Is there a reason Apple can’t focus on system improvements instead of constantly tweaking with their UI so thoroughly every couple years? I don’t disagree the OS UI needs to be revamped periodically, but it seems they do it too often.
It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
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True, but you can turn it off with the snowflake icon at the top.
Ah, so you can. I tried that but the particles don't disappear immediately so I thought it was just toggling the colour scheme.
Yeah I thought the same thing too. Takes a few moments. A UX suggestion for the author. If a user wants it off, it doesn’t need to be graceful, just quick.
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#14I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.
lol, I really liked this article.
But yeah, maybe it helps that I have the scripting turned off.
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#15It's pretty wild how the best screenshot of a usable menu is from, like, Office 2000. What the hell have we been doing for the past 25 years?
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#16I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.
I thought the article was great, but nearing the end I noticed my phone was incredibly hot and realized it must be the snow effect.
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#17Reminder, you can turn off the animated snow effect with the snowflake icon at the top
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#18Reminder, you can turn off the animated snow effect with the snowflake icon at the top
Sure, if you don't mind having your eyeballs seared by the brightest orange on record.
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#19Sorry, even though I agree with your piece, the incredible irony of writing about bad design decisions while having fucking snow flying past the text I'm trying to read is just too much...
[edit] I just discovered the snow icon, which does turn off the snow but turns the background into bright yellow. Oh and the other icon which turns your cursor into a ...spotlight? On an otherwise black page? Do I have that right? Which one of those things was a design decision that enhanced usability, or readability, or... anything at all? These choices can best be described as sophomoric. You can disagree with menu icons, but they at least in theory serve a purpose. What purpose is served by any of the gizmos on this site?