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Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by solfox »

kelseydh wrote: post #661
dimal wrote: post #148

Oh no. It looks like every button and menu is now a translucent layer, so that any noise from the background shows through and muddles the text. This seems like an accessibility nightmare. Translucent layers generally make software unusable for me. In the video, I saw several instances that would be really really bad for me, where I’d be straining to understand the text. Looks really cool and futuristic though. Just…

The "liquid glass" design changes shown by Apple look mostly like slight tinkering around the edges of how widgets look/feel. Way less of a design change than the move to flat design was.

Yes, knowing Apple, this has probably been in development for years and seen a million internal iterations.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by cubefox »

mock-possum wrote: post #705

> The new material, Liquid Glass, combines the optical qualities of glass with a fluidity only Apple can God this marketing copy is sickening Literally who wrote this, and who did they write it for??

Fun activity: count how often they use the word "delight".

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by solfox »

stalco wrote: 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

That screenshot! Terrible

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by SirMaster »

dimal wrote: post #148

Oh no. It looks like every button and menu is now a translucent layer, so that any noise from the background shows through and muddles the text. This seems like an accessibility nightmare. Translucent layers generally make software unusable for me. In the video, I saw several instances that would be really really bad for me, where I’d be straining to understand the text. Looks really cool and futuristic though. Just…

Fortunately you can turn off the transparency in accessibility options.

https://preview.redd.it/zzxh77iv906f1.png?width=2358&format=...

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by solfox »

kumarvvr wrote: post #652
stalco wrote: 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 ! That is ugly. Wonder if Apple has any Quality Control department at all. I mean, a designer comes up with a proposal, someone else ought to check it.

Sad thing about Apple is that this was designed by a huge design team and about a million keynote presentations to execs that sounded exactly like this.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by wraptile »

stevenhubertron wrote: post #436

I don't post here often, but I hope someone at Apple is reading this as this is one of the worst designs I have seen from this company. Even in their own presentation they shows text hard to read, text on top of text. It's an accessibility and usability nightmare. I really don't want to give up iMessage but if what ships looks as bad as this I may jump ship.

truly contender for the worst redesign of the decade. It's hard to see how a trillion dollar company would stumble so bad here. They must be real zealots on AR to even go here.

Re: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

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Post by throwaway290 »

adastra22 wrote: post #766
stalco wrote: 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

That screenshot is utterly unreadable. It makes my eyes hurt. For the young people out there, I'm not exaggerating or being metaphorical. Literally pain in my eyes as they try (and fail) to focus on the appropriate UI elements. I was going to upgrade to an iPhone 16 this week. I might be checking out Google or Samsung devices instead.

I think it's also just ugly to be honest. Completely opposite of Apple's values of focusing on one thing at a time and even basic grid alignment. And I am an Apple fanboy....
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