Free the Icons

Post by uncircle » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC

zapzupnz wrote: post #74

hbn wrote: post #43

> the much-celebrated Liquid Glass opacity slider The Liquid Glass slider is an embarrassing outright admission of failure. Apple built its brand as a tastemaker, so to put out this new, controversial design language, and after a year of tweaking, finally throw their hands up and say "we don't know what looks good, you decide" is so disappointing. That said, all the changes in iOS 27 are such a massive improvement fr…

> outright admission of failure Right!? Who's out there going "oh no, translucent is too translucent; opaque is too opaque; but now that I can have 72.93% glass, my life is complete"?

Post by saagarjha » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC

hbn wrote: post #67

saagarjha wrote: post #62

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He thinks Dye was never good enough to be at Apple and that he would think of leaving proves it

Is there something you perceive as unfair about judging a guy on the output of the work he was responsible for over a long period of time?

Post by MBCook » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #80

MBCook wrote: post #70

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So what? Thats not MacOS. I think things are fine on iOS. I don’t mind the rectangles, they fit the grid. That’s how it’s always been. I don’t care about VisionOS. Circles are odd, whatever. But the Mac shouldn’t be forced to lose great design because iOS was under different constraints almost 20 years ago. That’s just dumb.

They were trying to make a unified design language across all their operating systems. If iOS and VisionOS both have their icons sitting on uniformly shaped tiles, macOS would break the convention. I don't like it, but I believe that's the reason why.

Post by troupo » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC

VladVladikoff wrote: post #20

altern8 wrote: post #3

Tahoe was such a huge mess, but I'm hopeful that the new CEO will turn things around and bring things back to normal. If they do, I'll consider upgrading both OS and laptop, but right now I'm holding on to Sequoia

They have a new head designer too IIRC, but probably is going to take some time for him to slowly move away from the mess he inherited.

Post by troupo » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC

tambourine_man wrote: post #64

saagarjha wrote: post #52

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Gruber does not have a monopoly on disliking Alan Dye’s work. On the contrary, I never met anyone who knew UI design was a thing that liked what he did. When you’re using a tool for 40 years and someone who really has no clue gets in charge, starts breaking basic functionality for no good reason and affecting your day to day work, it’s not hard to get infuriated.