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I switched from Android to iOS exclusively because of Liquid Glass. It's amazing. I'll just sit there and drag the glass back and forth over different things on

I switched from Android to iOS exclusively because of Liquid Glass. It's amazing. I'll just sit there and drag the glass back and forth over different things on my screen and stare in awe.

throwaway48476 1y ago
I dont mean to impugn, but that sounds like how someone would describe a toddler being given an ipad. I turn off animations and use apps with an OLED theme.
- monster_truck 1y ago
  The first thing I do every time I install a new version of iOS or get a new iPhone is disable all of the animations and enable reduce visual motion in accessibility. Not only is it faster in the countless cases where overambitious UI designers subject us to >0.2s animations, but it dramatically extends battery life
  - LoganDark 1y ago
    I would do this on macOS if it could make it faster to switch Spaces; unfortunately it does not (just makes the animation into an ugly fade that still takes just as long).
  - citrin_ru 1y ago
    In iOS <= 18 reduce motion works fine but in iOS 26 it just changes animation to be symmetrical and fast. It still an animation and being fast it looks almost like flicker. I don't like animations in UI but had to disable this option in iOS 26.
- BestHackerOnHN 1y ago
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gambiting 1y ago
I mean I do remember the feeling of switching over to KDE from Windows around.....2005-2010 era and just being blown away by how pretty everything was. I yearn for that feeling again. But I have both android and iOS devices at home and the liquid glass is just......not that nice(imho). I hope I'll get that feeling of awe with computers at some point again.
- adastra22 1y ago
  KDE to Windows? You missed out on peak Enlightenment.
joshuat 1y ago
You forget that HN is incapable of detecting even the most obvious sarcasm
- gessha 1y ago
  At this point the comment is more for internal vs external pleasure.
- aucisson_masque 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- ASalazarMX 1y ago
  To be fair, it is an affront to usability, but it looks pretty the first time you play with the distortion of several confusing layers of Glass. I had to play with different wallpapers to find one who distorted the better.
ASalazarMX 1y ago
But wait, have you noticed that it's named "Liquid Glass(TM)", but none of the glass is actually liquid, or even flowing? Everything is solid pieces of glass. You fooled us again, Apple!
- FridayoLeary 1y ago
  You want to hold a lump of molten glass?
  - bombcar 1y ago
    At least give us a lava lamp experience. Icons slowly floating up to the top, bursting into notifications that slowly sink to the bottom.
- Shadowmist 1y ago
  Some they are using Metal instead of OpenGL they should just remove the GL from the name.
- kalleboo 1y ago
  The touch animations for switches and selector controls, and the animations of tab bar controls splitting and joining are "liquid".
bean469 1y ago
It's surprising how they managed to instantly spawn liquids inside of the screen. I love Liquid Ass.

I switched from Android to iOS exclusively because of Liquid Glass. It's amazing. I'll just sit there and drag the glass back and forth over different things on my screen and stare in awe.

throwaway48476 1y ago

I dont mean to impugn, but that sounds like how someone would describe a toddler being given an ipad. I turn off animations and use apps with an OLED theme.

monster_truck 1y ago
The first thing I do every time I install a new version of iOS or get a new iPhone is disable all of the animations and enable reduce visual motion in accessibility. Not only is it faster in the countless cases where overambitious UI designers subject us to >0.2s animations, but it dramatically extends battery life
- LoganDark 1y ago
  I would do this on macOS if it could make it faster to switch Spaces; unfortunately it does not (just makes the animation into an ugly fade that still takes just as long).
- citrin_ru 1y ago
  In iOS <= 18 reduce motion works fine but in iOS 26 it just changes animation to be symmetrical and fast. It still an animation and being fast it looks almost like flicker. I don't like animations in UI but had to disable this option in iOS 26.
BestHackerOnHN 1y ago
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gambiting 1y ago

I mean I do remember the feeling of switching over to KDE from Windows around.....2005-2010 era and just being blown away by how pretty everything was. I yearn for that feeling again. But I have both android and iOS devices at home and the liquid glass is just......not that nice(imho). I hope I'll get that feeling of awe with computers at some point again.

adastra22 1y ago
KDE to Windows? You missed out on peak Enlightenment.

joshuat 1y ago

You forget that HN is incapable of detecting even the most obvious sarcasm

gessha 1y ago
At this point the comment is more for internal vs external pleasure.
aucisson_masque 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
ASalazarMX 1y ago
To be fair, it is an affront to usability, but it looks pretty the first time you play with the distortion of several confusing layers of Glass. I had to play with different wallpapers to find one who distorted the better.

ASalazarMX 1y ago

But wait, have you noticed that it's named "Liquid Glass(TM)", but none of the glass is actually liquid, or even flowing? Everything is solid pieces of glass. You fooled us again, Apple!

FridayoLeary 1y ago
You want to hold a lump of molten glass?
- bombcar 1y ago
  At least give us a lava lamp experience. Icons slowly floating up to the top, bursting into notifications that slowly sink to the bottom.
Shadowmist 1y ago
Some they are using Metal instead of OpenGL they should just remove the GL from the name.
kalleboo 1y ago
The touch animations for switches and selector controls, and the animations of tab bar controls splitting and joining are "liquid".

bean469 1y ago

It's surprising how they managed to instantly spawn liquids inside of the screen. I love Liquid Ass.