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I guess I'm just not sensitive to terrible UI. Seems ok to me, particularly for uncommonly accessed recovery dialogs. People make a big deal about UI changes b

I guess I'm just not sensitive to terrible UI. Seems ok to me, particularly for uncommonly accessed recovery dialogs. People make a big deal about UI changes between MacOS versions ("Oh god, now there are flat, rounded icons!" or whatever) and I suspect most users don't even notice anything's different at all.

cosmotic 6y ago
This is the new global standard look for dialog boxes. I notice. I trip up for months. People build muscle memory and habit. It's not just a style thing, it's a psychology, human nature, and science thing. These are fundamentals of human computer interaction that Apple has lost touch with.
- nbzso 6y ago
  Intentionally. But let's get over it. Long time Mac OS X users like you and me are not "target demographics" for this company anymore. I understand and I am mad about making HIG something of the past plus other changes, but there is a positive in this. For me this is one really, really expensive lesson. Never put your eggs in one basket. Never trust your business computing on one vendor. I have learned and moved on to extreme decentralisation approach with mix of Linux and Windows boxes in the office and Debian KDE personally. Since Mountain Lion I have seen the writing on the wall and luckily have invested in software multi-platform workflow. So now Apple is just another tech news to smile about.:)
- mypalmike 6y ago
  Can you give an example where you get tripped up for months? I honestly don't understand. All the tools I use seem to look and behave 100% identical after an upgrade. I don't use much Apple software so maybe that explains this difference in perception..? I think they only change that ever bothered me was when scroll bars started to disappear and stop looking uniform. That was a long time ago though, maybe before even OS X.

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I guess I'm just not sensitive to terrible UI. Seems ok to me, particularly for uncommonly accessed recovery dialogs. People make a big deal about UI changes b

by mypalmike 6y ago

cosmotic 6y ago
This is the new global standard look for dialog boxes. I notice. I trip up for months. People build muscle memory and habit. It's not just a style thing, it's a psychology, human nature, and science thing. These are fundamentals of human computer interaction that Apple has lost touch with.
- nbzso 6y ago
  Intentionally. But let's get over it. Long time Mac OS X users like you and me are not "target demographics" for this company anymore. I understand and I am mad about making HIG something of the past plus other changes, but there is a positive in this. For me this is one really, really expensive lesson. Never put your eggs in one basket. Never trust your business computing on one vendor. I have learned and moved on to extreme decentralisation approach with mix of Linux and Windows boxes in the office and Debian KDE personally. Since Mountain Lion I have seen the writing on the wall and luckily have invested in software multi-platform workflow. So now Apple is just another tech news to smile about.:)
- mypalmike 6y ago
  Can you give an example where you get tripped up for months? I honestly don't understand. All the tools I use seem to look and behave 100% identical after an upgrade. I don't use much Apple software so maybe that explains this difference in perception..? I think they only change that ever bothered me was when scroll bars started to disappear and stop looking uniform. That was a long time ago though, maybe before even OS X.