Marco ArmentSep 1, 2025

Dye’s “consistency” poorly attempts to solve a problem no Mac users had, by radically redesigning the Mac to be utterly unlike itself, carelessly discarding decades of thoughtful design, function, and delight without bothering to understand any of it, and lacking adequate resources to replace it with anywhere near the quality and consideration that it once had.

It’s the sad conclusion of macOS’ takeover, under Tim Cook, by people who seem to kinda hate the Mac.
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Show threadJon Carlestam
@marcoarment I’ve found Tahoe to be delightful the few weeks I’ve used it. Absolutely love the colors, shapes and materials of new design and haven’t ran in to any problems with usability thus far. The things that are bad (like the Settings app) are not any worse than before. As a user I’m stoked about this years OS cycle.
Sep 1, 2025 at 6:19amWeb
Show threadNiek van de PasSep 1, 2025
@jonc sorry to zoom in on the background but what is the menu bar app you’re using to show up/down network? Istat menus?
Show threadJon CarlestamSep 1, 2025
@niekvdpas It’s iStatistica Pro 😊
Show threadSteve BarnesSep 1, 2025

@jonc –

I admit this was the first Apple redesign-type announcement ever that unnerved me after I began to sit with it (I've previously found myself playing the temperate role as others were unnerved around me), so I appreciate hearing actual people say they actually like it.

Show threadSteve BarnesSep 1, 2025

@jonc –

(And almost no one has been posting Tahoe screen shots in dark mode, which I've considered the only real mode since Mojave. So this one is particularly helpful.)

Show threadStefan StuckmannSep 1, 2025
@jonc @marcoarment Have you tried Light Mode, too? I feel because Dark Mode can’t rely on shadows as much it also doesn’t have a lot of the problems those shadows create in Light Mode by messing up the visual hierarchy. It works much better that way.
Show threadJon CarlestamSep 1, 2025
@StefanStuckmann Nope, I’m a dark mode boi 🌚