3 ms·
The menubar is slightly taller than the notch due to how the human visual system deals with lines close to each other. A curve (notch corner) intersecting with
by Tagbert 4y ago
The menubar is slightly taller than the notch due to how the human visual system deals with lines close to each other. A curve (notch corner) intersecting with a line (menubar bottom edge) tend to make the line look bent and it looks wrong. Having the bottom edge of the menubar offset from the notch avoids that visual artifact. As a bonus, it keeps the notch from looking like it is pushing into the content area and it makes the notch look a little smaller.
This kind of attention to detail has historically been a hallmark of Apple’s sophisticated design sense. They don’t always go the extra mile on it but when they do, it makes a difference.
I like the navigation of the new Settings app over the older Control Panel but the individual panels seem incomplete. Mac OS is not the same as iOS and I would hope that they spend some time optimizing the controls and layout of those settings apps for Mac OS.
- diebeforei485 4y ago> A curve (notch corner) intersecting with a line (menubar bottom edge) tend to make the line look bent and it looks wrong. Is there a name for this optical illusion?
- barnabee 4y agoI never noticed any issue on the notch/menu bar before but I notice the wasted pixels on maximised and fullscreen apps. Mac OS doesn't even use those pixels below the notch if you enable auto hide on the menu bar, which I find midly ridiculous. I generally dislike the trend towards excessive whitespace everywhere and apps that look like web pages. I find it particularly egregious when it's an unavoidable part of the whole OS. I'd love an option for more compact "data dense" layouts in general.