Did a quick write up on Liquid Glass, thinking about the design lineage and how different design systems influence each other https://www.hrellir.is/blog/thoughts-on-liquid-glass #liquid_glass #ios26 #wwdc
Elli
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Chief Design Officer at a software company, Icelandic, probably something more, I’m really good at lurking, not so much at posting
@rafa have you been able to create shortcuts with the polestar app? I’ve assigned the action button on the iPhone to heat the car and... living in a cold country is... very nice. Btw, congrats on the car!
@rafa how’s the Polestar app? Been looking at alternatives once I switch the Tesla out. Also does it visualize surrounding cars while driving, I strangely like that aspect of the Tesla driving experience.
@pieteromvlee when Liquid Glass was introduced I wondered how you guys could possibly pull off a way for Sketch to use it without the UI becoming too distracting... but you guys really knocked out of the park. Amazing work.
@stroughtonsmith been running the beta on a secondary device. It doesn’t quite feel as in your face as the promos make it out to be.
I feel like there’s a lot of things in it that seem like a good idea on paper that checks accessibility boxes, such as buttons changing shape of they are off or on... having color and shape as visual indicators of state seems like a great idea, but it ends up looking disjointed IMO
@caseyliss well deserved, congrats!
@pieteromvlee it seems apple really wants the left sidebars to be floating now. Judging by screenshots liquid glass seems to call a lot of attention to itself, that’s fine line to navigate for content creation apps
@Gargron most definitely am