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The Dock absolutely lost usability; all the icons look the same now. I practically stopped using the dock because I never find the apps I'm looking for quickly;
by jakobegger 10y ago
The Dock absolutely lost usability; all the icons look the same now. I practically stopped using the dock because I never find the apps I'm looking for quickly; I've switched to using Spotlight for opening apps instead.
The old "Pages" icon was instantly recognisable. The new one looks, at first glance, exactly the same as text edit and notes.
I don't think that the UI actually needs to get out of the way. We humans are perfectly able to ignore even the most obnoxiously designed mess (cf. banner blindness). But we are not very good at picking from many similar-looking things. Replacing the colorful sidebar icons with simpler monochrome versions now requires us to actively look for the icon you need, instead of just picking it intuitively.
- fabean 10y agoI agree all the designs of icons all look the same and that's not the best thing, but using Spotlight to open things is just better anyways.
- intoverflow2 10y ago>I don't think that the UI actually needs to get out of the way Getting a bit fed up of listening to fellow designers preaching about "cognitive overload" over a few button shapes and icons then proceeding to ship designs where all the controls are un-styled blue text with the occasional semi-abstract line art icon.
- zer0defex 10y agoExactly why I make mine transparent: http://imgur.com/a/AXNy9 http://imgur.com/a/AXNy9 Contrary to popular belief these days, contrast is not the enemy.
- ParadoxOryx 10y agoHow'd you make it transparent?
- zer0defex 10y agocDock: http://w0lfschild.github.io/app_cDock.html http://w0lfschild.github.io/app_cDock.html
- rmwaite 10y agoWhat app is that you have the checklist in?
- zer0defex 10y agoJust the built-in apple notes app - starting with El Capitan it has checklists now