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An observation from an Apple fan/addict/drone follows: The minor visual tweaks which arrived in macOS 11 and iOS 14, to me, evoke a similar sense of "slab" com
by the_other 5y ago
An observation from an Apple fan/addict/drone follows:
The minor visual tweaks which arrived in macOS 11 and iOS 14, to me, evoke a similar sense of "slab" computing. I saw it in the merging of UI tooling; in the visual and operational related-ness of widgets across the two operating systems; with the tiny details like the hazy amorphous backgrounds and the flattening of "windows"; with the gentle deprecation of "system" UI (making the menubar recede); most especially with the expansion of cross-device tooling - your current state with many document types can move with you from device to device. The visual similarities are nothing to do with "merging the operating systems". Apple likely won't do that - they tie the OS to the hardware, the form factor, the principle input/output mechanisms. The similarities are about providing consistent experience and interfacing across different operating systems. It's probably also a bit about "branding" Apple's version and approach to "slab" computing.
Apple are already embracing this "slab" idea, already have it working across a growing number of applications and device types, in a way that non-nerds can use it with minimal set-up.