Apple Just Added More Frost To Its Liquid Glass Design (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/2243248/apple-just-added-more-frost-to-its-liquid-glass-design
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/700066/apple-liquid-glass-frosted-ios-26-developer-beta
> "iOS 26 beta 3 completely nerfs Liquid Glass," AppleTrack developer Sam Kohl says in [2]a post on X. "It looks so much cheaper now and feels like Apple is backtracking on their original vision." Others [3]ask Apple to "stop ruining" Liquid Glass and call the new design a "step backwards." Some [4]users in the [5]beta found that the transparency level can vary depending on the app they're using.
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> This is still just a developer beta, so it's likely that Apple will continue to make tweaks before it releases iOS 26 to the public in September.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/700066/apple-liquid-glass-frosted-ios-26-developer-beta
[2] https://x.com/iupdate/status/1942299745105719795
[3] https://x.com/AnxiousHolly/status/1942303563255890123
[4] https://x.com/AetherAurelia/status/1942309548271747553
[5] https://x.com/zollotech/status/1942293509089771929
well... (Score:1)
Just add an opacity slider?
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> Just add an opacity slider?
Came to say pretty much this. Tech companies in general - and Apple in particular - need to get over this precious-snowflake conceit that their aesthetic choices are sacred and not to be tampered with. They seem to regard users' tastes as inferior and their and usability concerns as trivial. Not to mention a "change for change's sake" mentality that decreases comfort and productivity in the name of changing stuff "just because".
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a valuable and important rule. Sometimes br
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> Tech companies in general...need to get over this precious-snowflake conceit that their aesthetic choices are sacred and not to be tampered with.
I still curse the small, low-contrast font craze from a few years back. Leftovers are still around. Was it a plot to keep us geezers off the WebTubes?
Who asked for any of this? (Score:2)
I don't know of anyone who said "I would really like to buy an iPhone, but the look of the buttons is holding it back"
There are far more core usability challenges in iOS. Apple to this day can't even figure out how to make a consistent back or menu function in their apps, and this is what they are focused on?.
The feature that no one wanted... (Score:2)
The feature that no one wanted turned out to be bad for the exact reason everyone said it would turn out to be bad. Someone can just give you the elevator pitch for "Liquid Glass" as a feature and the very first thing any of us would say is "I dunno man, kinda sounds like it might make it harder to read". It was one of the most common sentiment I saw at the time. But these guys do this for a living, they're professionals and yet every idea they come up with is just lighting piles of money on fire. A VR devi
Flame bait? (Score:1)
This article looks like flame bait. The changes most likely happened after feedback from users. I do miss Aqua however.
Prior Art (Score:2)
That's what my eyeglasses look like if I procrastinate cleaning them. I have a hunch grime is probably not a socially advantageous look.
Deck chairs on the titanic (Score:2)
Apple lost its design mojo when they got rid of skeuomorphism as a reactionary movement to Android. Reactionary design always looks derivative. From that point onwards, they've just been copying Android.
Apple still makes the best looking hardware though, haven't lost their design mojo there.