Accidental Tech PodcastMay 30, 2023

537: Worse Than All of Our Toilets
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Hopes for WWDC’s announcements, exit interviews for the outgoing OSes, and how a Virginia man destroyed a car and computer in a single weekend.

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Accidental Tech Podcast: 537: Worse Than All of Our Toilets

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

Show threadClarkoJun 1, 2023

@atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss SwiftUI isn’t responsible for what you dislike about System Settings.

By default, SwiftUI uses the AppKit widgets. You have to *opt in* to different styles, which System Settings has done.

And you can quibble about those styles, for sure. But this is about the designers, not the technology.

Difference between the screenshots below:

.formStyle(.grouped)
.toggleStyle(.switch)

Otherwise it’s the same code in both cases.

Show threadtrozJun 1, 2023
@clarko @huwr @atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss Completely agree. The things people object to in the System Settings app are design decisions, not SwiftUI bugs. It also seems that a different team designed each pane, leading to a lot of inconsistent UI. But I seem to be in the minority who actually likes the formStyle(.grouped) look.
Show threadJeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱

@troz @clarko @huwr @atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss Internal inconsistency (between different panes).

External consistency (between macOS and iOS/iPadOS) of dubious value.

Jun 1, 2023 at 10:29pmWeb