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I decided to install this and the updated iOS today to see how I felt about it. My very initial impressions on MacOS: (1) I like the look of Safari better and
by _2d30 1y ago
I decided to install this and the updated iOS today to see how I felt about it.
My very initial impressions on MacOS:
(1) I like the look of Safari better and the Mail app compared to the prior designs. They both look really nice to me and the Mail app especially looks like a huge improvement in terms of design unification with some of the features like summaries and unsubscribe options that looked bolted on in the past now blending in seamlessly.
(2) I really, really don't like the new icons! Especially so on iOS.
(3) On iOS the app group/folders look terrible to me with the way they distort my wallpaper. Not a fan.
(4) A lot of people are complaining about transparent icons. It's not a valid complaint and is strong evidence whoever is saying that hasn't used the new OS as that is a choice you can make if you want. The default is not transparent.
(5) The increased radii in some places doesn't seem to have any meaningful impact to my information density. A simple comparison of Chrome (old styling) and Safari (with the liquid glass design) shows that Safari has a few pixels fewer in height search + tab bar as a concrete example.
(6) Messages app in MacOS looks like shit. I hate almost everything about it.
(7) Spotlight search has marked improvements! UI is nicer and functionality has expanded greatly (eg clipboard search).
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoI weirdly like the clear apps on iOS. Less visually stimulating.
- _2d30 1y agoI've been trying this now too based on your comment. I think I like it too but I also think it only works for me because I know where everything is on my phone. If I ever reorganized or expand my regular app usage to new things, I think it will be much harder as differentiating the apps is much harder.
- hk1337 1y agoI really like the Apps change. Instead of opening up the icons full screen, it opens in a spotlight search window.
- piskov 1y agoWhich is shit because with launchpad you had muscle memory. Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar
- eddieroger 1y agoI have to believe that Apple had anonymized telemetry that told them how many people used Launchpad and acted as justification to nix it. I remember when it came out, and I probably used it more in the first month when it was novel and new than I have since then. I'm sorry a feature that you liked is gone, but I'm sure it wasn't done blindly.
- jachee 1y agoYour “Imagine…” hypothetical is literally how I run my iPhone. I don’t need piles of icons cluttering up my screen. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and get any app on my phone, easily. More room for glanceable, informational widgets that way.
- amluto 1y agoHah. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and my app might show up. Eventually. Sadly you can’t swipe left and instantly type into the App Library search - that search bar actually works pretty well.
- kcplate 1y agoI have a 16 pro and pull down and type a couple of characters is delivering apps to me pretty much instantly
- biinjo 1y agoI guess thats personal preference because you’re describing exactly how I use both macOS and iOS. I can’t be bothered by app icon locations or launchpad. Just CMD+Space and boom its there.
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- browningstreet 1y agoWhat I find weird: you can have light icons with color, dark icons with color, but not clear (and/or tinted) icons with color. It’s a strange omission.
- reaperducer 1y agoNo more *poof* animation when you drag a control out of the toolbar during customization.
- wpm 1y agoBut I was told Liquid Glass was going to add a bit more whimsy to the OS!
- itopaloglu83 1y agoThe poof animation was such a lovely touch. Removing it feels like a crime honestly. Most of the friendly computer interactions are being removed. I presume someone thinks it takes too much effort to replicate. They’re making the computer soulless, just like Windows, they might as well remove the Mac name as well.
- micromacrofoot 1y agoSpotlight improvements are one of the only things I actually like about it so far, it's unbelievable how bad messages app looks... we're certainly losing some space in cases where they're doing this weird sidebar container
- _2d30 1y agoBeing able to search an app from spotlight is so great. CMD + SPC => "Mail" => TAB => then I'm searching all my emails is fantastic. Spotlight really is a huge improvement for me.