Louie makes an excellent point here about "why" this entire concept is flawed for these usage contexts.
nonsense. Software is a constant evolving thing.
26.0 will quickly be followed by 26.1, 26.2 and so on, and Apple will continue tweaking the design pretty much indefinitely.
anyone remember how many changes they’re actually were between iOS 7.0 and 7.1? it was a lot.
Thank you for defining and describing my objections. The Liquid Glass UI gets in the way of content.If you read the design guidelines themselves you will see that many of the problems start there.
they may very well “tweak” some things, but they have made an ideological decision to make the UI itself the focus (literally) over top of applications and content. And this at the expense of usability, clarity and screen real estate
I find myself having to use the search box in Settings for dang near everything, especially on a desktop/laptop Macintosh where things used to be intuitive.... And as one poster mentioned, lets not even start to dig into the horrible, horrible things Apple has been doing to the System Preferences app's UI. The current System Preferences app UI is a frustrating experience in "where did they hide THAT control?" ... again! The original System Preferences app UI design, which held up well, with minor changes, from the start of Mac OS X at least through Monterey, was clear and easy to navigate. The latest UI for System Preferences is anything but. It is a bloody disaster - subjective opinion again, I know.
I find myself having to use the search box in Settings for dang near everything, especially on a desktop/laptop Macintosh where things used to be intuitive.
because the 125 people on this thread that don't like it (yet) represents what percentage of macusers worldwide 🤔the majority of people here seem to see it as a bad move
I also haven't come across any reviews elsewhere praising it, have you?
Back in the days of St. Steve, he would boast that he was the North Star and there were no focus groups. I have no idea how St. Tim makes decisions. I do know that the number of strikeouts seem to have gone down with Steve’s passing (Cube anyone?) and the share price has soared. I hope AAPL is on target with LG even if I find it horrid. And truth be told, I still find iOS16 on my 8+ acceptable. (Although the original iOS would rotate like an iPad with device orientation and unless I’m missing something, that’s been lost.)because the 125 people on this thread that don't like it (yet) represents what percentage of macusers worldwide 🤔
let's make a cash bet that tahoe's official release looks very-close to what it is now (you can venmo me) 💰
let's make a cash bet that tahoe's official release looks very-close to what it is now (you can venmo me) 💰
because the 125 people on this thread that don't like it (yet) represents what percentage of macusers worldwide 🤔
let's make a cash bet that tahoe's official release looks very-close to what it is now (you can venmo me) 💰
In practice (at least in Finder), I find that this actually works quite well. The rule seems to be that "if there is blur, interaction is disabled" (meaning you can drag it). I also find that the new blur effect shows more content. I was expecting to find it pointless, but most of the time the end result is more visible content. This wasn't the case with the blurred "material" styles of the past.Titlebars which were merged into toolbars years ago are now imperceptible.
Who knows where it’s safe to drag a window around now?
I suppose the biggest downside is that it can look more cluttered with toolbar content (and titles) stacked on top of content. But I find that most of the time having perfect readability isn't necessary. For instance in my inbox I can see there are 24 325 messages, but the word "messages" is hard to read due to content underneath. I can improve on this by focusing the window or scrolling. I find this to be similar to interacting with physical objects, that are often partly obscured. I shift the object or focus my gaze to improve clarity.
I think they’ll improve it. Question is how long will it take. Might have to wait for a lot of feedback to accumulate for them to make any substantial changes.
I remember well how popular aqua was, and am not surprised Apple creates a similarly flashy new design.This is a user interface, not some flashy looking concept UI on DeviantArt.
What are we even doin’ here?
i don't need someone else's opinion to shape my own. but 20 seconds of a google search:So you don’t have a positive outside review to share then?
I’d take that bet.
I’m delighted that it reminds the reviewer of his favorite Windows versions!
But…change for some change? Or change to fix something?because (and you know this already), not everyone sees this as a bad move; some ppl like it now (me, for example), most will adapt as they do with every new OS, and we'll then repeat this cycle in a year (or years) when apple changes it up again. good times ☺️
change can mean numerous things. for example: making something different. making something better. making something new. i find it all interesting...But…change for some change? Or change to fix something?
which is why, as i mentioned, i prefer to form my own opinions. never used windows, don't care.I’m delighted that it reminds the reviewer of his favorite Windows versions!
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and if that Steve quote is even true, which I’ve never heard it before, but let’s just assume that it is, it’s not even accurate.Back in the days of St. Steve, he would boast that he was the North Star and there were no focus groups. I have no idea how St. Tim makes decisions. I do know that the number of strikeouts seem to have gone down with Steve’s passing (Cube anyone?) and the share price has soared. I hope AAPL is on target with LG even if I find it horrid. And truth be told, I still find iOS16 on my 8+ acceptable. (Although the original iOS would rotate like an iPad with device orientation and unless I’m missing something, that’s been lost.)