Tahoe's Terrible Icons

[fuchsdh]

Every time I have to use System Settings, I'm just amazed by the magnitude of regression from the classic Preferences. It was one of the nice things about mac, tbh. Not that I'm constantly in preferences, but it was one of the things Mac did really well.

I'm not sure if System Prefs was ever good, as they really had an issue trying to figure out where to stuff new features or how to rename groupings as the OS evolved... (the random grab bag of 'general' or the Mission Control stuff being the worst offenders.) But I've also not heard anyone who likes the Settings app more now. Even searching for what I know something is called is maddeningly inconsistent.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I can't stand how the Settings App hasn't been built with more flexibility in mind. I should be able to widen it and have it expand and reconfigure to show a LOT more at once.

It's one of the most "this is clearly a concept just ported over from iOS" Apps out there.
I hate that feeling on a Mac.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

The Finder window is terrible now. Why does everything have to have a floating element with a bold border? It’s so busy and cluttered. And don’t get me started on the new window dragging icon.

 

[TumbleDryer]

Regarding the window dragging icon it's 50/50 whether I get it to be able to drag a window. I know that's not specifically because the icon is different it's more to do with the hit state of the window edges most likely changed with Tahoe. But for me it's VERY finicky trying to get the icon to appear to allow me to resize a window. Not had that issue before Tahoe.

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Then zoomed into the first icon and here is what I was told.
"Not sure, at first I thought is was just a glass but I looked closer and thought it must be a magnifier of some sort like one of those guys uses in movies to look at diamonds.".

To be fair, the thing people use to look at diamond is, in fact, a loupe.