that's just like, your opinion, man
i like the new look. and i'm looking forward to more continuity between my devices!
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macOS 'Big Sur' Unveiled With Updated Design, New Features for Safari and Messages, and More
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i like the new look. and i'm looking forward to more continuity between my devices!
There is. The finder was shown in dark mode and you can toggle dark mode from the new control center
Ouch… the new icons look already dated. A step back in time with the 3D look en dropshadows.
Why make icons like that while you the rest of the UI gets more flat. Weird choice.
Why make icons like that while you the rest of the UI gets more flat. Weird choice.
I know others will disagree with this, but I'm happy to see some color and dimension added back to macOS. It's not exactly Aqua, but it's slightly more lick-able than before.
I'm also willing to bet you can dark mode the heck out of this and make it as cool and 'professional' looking at possible.
I'm also willing to bet you can dark mode the heck out of this and make it as cool and 'professional' looking at possible.
Wow, look at the nice Safari tabs. They don't show anything at all, but at least there's a lot of space in the tab bar to add to that clean look.. oh well, at least there are alternatives for that one unlike for the rest.
No, see, the downvoters want to make sure nobody else can use the features they don't personally like. Get with the program.
It's literally not flat, they embossed the icons now like the glory days, lol. It's less flat.
The only things I don't really like are the new dock and menu bar, as well as the controls that hide when you 'don't need them', and of course I have plenty of gripes with the icons, but all of that is pretty minor and for Mail, iWork and co., I can (hopefully) copy the apps over from Mojave.
Yes, also the extra rounded corners everywhere. Ugly, and the opposite of clean and flat.
The only thing that's not flat are the icons. The rest is even more flat than before.
Only I think menubar are less readable with white font on white translucent bar?
"The biggest update since 2003", "spacious" – expect an astronomical, over-the-top amount of wreckage caused to all models across the line. "Big Sur": does "Sur" stand for "surrealistic" ("Big Surrealistic Expansion Ov Your Consciousness")? Folks, this doesn't sound good.
Apple, I hope you officially dropped my Mac forever and ever! Would like you to do the same to my iPhone, but, alas, I have to endure the ongoing groundswell of your annoying prompts to update to the latest iOS.
Apple, I hope you officially dropped my Mac forever and ever! Would like you to do the same to my iPhone, but, alas, I have to endure the ongoing groundswell of your annoying prompts to update to the latest iOS.
The icons in the dock look really out of place when everything else is more flat than ever. And the worst thing is that they clearly heard the criticism of their flat interface and as a result use absurd ammount of shadows and depth just to prove us something, I don't know. It looks like if you open a picture and tap 5 times on the sharpening function. It's really ugly. And that wasted white space everywhere and iOS like icons is really something to hate. When I saw a screenshot with some windows opened I didn't even recognize on the first look that there was mail app in there. They got rid of any identity and immediate recognition of the things that are presented on screen, exactly like they did with iOS 7. Also, when I look at this monstrosity I think there are touchscreen Macs on the horizon.
GPU support maybe.
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I don't. Buying that old of a Mac means you don't expect many OS updates in the future.
I hope they will take this opportunity to update, bring to 2020's design, the icons for QuickTime, Time Machine, Disk Utility, Activity Monitor, etc.. I can't fathom their look which has not really changed since 2010s.
But I know I'll be disappointed.
But I know I'll be disappointed.
Horrible UI. I'm glad the Linux community is finally pulling its head out of its crack and we're going to be able to run mac apps on it.
The redesign is a pleasant surprise, modern yet retro, I like it and am very excited to try it and I think it is the most important updates to be announced today along side the switch to ARM and the future iMac redesign
bye then, dont slam the door on you're way out....
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guess what? you dont have to use them if you dont use them!
To be more exact, the day the Mac died (because when they renamed OS X to MacOS, it was already halfway into the Mac death, as they had already started to transform the Mac into iOS... so today is the day the Mac -as a computer- died).