Federico Viticci 4d ago

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 threadKaya Thomas
@viticci I was just watching this WWDC22 session “Explore navigation design for iOS” in it the designer said explicitly “avoiding hiding or moving the tab bar” for the exact reason of avoiding the two tap issue you mentioned 🤔 https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10001
Jul 10 at 4:32pmIvory for iOS
Show threadVorsos4d ago
@kayathomas @viticci The folks at Apple really need to sit down with the folks at Apple, maybe at a novel office shaped for collaboration.
Show threadDer Teilweise3d ago

@Vorsos @kayathomas @viticci I think that’s what happened. Instead of having one capable person that designed the UI, Liquid Glass is the result of Design by Committee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee

Design by committee - Wikipedia

Show threadJonathan Hendry2d ago

@Vorsos @kayathomas @viticci

Dye and his closest colleagues probably work in a separate building.

Show threadMartin the paranoid android4d ago
@kayathomas @viticci @siracusa @gruber @marcoarment Can we start calling for Dye's head more frequently/explicitly/louder now please and thank you?
Show threadRené4d ago
@kayathomas @viticci We've always been at war with non-moving tab bars.