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The Liquid Ass guy didn't have any previous experience in UI design, he came straight from advertising. Guess that's what happens when you put an advertising dude in charge of redesigning your entire software line-up's UI/UX.
it did make things feel better and easier-to-interact though ... on the touchscreen ipad. it looks like hell on macbook
I’m one of the weirdos who likes it on Mac, not so much on mobile. I prefer gnome over Liquid Glass though I think.
Android–Linux user here. I've always been a big fan of GNOME; I'm amazed at how polished it is. I got the sense it approached macOS levels (I'm not a macOS user). This is the first time I've seen an actual user say this.
Tbf the overlap of Apple user and Linux user is generally small I think. I own most Apple devices that exist but I also have a Linux based desktop. Can’t say I strongly dislike one or the other in the way many do. I also generally like android but ios is a generally more private (vaguely) and more secure experience than android without graphene. I definitely despise windows though. UI, usability, and bloat are all ridiculous. Also powershell is and always will be the bane of my existence. Also what is the filesystem over there even doing lol. I have to use it for work and I swear everyday I find a new reason to hate it. In that regard it’s magical I suppose.
Nah, it's arse on the iPad. They decided to try and turn the iPad into some kind of hybrid desktop device, akin to Windows 8. The old split-screen and slide-over apps are gone, and now you're stuck with this intensely awkward windowing system that is much slower to work with than the old system.
For example, in the past if you wanted to take a screenshot you could do so by sliding your finger up from the bottom left corner. Now that shrinks your window, and you instead have to do that awkward power/volume click.
They re-added slide-over apps, but only in the shitty windowing system. The device has a screen that's like, 10-11", why does it need a windowing system? It's tiny.
I consider multitasking a discrete part of the OS, not Liquid Glass. i do have some thoughts on it though
for what it's worth there are gestures they don't tell you that make the multitasking so much easier: toggle maximization by tapping the top of the window, and then as they mention you can snap it to either side by smashing the window in a direction
also they added back drag and drop to Split View in iPadOS 26.2. after three months they finally have a stable release of this multitasking thing
I have found multitasking useful especially with stage manager, but I completely understand those who don’t like it and just want an option to restore the old multitasking. I also miss Quick Notes (workaround through a shortcut button just isn’t the same)
Thank you. I had no idea they half-fixed it in 26.2. They half-arsed the slide-over thing in 26.1, but having to manage the side-by-side and whatnot by long-pressing the traffic lights and selecting a menu item just felt like arse. It took a decent amount of fucking around but I think I finally understand how this new system works.
Still not super fond of it and would prefer the old split-screen system, but it's much better than not having it at all. I don't get why they need to waste so much screen real-estate with this new design. Everything is so big and clunky.
It’s terrible on iPhone
i find it great on the iphone too, especially with the new swipe interaction to go between tabs (not the safari kind; like in the app store swiping from today to apps). the cornering of buttons works wonders. plus i personally dig the aesthetic though i understand a ton of people don't