I do not want my GUI to be fun. I want it to be fast and easily legible. One of the things that annoy's me about another GUI is the fact that Adobe will let you change the size of things in the project or layer list, but the font never changes size so it is kind of pointless. Something like that takes almost zero coding effort.
As an example, comparing 3D applications. One thing that always kept me on Lightwave is the fact that none of the buttons have icons they are all plain English (or whatever language you work in) so you know exactly what the button does. Most other 3D apps tried to come up with confusing icons for every single function which is what some others have pointed out that MacOS Tahoe is trying to do. Not only that, some of the icons in Tahoe are used for multiple functions based on the App or menu list which is even more confusing and idiotic.
To each their own, personally, one of my favorite 3D apps is one called Valence 3D. The buttons use symbols to keep them minimal and out of the way, and I prefer that design, as it gives me more room in my workspace to see the model I’m creating. Same with Nomad Sculpt, another one I use all the time. Text buttons for everything would feel to me like a lot of wasted space, but like I said, to each their own. 👍🏻
And as I have pointed out before, I think GUI should look modern and be fun. I’d hate to imagine the way things would be if the only thing GUI engineers cared about was keeping everything exactly the same for forever because it “worked” so basically just keep it the same and never make anything look nicer. 🤷🏼♂️
Heck, GUI wouldn’t even exist if innovators like Apple hadn’t decided to make computers more “fun” and accessible by creating and implementing GUI.
The concept of liquid glass is ok I guess (like Aqua+), but not at the expense of speed, being legible and consistent iconography that means the same thing everywhere.
The iconography is generally consistent. Though I’m sure there are some areas where things can improve, there always are. 🤷🏼♂️. I guess one area of inconsistent iconography in macOS is the Finder icon, vs the Files icon on every other Apple platform. I’d like to see Apple either slap the smiley face onto a folder, or replace the smiley face with a folder icon like the rest of Apple’s platforms. 👍🏻. As to speed and legibility, I haven’t had any issues with either of those on my base spec M1 Mac Mini, but I’m sure some are running into bugs and things that can cause issues with performance, so hopefully those get fixed for those who are. 👍🏻
I have been noticing really strange things on my phone over the last couple of weeks. For example, why is nothing blurred under something that is titled at the top until you start scrolling, then like after you scroll like 100 pixels, then it decides to blur stuff; maybe a bug, but it is weird in my view.
Have also noticed buttons that animated on my watch after I press them and nothing happens, sometimes several times in a row; like really? The watch obviously acknowledged that I hit the button because the stupid animation happened.
It is the small things that annoy me; and I would bet they would also annoy Steve Jobs.
Those are undoubtedly bugs. I haven’t encountered any of those things even on the developer betas, so I’m sorry to hear that’s affecting you. Hopefully they get resolved. 🙂👍🏻.
