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Re: macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses

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Post by ant6n » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC

GuinansEyebrows wrote: post #208

marxisttemp wrote: post #62

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> Firstly, alt-tab I assume you mean cmd-tab. >doesn’t consider windows, it considers apps. So if you have multiple browser windows or word windows open, you can’t alt-tab between them. It’s totally confusing. You use cmd-tilde to switch between windows. >So I install an app just to get the normal alt-tab behavior of other OSs, to alt-tab between windows (mine is called alt-tab, and it’s a bit buggy and slow, I think…

> You use cmd-tilde to switch between windows. the approach is still pretty different in macOS compared to most other WM behaviors, namely: cmd-tilde cycles windows within the currently-open application, and cmd-tab cylces through applications. in most other environments, alt-tab will cycle windows across all open applications (and win-tab does something like cmd-tab on macOS but somehow horribly).

But the worst part: cmd-tilde cycles, whereas alt-tab on all other OS is a stack of most recently used windows.

Re: macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses

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Post by ant6n » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC

ulbu wrote: post #126

ulbu wrote: post #25

read somewhere that maybe they’re preparing for OLED screens

is there a reason to downvote this?

you didn't explain what the connection is supposed to be. even when asked.

Re: macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses

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Post by Reason077 » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

Towaway69 wrote: post #116

aucisson_masque wrote: post #59

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I wish too but they can't just back up, that would be a very bad sign for investors.

Why? What happened to the magic bar? There are many things Apple changed their minds on. I won’t be surprised if there is a rollback in 27 (i’m hoping there will be - else going to buy a retro mac with a magic bar upon no tahoe runs).

No need for a retro Mac. macOS Sequoia runs great on all but the very newest Macs, and is still getting maintenance updates. And unlike with iPhones, it's perfectly possible to downgrade Macs back to older macOS versions if you want.

Re: macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses

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Post by etchalon » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

iknowstuff wrote: post #21

etchalon wrote: post #13

This feels like one of those "done for backwards compatibility and we tested not doing it and it was worse" things where everyone assumes incompetence over good-faith trade-offs being driven by release schedules.

Did the radius need changing

Does any new design ever need to be done?

Re: macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses

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Post by andrekandre » Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC

trymas wrote: post #127

EdiX wrote: post #79

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> ever since the "iOS-ify everything" zeitgeist took root That started in 2010, a bit more than 5-10 years.

IMHO it started with iOS 7 [1] - year 2013. Uber flat, you don't know what's a button, what's a text. I dunno if I just adjusted to it or it actually somewhat got better up to iOS/macOS 15. Though with iOS/macOS 26 - it's iOS 7 moment yet again. NB: not sure about Liquid Glass - though I was recently (and weirdly) recommended to watch iOS 7 trailer on youtube[2]. Comments are overwhelmingly positive. Dunno if it's ju…

  > Comments are overwhelmingly positive. Dunno if it's just people who were kids/teens looking through rose tinted glasses.

idk, its a trailer so lots of beauty shots and also selection bias at work... i think also the previous ui though wasnt gods gift to ux either (thinking about that "oompaloompa skin" [0] calendar app lol) so there is a lot of "refreshness" that does look good (again that new calendar app looked slick). that being said also after release i remember everyone blasting it for super thin fonts and low contrast so im inclined to say rose-colored glasses....

as an aside: personally (and at $work in user tests) very flat design seems to lead to cognitive load increase and difficultly discerning interactive vs non interactive elements so i'd say we have one step forwards two steps backwards for sure...

[0] https://osxdaily.com/2011/07/23/change-ical-leather-interfac...