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> macOS ... contains very serious design mistakes Would you be willing to elaborate, or link to articles supporting this? I'm sure that they have them, but sin

• makecheck 5y ago
  For notifications, here[1] is a pretty good overview of the problem. A collection of comments on reformatted alert messages: [2]. Comment on icons, translucency and other quirks: [3]. [1] https://tyler.io/240-invisible-pixels/ https://tyler.io/240-invisible-pixels/ [2] https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/07/03/big-surs-narrow-alerts/ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/07/03/big-surs-narrow-alerts/ [3] https://medium.com/macoclock/why-apple-has-broken-some-basic-design-principles-in-the-new-macos-release-419cf74af099 https://medium.com/macoclock/why-apple-has-broken-some-basic... Not to mention posts on Reddit, Twitter, blogs, etc. about lots of these UI quirks.
  • logbiscuitswave 5y ago
    > Worse, though, Big Sur hides the (X) until you mouse over the literal bounds of the banner - not even the area where the hidden (X) will appear is initially valid. I so intensely hate this design trend of hiding UI elements until you move the mouse cursor into a “magic” area that makes them appear. I work a lot with tools and websites that do this and it’s simply maddening.