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 threadFederico Viticci Jul 10, 2025

Like, let's be honest: does this look good? Is it readable?

The animations are fantastic. The glass effect is a marvel of engineering.

But does it work well?

Show threadGed MaheuxJul 10, 2025
@viticci you don’t have to be rhetorical. We all know it doesn’t look great and it’s harder to read.
Show threadFederico Viticci Jul 10, 2025
@gedeonm I actually do think it looks great! But UIs have to be usable too
Show threadCraig GrannellJul 10, 2025
@viticci @gedeonm I’m surprised you think, say, this looks great. I can only assume you mean very generally. Because there are so many specific parts of these systems that make text literally unreadable that it’s bonkers. And adding some frosting effects to some of the glass barely helps.
Show threadlegras
@craiggrannell @viticci @gedeonm this isn't even consistent. One should see the two other notifications via tranparency
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Show threadCraig GrannellJul 10, 2025
@legras @viticci @gedeonm Same on Mac for ages now. The rules surrounding sidebars are all over the shop. I had to replace my desktop with a plain colour because all the colour shifting was a distraction.