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Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#701

It's button camouflage. My 82 year old mother has enough trouble figuring out what is a button vs. what's not. She just taps everything on screen to find out. This is going to make it worse.

Tbh I’ll be doing the same thing when my devices get this update. It’s inscrutable. Tap tap tap….taptaptaptaptapTAPTAP!!!

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#704

That’s it. I’m finally switching to Linux and Android.

Got bad news for ya on Android... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43975352

It's not glassy (thank god), but it is just as disorientingly-bouncy.

I am quite happy with Mint/XFCE on the Linux side though. Clear and very fast. Glad to have finally shifted.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#706
post #397

I installed it. I really wanted to love it but it’s bad. It’s very busy and the proportions in the Settings app are awful. It’s on the “cozy” side of things (as opposed to “compact”). This means you see less options at one time on the screen and have to scroll more around the OS to get where you need to. As for accessibility… It’s hell. Have a look: https://imgur.com/a/6ZTCStC

Ugh oh god

That evokes an immediate visceral reaction hah

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#707
post #692

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple Maps is actually great now.

Going from Apple Maps to Google Maps is now like going from ublock origin to a stock browser. Crap everywhere that you didn't ask for, slowing you down as you try to locate what you're actually trying to find. Meanwhile the maps/data quality is quite good, probably 95% there for the things I care about. I've been able to use it full-time for years now.

This might be true in the US but it's close to worthless in a lot of the rest of the world.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#709
post #533

Did any user or developer ask for this? This looks absolutely awful and I’m a huge Apple fan. I can’t get behind it. :/

Designers gonna design. Even when a UI is perfectly fine, huge design teams have to justify their existence and therefore change everything for no real reason. I guess it makes more work for developers, though the utility of the work is questionable.

God this is so real. Every saas app I pay for randomly and pointlessly changes up their UI every 6-12 months for literally no reason or productivity enhancement. I assume it's just bloated UI teams justifying the fact they're consuming so much payroll.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

#710
post #397

I installed it. I really wanted to love it but it’s bad. It’s very busy and the proportions in the Settings app are awful. It’s on the “cozy” side of things (as opposed to “compact”). This means you see less options at one time on the screen and have to scroll more around the OS to get where you need to. As for accessibility… It’s hell. Have a look: https://imgur.com/a/6ZTCStC

Wow. It would almost be OK if they had had the sense to dim the background substantially, but... wow.

It had better be possible to turn this crap completely off. Is it?

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