Craig Grannell

Aha, I thought. I can get around Liquid Glass and return to my minimalist iOS 18 Home Screen, just by flipping the background from black to white! Genius! But no.

Whether I set a background to white (255,255,255) or use an image (255,255,255/#ffffff), iOS 26 makes it subtly darker, just so it can still show off its Liquid Glass effects around widgets. iOS 18 does not.

I don’t even.

This might not be news to anyone here, but, hey, I’m still discovering new things that annoy me about iOS 26.

May 11 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadCraig GrannellMay 11

What’s somehow even worse about this: if I open up the image in Photos on both of my phones, the *same* thing happens. In iOS 18, it’s #ffffff, but in iOS 26, it’s #fefefe. So iOS 26 is not accurately showing me the content of my (admittedly insanely simple) image, for… reasons. Good grief.

(If I’m wrong here or there’s some kind of weird setting I’ve turned on, please do say. But I cannot find anything. I’ve already turned off all accessibility stuff, just to check.)

Show threadRiccardo MoriMay 11
@craiggrannell It’s absurd to me that an OS should actively fight one’s preferences. Or bend them to its whims.
Show threadcoffeetodayMay 11
@craiggrannell Man, Apple just keeps getting worse the more I hear about it.
Show threadCraig GrannellMay 11
@coffee_tomorrow My hope is that with the guy responsible for this shit now gone and a product-first veteran about to be CEO, there might be some course correction. My fear is there won't be.
Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftMay 11

@craiggrannell @coffee_tomorrow

as a non apple user, this is an honest question - is there any (non forensic IT super sysadmin) OS rollback capability? Its not pretty under Windows (and I've never even considered it under linux) as you have to use Recovery mode and restore to a snapshot, but its do-able. I presume there's some snapshot/recovery/rollback on apples?

Show threadCraig GrannellMay 11
@tezoatlipoca @coffee_tomorrow Broadly speaking, yes, you can rollback a Mac, but you cannot do so with one that had 26 preinstalled.
Show threadcoffeetodayMay 11
@craiggrannell I actually like the Liquid Glass but dear God, don’t force it onto people.
Show threadCraig GrannellMay 11

@coffee_tomorrow I think when the OS gets to the point that it refuses to display colour accurately because it needs some “brightness” left over for UI effects, the company making it needs to be asking some questions.

I think *if* Apple enhanced clarity, rolled back the ridiculous drop shadows and rounded corners on Mac/iPad, and actually fixed all the remaining accessibility issues, I’d at least find Liquid Glass acceptable. But it’s had a year and hasn’t done much to any of those.

Show threadcoffeetodayMay 12
@craiggrannell You've got a point there.
Show threadDaryl BaxterMay 11

@craiggrannell I’m heading towards a point where I may have to update my iPhone to iOS 26 and I’m slowly dreading it.

Dreading to update some software - that’s where we are.

Show threadCraig GrannellMay 11
@darylbaxter There’s a point where it just won’t be feasible to keep all my kit on the previous systems. I’m dreading the upgrade. I can’t imagine the 27 ones will be much better.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMay 11
@darylbaxter I so relate. It triggers my ptsd so bad. It IS traumatic & is psychological & financial, seige warfare. Slowly I’m going offline.
It’s an occupation & seige of my available space that makes it closer & closer to my tablet being useless to me, adding things I don’t want. Making it harder to make secure and use. Forcing me to buy new so soon with even more storage space. They shouldn’t be allowed to sell anything that they then occupy with stuff just to run it. I feel conned.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMay 11
@darylbaxter
There should be two downloads. One for security & one for feature updates. All should have opt-in/out options somewhere. It can be done, because it used to be that way.
It just stops being accessible at a certain point because THEY want to control MY tablet. We don’t have any rights as owners of the product. It’s ridiculous. And we spend a ridiculous sum of money on them. And it’s less and less real value and more and more stressful.