If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn’t have believed them. Skipping swiftly past all the political, economic and social turmoil, I come to th…
As another commenter mentioned in the [email protected] thread, there’s a useful summary at the end of the essay:
macOS Tahoe’s visual interface:
Fits largely rectangular contents into windows with excessively rounded corners.
Enlarges controls without any functional benefit.
Results in app icons being more uniform, thus less distinguishable and memorable.
Fails to distinguish tools, controls and other interface elements using differences in tone, so making them harder to use.
Makes a mess where transparent layers are superimposed, and won’t reduce transparency when that’s needed to render its interface more accessible.
Maybe this is because I’m getting older, but that gives me the benefit of having experienced Apple’s older interfaces, with their exceptional quality and functionality.
That was little more than a decade ago, in 2014. Not that I want to turn the clock back, but it would be really helpful if I could read clearly what’s on my display once again.
As another commenter mentioned in the [email protected] thread, there’s a useful summary at the end of the essay: