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Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by drfloyd51 »

reddalo wrote: post #12
andy_ppp wrote: post #6

Usually I like Apple’s OS updates but Tahoe is absolutely awful from the glass to the noddy sizing of everything. MacOS does not have to harmonise with VisionOS at all and it’s been a disaster for macOS to try.

I agree. Tahoe is disgustingly unusable; I'm happy that Alan Dye left Apple. I hope Apple will backtrack on Liquid Glass after Tahoe. Otherwise, I'll just switch to Linux.

Will you really switch?

There are so many other wonderful reasons to switch beyond “my current OS has a few issues”.

And it’s not as if Linux is without issues either.

I mean if Linux was “SO GREAT” why are you bothering with an inferior OS now. Just switch already.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by michelb »

nomel wrote: post #64
reddalo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. Tahoe is disgustingly unusable; I'm happy that Alan Dye left Apple. I hope Apple will backtrack on Liquid Glass after Tahoe. Otherwise, I'll just switch to Linux.

> disgustingly unusable Any specifics in mind? I, personally, haven't noticed much, beyond the initial difficulty in resizing windows.

A lot of the controls are unreadable depending on the background behind it, for example. Which is crazy. Sometimes it's also hard to figure out if something is a control, part of a site/application, a visual bug, or something else.

They've even doubled down on it, I don't see this going away in the next 2 major OS versions. I expect them to have a lot of WWDC sessions about it again this year.

That said, Apple's own apps are a crazy mixed up mess of different design systems and technologies, so maybe it will all fall apart and something new comes along in ±3 years time.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by michelb »

drfloyd51 wrote: post #100
isoprophlex wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I kinda want a new mac because the hardware looks so ... performant. But I can't bear this tahoe glass bullshit, every screenshot I see of it looks terrible. I just don't get what Apple's play is here.

Apple fired the head of UX after Tahoe. Apple didn’t know what Apple’s play was. The new guy is very well respected and hopefully back off of glass.

'The new guy' is one of the driving forces behind Apple Glass....

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

#104

Post by c-hendricks »

troupo wrote: post #72
VimEscapeArtist wrote: post #23

No screenshot? Dunno what’s all about. What menu?

If you read beyond just the headline, you can see a description of the problem with a bunch of links in literally the first paragraph of the article.

And if you run the command you can see that there's still lots of icons in menus

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

#105

Post by neom »

nopakos wrote: post #63
neom wrote: post #18

I was really happy when they added the pictures! Dyslexia, the icons are 100% faster for me, I don't use those menus often enough to know what is in there word wise, but I can read the icons super fast.

So it should be an accessibility setting. I don't mind if the default is on or off.

Yeah I agree, this would be ideal, I actually thought this post was pretty funny because I couldn't imagine anyone wanting them off, and I suppose some people think it's funny I like them. :)

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

#106

Post by testing22321 »

mholm wrote: post #40
testing22321 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I setup a do not disturb to run all day everyday. I have not had a notification to update to Tahoe in over a month.

I don't even have any special handling set and haven't had any Tahoe prompts beyond maybe the first one. I often forget that I'm not on the latest anymore.

With all “auto updates” off I was getting a notification at least once a day.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

#108

Post by hirvi74 »

reddalo wrote: post #12
andy_ppp wrote: post #6

Usually I like Apple’s OS updates but Tahoe is absolutely awful from the glass to the noddy sizing of everything. MacOS does not have to harmonise with VisionOS at all and it’s been a disaster for macOS to try.

I agree. Tahoe is disgustingly unusable; I'm happy that Alan Dye left Apple. I hope Apple will backtrack on Liquid Glass after Tahoe. Otherwise, I'll just switch to Linux.

> Tahoe is disgustingly unusable

I think Tahoe looks pretty good all things considered. Maybe fix just a few little minor UI issues and it'd be perfect to me.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

#109

Post by egeozcan »

isametry wrote: post #93
tomalbrc wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your "upcoming" touch MacBook Pro has been a pipe dream of apple consumers for 2 decades now

I’d even say pipe dream of just Apple commentators and pundits. I’ve yet to hear from a normal, real-life Mac user who legitimately wishes for a touchscreen MacBook.

Sorry to break your streak but I'm a "real-life Mac user who legitimately wishes for a touchscreen MacBook", but maybe you may argue that I'm holding it wrong and my wish is illegitimate :)

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by hirvi74 »

OJFord wrote: post #26
LeoPanthera wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you provide some examples of this? In my experience, they're quite consistent.

https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/ (second section on consistency)

A lot of those icon examples are being rather disingenuous. Some of the icon symbol changes amongst the various apps are justified because the actions being represented are different despite using the same English word. Take the "New" icon example. Adding a new reminder is not the same thing conceptually as creating a new note.
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