I never used Windows Vista, but now that that look is back and I’m forced to use mac, I feel like I dodged a bullet and it ricoched back right in my eyes.
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lexiw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Everything is better than Liquid Glass
mumblerfish@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Yeah. I’ve been using Macs since System 6 and while I’ve often disagreed with Apple’s direction, this is the first one that feels downright incompetent, in much the same way as Microsoft’s Vista and Windows 8 designs were.
There’s no consistency between how things look and how they behave. There is useless clutter everywhere. Legibility of text is an afterthought. It’s like they forgot the distinction between graphic design and UI design.
But it looks pretty at a glance, so…great…
irate944@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I’m having a hard time understanding where this is coming from.
Vista was hated for a lot of reasons, but visual design wasn’t one of them. If anything it was one of the few things it got right, and why Windows 7 built upon it.
lexiw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s the same feeling I have. In the past it was “I don’t like it but can get used to it”, now it’s so bad it’s borderline unusable.
alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t understand this. People have been nostalgic for windows 7 aero for years. I maintained since 7 came out that aero was the best windows UI ever made. It’s so pretty and functional. I run Linux with an aero theme to this day.
Why all of a sudden does everyone hate the glass look? It’s like a switch flipped.
tyler@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Windows 7’s Aero was amazing. Liquid Glass is terrible.
lexiw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t dislike aero or glass, I just dislike iOS implementation of it. With the wrong background sometimes you can’t read buttons for example, and a myriad of little things that are insignificant on their own but a pain in numbers.
lexiw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I was never a fan of aero, but I don’t care a lot about UIs in general. It’s just that Liquid Glass as implemented by Apple specifically is terrible. When I first updated to it I was looking for how to tune it down and found this article that covers what I think is the biggest issue with their implementation: macworld.com/…/this-liquid-glass-toggle-is-a-wind…
They focused so much on making it pretty that it ceased to be functional. There should not be animation lag on basic UI elements. My phone is not that old and my screen will freeze up with a big Liquid Glass bubble obscuring the display for at least a full 2 seconds depending on the button I press. They allow per app Liquid Glass settings, which is great considering how terribly it’s been implemented on certain apps, but the fact it’s deemed necessary should be a huge indicator of the overall quality. A nonzero amount of dev time was put into making sure we can reject their design direction and still that doesn’t work. The safari browser implementation of turning off LG leaves empty blocks on the top and bottom of the screen instead of the normal fade away of those elements, and that is their own browser. I imagine a lot will be patched out soon, but the roll out has been a buggy disaster in my opinion. I think it’s really colored people’s opinion on LG in general now.
otacon239@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll join in and say that I also don’t understand the hate. I get the readability and accessibility stuff, but as far as pure aesthetic, I personally really enjoy it. I haven’t personally run into the supposed complete workflow hitches that others seem to have with it.