whoever made opening a new tab in safari take three taps, the last of which is in the bottom left of the screen instead of the bottom right, has some explaining to do
Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
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Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#42I haven't upgraded to iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass, mostly because I've read that it causes performance degradation on older devices (I use an iPhone 13 Mini because I have zero interest in using a larger phone). So, it looks like I'll be using iOS 18 for the foreseeable future.
I have an iPhone 13 and haven’t noticed. Don’t love it though.
The safari changes are the worst part.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#43I haven't upgraded to iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass, mostly because I've read that it causes performance degradation on older devices (I use an iPhone 13 Mini because I have zero interest in using a larger phone). So, it looks like I'll be using iOS 18 for the foreseeable future.
I regret upgrading my 13 Mini so much. Performance is terrible and it's chugging power.
Yesterday, for the first time since I bought the phone, it died on me before 18:00 with regular usage. I used to charge everyday when I go to bed with around 15-25% left, now I can't even finish the work day.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#44Cracked as in good or bad
Bad, like really bad. Example: “Liquid design is really bad ass”
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#45There's a picture floating around out there of the Apple design team putting actual physical pieces of glass over icons that they printed out. What's funny (not really) is how much more readable that paper would have been if they simply removed the glass.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#46Liquid ass.
That's a different product: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Ass
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a Series 10 and I haven't experienced either of those problems. Other than the PIN entry screen being very "glassy", it's not actually that different. Perhaps you have some other issue.
From the home screen scroll down through the widgets with the digital crown and you’ll see what I mean.
No, I don't see a problem. Scrolls smoothly, no loading delays. Perhaps it is a specific widget you have?
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#48I haven't upgraded to iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass, mostly because I've read that it causes performance degradation on older devices (I use an iPhone 13 Mini because I have zero interest in using a larger phone). So, it looks like I'll be using iOS 18 for the foreseeable future.
I made the mistake of upgrading (13 Mini) and it is very clear that the new UI was not tested at all on smaller screens. The rounded buttons take up so much extra margin that actual usable space is greatly diminished.
Replied at the same time as you. I agree. In Safari there’s ton of space on each side of the URL bubble yet I only get about 7 chara visible.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#49I've read so much criticism and listened to so many Apple podcast that I expected the worst. Then updated on day one and...it's fine? I know that people just hate any change but this was massively blown out of proportion.
It looks worse in screenshots than it does to use. I saw a few images on reddit that looked quite bad, but then when I actually used it I saw those screenshots were taken in the middle of animations or transitions that last only a handful of frames.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#50Seems like I'm against the trend here in HN, but I personally like it more the more I use it. (Admittedly I don't have any accessibility issues which may come up for others) Also, I appreciate the UX improvements (as opposed to the pretty glass effect), such as the much improved menu system and the generally (IMO) improved changes in layout in Calendar, Mail, Safari, etc. That said I do find it a bit more annoying to…
Turning on reduce transparency makes it perfectly usable, generally.
Even with transparency on its gotten much better than the early betas, which is good, since that is the happy code path and gets more testing coverage.