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He created liquid glass, the much ballyhood but controversial new ios 26 update. Marketed like "magic" but mainly just visual updates that are buggy, drain batt

He created liquid glass, the much ballyhood but controversial new ios 26 update. Marketed like "magic" but mainly just visual updates that are buggy, drain battery and make things hard to read. Wonder if they'll keep supporting/pushing it.

markus_zhang 11mo ago
Ah, another blessing I get to enjoy due to forced update policy from our IT department.
nine_k 11mo ago
Feature request: a Dye Injector in the Control Panel that allows to add a tint to Liquid Glass, all the way to 100% opaque if desired. (Unscientific fiction, I know.)
- beAbU 11mo ago
  Ironically this was a feature in Windows 7.
- DonHopkins 11mo ago
  They'll virtualize the ink jet printer ink model: Totally Transparent Liquid Glass UI is free, DRM'ed dye is an in-app purchase that fades over time, or subscription that you don't actually own. User defined colors not possible, only expensive premium licensed Pantone, Disney Princess Pink, Barbie Pink, Tiffany Blue, Coca Cola Red, Cadbury Purple, UPS Brown, Target Red, Home Depot Orange, John Deere Green & Yellow, Vantablack, Stuart Semple Black 2.0, 3.0, etc.
sharts 11mo ago
It’s so weird that such a role could even have been allowed to be held by such a halfwit. How dies that even happen?
- TheOtherHobbes 11mo ago
  He arrived from the world of fashion with Watch, and somehow that gave him enough cachet at the top to entrench an extended nonsense career. Looking forward to his tenure at Meta. With any luck he'll kill the company.
  - DonHopkins 11mo ago
    Gruber: Apple employees ‘giddy’ about Alan Dye’s departure https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-about-alan-dyes-departure/ https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-... Bad Dye Job https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job >The sentiment within the ranks at Apple is that today’s news is almost too good to be true. People had given up hope that Dye would ever get squeezed out, and no one expected that he’d just up and leave on his own. [...] >It’s rather extraordinary in today’s hyper-partisan world that there’s nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray. It was a big problem inside the company too. I’m aware of dozens of designers who’ve left Apple, out of frustration over the company’s direction, to work at places like LoveFrom, OpenAI, and their secretive joint venture io. I’m not sure there are any interaction designers at io who aren’t ex-Apple, and if there are, it’s only a handful. From the stories I’m aware of, the theme is identical: these are designers driven to do great work, and under Alan Dye, “doing great work” was no longer the guiding principle at Apple. [...] >That alone will be a win for everyone — even though the change was seemingly driven by Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to poach Dye, not Tim Cook and Apple’s senior leadership realizing they should have shitcanned him long ago. [...] >My favorite reaction to today’s news is this one-liner from a guy on Twitter/X: “The average IQ of both companies has increased.” https://x.com/8hipulin/status/1996318006335401997 https://x.com/8hipulin/status/1996318006335401997 "Dye [...] get[ting] squeezed out" of Apple is such vividly technicolor imagery! I too hope he makes Meta curl up and dye.
    - thenthenthen 11mo ago
      “ adding that 26-year Apple design veteran Steve Lemay will take over Dye’s role.” 26 year old ‘veteran’? This guy was 6 when Windows Aero was introduced…

markus_zhang 11mo ago

Ah, another blessing I get to enjoy due to forced update policy from our IT department.

nine_k 11mo ago

Feature request: a Dye Injector in the Control Panel that allows to add a tint to Liquid Glass, all the way to 100% opaque if desired. (Unscientific fiction, I know.)

beAbU 11mo ago
Ironically this was a feature in Windows 7.
DonHopkins 11mo ago
They'll virtualize the ink jet printer ink model: Totally Transparent Liquid Glass UI is free, DRM'ed dye is an in-app purchase that fades over time, or subscription that you don't actually own. User defined colors not possible, only expensive premium licensed Pantone, Disney Princess Pink, Barbie Pink, Tiffany Blue, Coca Cola Red, Cadbury Purple, UPS Brown, Target Red, Home Depot Orange, John Deere Green & Yellow, Vantablack, Stuart Semple Black 2.0, 3.0, etc.

sharts 11mo ago

It’s so weird that such a role could even have been allowed to be held by such a halfwit. How dies that even happen?

TheOtherHobbes 11mo ago
He arrived from the world of fashion with Watch, and somehow that gave him enough cachet at the top to entrench an extended nonsense career. Looking forward to his tenure at Meta. With any luck he'll kill the company.
- DonHopkins 11mo ago
  Gruber: Apple employees ‘giddy’ about Alan Dye’s departure https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-about-alan-dyes-departure/ https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-... Bad Dye Job https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job >The sentiment within the ranks at Apple is that today’s news is almost too good to be true. People had given up hope that Dye would ever get squeezed out, and no one expected that he’d just up and leave on his own. [...] >It’s rather extraordinary in today’s hyper-partisan world that there’s nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray. It was a big problem inside the company too. I’m aware of dozens of designers who’ve left Apple, out of frustration over the company’s direction, to work at places like LoveFrom, OpenAI, and their secretive joint venture io. I’m not sure there are any interaction designers at io who aren’t ex-Apple, and if there are, it’s only a handful. From the stories I’m aware of, the theme is identical: these are designers driven to do great work, and under Alan Dye, “doing great work” was no longer the guiding principle at Apple. [...] >That alone will be a win for everyone — even though the change was seemingly driven by Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to poach Dye, not Tim Cook and Apple’s senior leadership realizing they should have shitcanned him long ago. [...] >My favorite reaction to today’s news is this one-liner from a guy on Twitter/X: “The average IQ of both companies has increased.” https://x.com/8hipulin/status/1996318006335401997 https://x.com/8hipulin/status/1996318006335401997 "Dye [...] get[ting] squeezed out" of Apple is such vividly technicolor imagery! I too hope he makes Meta curl up and dye.
  - thenthenthen 11mo ago
    “ adding that 26-year Apple design veteran Steve Lemay will take over Dye’s role.” 26 year old ‘veteran’? This guy was 6 when Windows Aero was introduced…