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It appears like they’ve aped some of MacOS design language, but it’s clear they’re engineers, not designers. There’s enough “uncanny valley” between this OS and

It appears like they’ve aped some of MacOS design language, but it’s clear they’re engineers, not designers. There’s enough “uncanny valley” between this OS and actual modern Apple UI design that it comes off a bit like all those versions of KDE that tried to look and act exactly like Windows XP and always felt a bit “off.” Their screenshots page is a Frankenstein mess of poor font quality and Apple themes mixed together dating back to OS X.1 I think it’s better when a team actually has designers working for them and comes up with their own real UI standards, (see Pop!_OS). IMO Apple’s UI design isn’t particularly good so it’s not like some holy grail we should copy and paste to Linux.

9dev 3y ago
> IMO Apple’s UI design isn’t particularly good so it’s not like some holy grail we should copy and paste to Linux. It may not be perfect, but it’s pretty darn good - as especially visible when comparing to this effort presented here. There’s a lot of detail and polish in MacOS interface design and UX people don’t realise until it’s missing.
- steve1977 3y ago
  And that’s exactly what I would call „finesse“
steve1977 3y ago
> IMO Apple’s UI design isn’t particularly good so it’s not like some holy grail we should copy and paste to FreeBSD. Fixed that for you…
bjelkeman-again 3y ago
Apple’s UI design certainly has flaws. I really don’t understand why they changed the way the System Settings in Ventura/Sonoma(?) now looks like and behaves more like iOS, as an example. However, as someone who has used GUIs from SunView/Irix Desktop/DECwindows to iPadOS/MacOS, via Windows 2.0/3.0/95/NT/etc. I am of the opinion that Apple is still the most consistent and easy to learn GUI. Even my 80-year old mother manages quite well with her Mac and iPhone.
- tcmart14 3y ago
  To me that is kind of the key strength and why Apple has such a good UI story. Its not necessarily that they perfected the UI. There are certainly parts I dislike. But, its consistent. I have to use Windows 11 at work. It is amazing how some windows have been brought up to date with the new design language of Windows 11, but I open up the Windows Event viewer and still has like the Windows 7 design language.

9dev 3y ago

> IMO Apple’s UI design isn’t particularly good so it’s not like some holy grail we should copy and paste to Linux. It may not be perfect, but it’s pretty darn good - as especially visible when comparing to this effort presented here. There’s a lot of detail and polish in MacOS interface design and UX people don’t realise until it’s missing.

steve1977 3y ago
And that’s exactly what I would call „finesse“

steve1977 3y ago

> IMO Apple’s UI design isn’t particularly good so it’s not like some holy grail we should copy and paste to FreeBSD. Fixed that for you…

bjelkeman-again 3y ago

Apple’s UI design certainly has flaws. I really don’t understand why they changed the way the System Settings in Ventura/Sonoma(?) now looks like and behaves more like iOS, as an example. However, as someone who has used GUIs from SunView/Irix Desktop/DECwindows to iPadOS/MacOS, via Windows 2.0/3.0/95/NT/etc. I am of the opinion that Apple is still the most consistent and easy to learn GUI. Even my 80-year old mother manages quite well with her Mac and iPhone.

tcmart14 3y ago
To me that is kind of the key strength and why Apple has such a good UI story. Its not necessarily that they perfected the UI. There are certainly parts I dislike. But, its consistent. I have to use Windows 11 at work. It is amazing how some windows have been brought up to date with the new design language of Windows 11, but I open up the Windows Event viewer and still has like the Windows 7 design language.