Craig GrannellMay 11

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.

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 threadcoffeetodayMay 11
@craiggrannell I actually like the Liquid Glass but dear God, don’t force it onto people.
Show threadCraig Grannell

@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.

May 11 at 2:37pmWeb
Show threadcoffeetodayMay 12
@craiggrannell You've got a point there.