Federico Viticci Jul 10, 2025

The more time I spend with Liquid Glass, the more I don't understand Alan Dye's and the design team's obsession with minimizing UI chrome and "prioritizing content" instead.

With collapsed tab bars in iOS 26, it now takes me two taps to switch between Library and Music.

Is that…better? The animations are gorgeous, sure. But does it actually *work* better? 🤔

Show threadFederico Viticci Jul 10, 2025

I mean, you know me, I'm not the kind of person who hates change. I love to switch between systems, try new stuff, and be on the bleeding edge of tech.

But things have to be an improvement, and most of Liquid Glass feels like a sidestep with beautiful animations, a great physics engine, and worse usability than before.

We'll see what happens I guess!

Show threadKeir
@viticci that's one of the big things, other than the obvious visual issues. I have yet to see *anything* about how it actually improves the experience for the user.
Jul 10, 2025 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jul 10, 2025
@keir @viticci I mean, I'm enjoying iOS & iPadOS 26 a helluva lot more than any Apple OS in recent memory. Clearly they're doing something right, because my experience *is* better.
Show threadKeirJul 10, 2025
@jaredwhite @viticci the functionality added to iPadOS is definitely a step in the right direction for the most part but in terms of the changes to the user interface, particularly on the more global parts such as notifications, toolbars and so on, none of that has actually made the experience better in any way.