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It is a gimmick, not anything users as a spectrum might find favorable. And the sad thing is, that Apple is the only one with such a laughing stock of UX/UI.

I am totally annoyed by the animations in Apple Notes. The icons have considerable increased in size and everything screams what a mess to me: the shadow as part of "the experience", partly rounded icons which talk more space than rectangles, hidden functions or multi function menus.

There is absolutely no spirit in this update. The animations show no variations, always the same most boring ones (the s curve in Apple Notes).

Lately I found die settings menu in Safari especially disastrous, the tab menu icons when pressed look so ridiculous, I lost words.

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I walked through a tech store recently and I saw the new iPhones with the liquid gimmick. I opened the camera app on one of their pro phones and it was lagging. I was shocked, I found it mind-boggling. Brand new phone, up to date OS, marketing material BS and for it to lag just feels unprofessional. I’d understand it if it was a Pinephone or whatever but from Apple? My expectations are reaching lower and lower depths.

I've noticed the same thing- I thought it was just me. a 17 pro's animations felt less smooth than on my 15 pro with ios 18.

Imagine what macOS is on an Intel Mac nowadays without dedicated GPU. Not the latest version either. I'm pretty sure they do it on purpose with their Metal APIs. There is no reason the same computer can become laggy doing the same exact things a few years later because of simple OS updates that adds very little actual functionality.

My mother use an old Mac Mini that is stuck on an updates from eons ago. It is slow as fuck, even though the softwares have barely changed since it was first used. She'll buy a new Mac because that's what she is used to. But I feel like a pretty bad deal considering where Apple is going.

People always rave about how long Apple computers last. I bought my first personal Mac in 2004 and I have to hard disagree. They last only if you buy the most expensive model and even then it still is going to be a miserable experience towards the end. Meanwhile, cheapo Windows PC get 10 years OS support, mostly trouble free. Reality distortion field is massive indeed.

> And the sad thing is, that Apple is the only one with such a laughing stock of UX/UI.

I'm not defending Apple here, but have you seen how people feel about Windows 11?

I don't mind the Liquid Glass UI so much as what's happened to the macOS UX :-/

Don't forget Windows Vista had "Aero"!

> The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface, with the introduction of a new visual style with an emphasis on animation, glass, and translucency; interface guidelines for phrasing and tone of instructions and other text in applications were available.

For those of us who want our mobile devices to just be there when we need it...thank god there are no new animations. I don't need a shot of dopamine every time I open the Mail app. I just want to know that I successfully pressed the icon. Which is what micro interactions (aka small animations) are for. Feedback.

I hope the phone get's even more boring and uninspired next go around. Apple can afford to go back to the 'it just works' motto.

My macOS display system is pushing megapixels and with some good exceptions it feels like many apps have not much more visible information or options than an 80x25 VGA display. This is not to trash VGA displays which were often very well-designed. Some web pages now only show a single paragraph at a time on screen because of cumulative pop-ups, borders, and rounded corners.

> And the sad thing is, that Apple is the only one with such a laughing stock of UX/UI.

Oh, give it time. We thought the same when they went flat, too.

We thought the same thing, and they made pretty significant changes to it based on that pushback. Also the flat redesign didn't have basic problems like white text on an white background all while Apple is saying they spent obscene resources on it.

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