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macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons

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405 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
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stack_framer ◴[26 Aug 25 10:39 UTC] No.45024727[source]▶
How ironic that Daring Fireball, with its eternally drab background color and microscopic font size, is endeavoring to criticize Apple's icons.

No doubt Apple's icons have worsened, but Daring Fireball is throwing rocks from its exceedingly brittle glass house.

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1. lapcat ◴[26 Aug 25 12:40 UTC] No.45025733[source]▶
It's not ironic at all. From the article: "They all look like placeholder icons made by a developer who would be the first to admit that they’re not an artist."

I think Gruber would be the first to admit that he's not a designer but rather a writer. His business is one person, himself. In contrast, Apple has over a hundred thousand employees, including quite a few professional full-time designers. You would expect Apple to do vastly better at design than Gruber.

What's ironic is if Alan Dye is no better at design than John Gruber.