da.bedaFeb 25
Axel Rauschmayer

“How ‘Liquid Design’ Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Reset”
https://webdesignerdepot.com/how-liquid-design-broke-the-iphone-and-forced-apples-great-reset/

“[…] the Battery Tax has been devastating. Data suggests a 10–15% reduction in real-world screen-on time because the phone is effectively running a physics engine just to show you your calendar.”

How "Liquid Design" Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Reset

Apple’s "Liquid Glass" experiment has officially shattered, proving that obsession with aesthetics over usability is a billion-dollar mistake. As iOS 26 drains batteries and kills accessibility, a massive internal "Solid Design" rescue mission is underway to save the iPhone from its own ego.

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Show threadChris HayesFeb 24
@rauschma will be interesting to see where Lemay takes it
Show threadDThorisFeb 25

@rauschma
We were just talking about this idea last night... "Windows now ships with 32GB of RAM, so let's use 24GB for OS processes!" (yes, 24GB was made up, but the concept is there.)

Also, I have noticed that my work phone (an iPhone) has been crappier since the last foolish update.

I don't care about the pretty. I just want the damn things to work well.

Show threadFrank QuednauFeb 25
@rauschma this is very good news!
Show threadTom WestmacottFeb 25
@rauschma "stripping away real-time physics from static screens" - now my wife is looking at me wondering what on earth is so funny as to make me LOL.