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Re: macOS Big Sur Preview

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Post by switz »

I still remember the Snow Leopard 'No New Features' launch. Mac OS has been as buggy as ever lately, I'd welcome another 'no new features' release with open arms.

Re: macOS Big Sur Preview

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Post by Q6T46nT668w6i3m »

switz wrote: post #3

I still remember the Snow Leopard 'No New Features' launch. Mac OS has been as buggy as ever lately, I'd welcome another 'no new features' release with open arms.

An entirely new widget toolkit and an entirely new architecture is essentially the anti-Snow Leopard. :D

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Post by pcr910303 »

I hate that they’re moving to a design where buttons don’t have borders and textures, don’t provide any visual guidances on what’s a button and what’s not.

But I absolutely despise them for making iOS apps installable on macOS. That’s... just terrible.

This WWDC just felt like that Apple decided that macOS should get merged with iOS and converged them. The Mac doesn’t have a future...

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

I'm mixed on the design.

I really, really dislike the way macOS has looked since Yosemite, and compared to that, I think this one is an improvement overall. The icons have more depth, and there's far more use of color across the UI.

But, it also looks extremely mobile-inspired—I suspect Apple's primary goal was to make iOS ports and apps look less out of place. That's a fine objective, but it also means they weren't designing for desktop and laptops specifically, and it shows. For instance, most of the apps lack title bars, and I'm not sure where I'd click to drag windows as a result.

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