More Apple Apps Get Liquid Glass Redesign

[wanha]

Refinement is the way forward with Liquid Glass. Liquid Glass is here for the next 10 years and there's no going back.

 

[ypl]

Refinement is the way forward with Liquid Glass. Liquid Glass is here for the next 10 years and there's no going back.

There's no going back but there are lots of paths forward with (hopefully) more significant changes that just "refinements". Liquid Glass is just a concept. Initial, beta concept, still deployed by Apple for reasons discussed many times, least of them being real need.

I personally can hardly imagine glass effect (magnification, deformation, blurred text!!!) will stay for long, as sooner or later, after "wow, it's cool" phase passes, it will be seen as something that "breaks" visual content (which it does). It's like starting to wear glasses with variable, random correction not having any sight problems. Might be wrong though. We'll see.

 

[DrWojtek]

So the cancer spreads.

 

[MilaM]

I love the way the corners look. Waste of screen real estate? Oh please. Just what should they do with that "wasted space"?

You could make icons and text slightly larger. This might not be a huge deal when you have perfect eyesight. For the other half of the population even a handful of pixels could make a difference in usability.

Form follows function is a famous adage in the design world. Apple used to be famous for following it religiously. Some aspect of Liquid Glass (not all) seem like a departure from this principle.

 

[canadianreader]

Some updated apps on iOS 18 and macOS now have this awful liquid glass design I wish there was a way to disable it.

 

[ypl]

Some updated apps on iOS 18 and macOS now have this awful liquid glass design I wish there was a way to disable it.

Could you provide an example? I see LG style icons only for some apps in iOS18.

 

[boswald]

Liquid Glass looks awesome!

Can’t got back!

Apps that still aren’t using it look like apps from the dial up era!

I think we’re the only two on this forum that actually like it.

 

[ypl]

I think we’re the only two on this forum that actually like it.

You're still in "wow, that's cool" phase. We'll wait for you! 😜

 

[canadianreader]

Could you provide an example? I see LG style icons only for some apps in iOS18.

The Bitwarden app as an example

 

[turbineseaplane]

The Bitwarden app as an example
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Here is Firefox on iOS 18 where they’ve changed the settings panel to be liquid crap.

For the love of God, I have no idea why anybody would want the stuff from underneath to shine through like this.

 

[ypl]

The Bitwarden app as an example
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Ok, so you refer to icons. You can use Shortcuts to hide LG icons. I did it for Apple Music Classical and Support apps. I already mentioned such solution in comment #26.

 

[canadianreader]

Here is Firefox on iOS 18 where they’ve changed the settings panel to be liquid crap.

For the love of God, I have no idea why anybody would want the stuff from underneath to shine through like this.


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Very distracting I feel I'm gonna keep iOS 18 for a year or two

 

[canadianreader]

Ok, so you refer to icons. You can use Shortcuts to hide LG icons. I did it for Apple Music Classical and Support apps. I already mentioned such solution in comment #26.

I put all liquid glass icons in a folder for now

 

[turbineseaplane]

Very distracting I feel I'm gonna keep iOS 18 for a year or two

I literally just can not understand how anyone making this would look at it and think it's "good" and not notice how distracting it is.

I feel like I've landed on an alien world where I flat out can not understand what is happening here.

 

[canadianreader]

I feel like I've landed on an alien world where I flat out can not understand what is happening here.

You should watch the movie Idiocracy

 

[turbineseaplane]

You should watch the movie Idiocracy

Oh I have!
I just never thought I'd be living inside of it.

😞

 

[Ipadonly1]

Can we just mention that one of the most valuable companies in the world, with hundreds of thousands of employees and almost unlimited financial resources, is unable to adapt all of its small software products to the new design by Day X?

Meanwhile, small indie developers are being attacked by Apple fans for still using the old design.

Right?! I know people like to hark on about this (I’m guilty of it myself) and others like to criticise them for doing so, but like…it is true, is it not? I’m adding Shortcuts to my home screen and they don’t turn translucent clear Liquid Glass-y like the other apps. I’m not hating on Apple, but it routinely baffles me that literally the world’s largest company (or thereabouts) cannot do this or that software makes it past the beta stages with bugs of any kind.

 

[Squillace]

You could make icons and text slightly larger. This might not be a huge deal when you have perfect eyesight. For the other half of the population even a handful of pixels could make a difference in usability.

Form follows function is a famous adage in the design world. Apple used to be famous for following it religiously. Some aspect of Liquid Glass (not all) seem like a departure from this principle.

Are we really going to ignore the fact that text size has been an accessibility customization setting for a long time now?

You guys should really stop bashing on Liquid Glass just for the sake of it.

 

[ChamomileTea]

The era when function still mattered more than form? When OS navigation was still intuitive? But true, yes: Can’t go back because once you are liquified with 26, Apple liquidates 18 and older for you.

I used the beta, could go back if I wanted.