tahoe feels snappier here than sequioa, but it's not profound. i do like the launchpad replacement (i know others don't); i find it quick & easy to use. am liking the reworked control center. mostly, i like the new look, and either way, i get my work done. but sequoia is no slouch. whatever works 👍

 

[nathansz]

Spotlight getting better is nice, but still doesn’t compete with Alfred

To be fair, if spotlight now gives people things that Alfred does that less nerdy uses find helpful, that is great

 

[nathansz]

i do like the launchpad replacement (i know others don't

I’m not a launchpad person anyway

I mostly try to keep my hands on the keyboard

Unless I’m in Logic Pro, in which case I’m doing entirely different sorts of things

 

[fisherking]

I’m not a launchpad person anyway

I mostly try to keep my hands on the keyboard

Unless I’m in Logic Pro, in which case I’m doing entirely different sorts of things

i used it all the time on my MBA, but... don't miss it. also a logic pro person ☺️

 

[Bungaree.Chubbins]

I miss Launchpad, and the new Spotlight app launcher feels too janky, so I've been making my own app menu in a folder pinned to my dock.

 

[Batt4Christ]

Not sure about Big Sur, but Jony was responsible for iOS7 icons redesign and switching to flat UI in 10.10 Yosemite. Scott Forstall probably was fired due Swiss railway clock design used in iOS, which Apple had failed to license, forcing Apple to pay Swiss railways a reported $21 million in compensation.

In all honesty, that clock design was about the most absurd claim to rights I've seen in a long time. There were clock/watch faces over a century ago with no numbers and a second hand with a dot or other shape on it. That is more of an European bizarre thing than a "rip off" as claimed.

 

[redheeler]

Having had a few months for it to set in, with Beta 6 running really smoothly on my iPhone 12 I can honestly say that on the iPhone at least I quite like it. There are still some legibility concerns but nothing deal-breaking. I've kind of come around to Apple's way of thinking.

They realised that software isn't necessarily graphic design because elements are not static and in constant motion. By going with the materials the iPhone is actually made of as the UI element they've added tactility to it. I like the way the buttons morph into the menus and back again. This is all personal opinion of course.

Some parts of it though are out of the park. The lockscreen team outdid themselves this year. The way they layer images between the expanding clock and notifications is really well done and the spatial photo thing really, really flipping cool. Sometimes its ok to be pointless but fun!

From what I've seen it's a lot better of an update on iOS. This thread is for MacOS though.