Sim

@simsaens
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I post about iOS and macOS dev, graphics and games. Working on: https://codea.io https://shade.to and https://retrogram.app
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Sim6d ago
Steve Troughton-Smith6d ago

RE: https://mastodon.world/@jordanhipwell/116799921691966376

Apple should go back to the large Tahoe toolbar window radius. We've gained absolutely nothing by the unified radius change in Golden Gate, and now the entire OS looks less consistent on a more-relevant axis

SimJun 18
Nicolas Lambert 🌏Jun 18
This dataviz is just amazing https://visquill.com/gallery/uk-a1
SimJun 13
Steve Troughton-SmithJun 12
New Finder feature in macOS 27: you can paste things from your clipboard into the filesystem. Who else has been asking for this one? 😄
SimJun 11
Steve Troughton-SmithJun 10

Was worth a shot, but it looks awful and broken now anyway 🥲:

defaults write -g NSSplitViewItemSidebarDefaultsToFloatingAppearance -bool YES

SimJun 10

I dislike the glassy search field in Golden Gate. Also the pill shaped toolbar items clash with the straight edge of the sidebar

The sidebar still overlaps the content, if they want it edge-to-edge they should go back to allowing the wallpaper to bleed through and have it be the backing layer

Pick Sequoia or Tahoe. They don’t mix

SimJun 10
Louie Mantia, Jr.Jun 9
If you’re curious how much changed from 26 to 27 for app icon rendering with Icon Composer, here are a few examples of the difference (in this thread). First of the pair is 26, the second is 27.
Show threadSimJun 9
The other thing I will greatly miss about the inset sidebar was the way it reflected colours around its edge. So cool
Show threadSimJun 9

I had been planning to add whimsical and more 3D-style tabs to my sidebar to switch between sections (similar to Xcode's navigator)

Feels like everything is a bit up-in-the-air now

Show threadSimJun 9

The same scrolling on iOS 26 works with this design because I spent time building the layers of the UI with the intent for the content (editing surface) to go edge-to-edge

I feel like I need to completely rethink my design after I just spent a year rethinking it for iOS 26

SimJun 9
Steve Troughton-SmithJun 9

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simsaens/116720386440942905

I don't like how my apps look in the new style either 😪 macOS in particular feels like we've gone back in time to macOS 11, when I'd already closed the book on that look and feel in my head. It almost makes me want to move away from Apple-provided UI design across my portfolio to something I have more say in