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Meta rant: Why, oh why do people use low contrast colors and expect people to be able to read their blog? Has nobody heard about accessibility? Or do they not care, because “I can read it”.
The contrast ratio between #000000 and #8F9BA8 is 7.42:1 which passes accessibility guidelines.
- who pays $28 for icons you have to install yourself one by one?!
- most of these icons are protected by copyright/trademark laws, how is still legal?
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> iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version It's not a technical achievement(that took Apple 10 years to do), it's a design choice(that Apple made then and now). It can have multiple motivations that we can speculate on, would have been great to have someone from Apple to give us some perspective. >iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an…
> It's not a technical achievement(that took Apple 10 years to do), it's a design choice That's the most poetic way of saying "it's not a bug, it's a feature"
There is also a very good Veritasium Video about that:
It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them.
In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first place.
Of course I check the comments here and theres the usual chorus of dismissals as "just luck." It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them. In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first…
Luck is absolutely, 100% a factor here, but you won't get lucky without putting the effort in first.
Of course I check the comments here and theres the usual chorus of dismissals as "just luck." It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them. In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first…
This is basically the origin of the saying "you create your own luck". Luck is absolutely, 100% a factor here, but you won't get lucky without putting the effort in first.
As an Android user, I am completely blown away by two things: #1 iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version, #2 iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an icon pack.
Technically it's still not available to iPhone users. The actual method of changing the icons is a really nasty workaround that needs to be performed for each and every application . Instructions: https://icons.tr.af/how Don't get me wrong, I do love my iPhone, but this isn't something most people (myself included) will have the patience to do.
Of course I check the comments here and theres the usual chorus of dismissals as "just luck." It's funny because anyone who actually believed that would never have created those icons 7 years ago. They would have never published them and they would have never stuck their neck out to promote them. In a way it seems like the best way to ensure that you never "get lucky" is to assume that it's all just luck in the first…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version It's not a technical achievement(that took Apple 10 years to do), it's a design choice(that Apple made then and now). It can have multiple motivations that we can speculate on, would have been great to have someone from Apple to give us some perspective. >iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an…
> It's not a technical achievement(that took Apple 10 years to do), it's a design choice That's the most poetic way of saying "it's not a bug, it's a feature"