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What the heck is going on at Apple?

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148 points methuselah_in | 3 comments | 07 Dec 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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markus_zhang ◴[07 Dec 25 17:02 UTC] No.46183142[source]▶
> Alan Dye, vice president of human interface design, who is joining Meta as its chief design officer.

I wonder if he is responsible for all those niceties MacOS got for the last 10 or so years. Like the scroll bars in Serious Sam Mental difficulty, or the flat earth flavour icons, you know.

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randycupertino ◴[07 Dec 25 17:22 UTC] No.46183311[source]▶
He created liquid glass, the much ballyhood but controversial new ios 26 update. Marketed like "magic" but mainly just visual updates that are buggy, drain battery and make things hard to read. Wonder if they'll keep supporting/pushing it.
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1. nine_k ◴[07 Dec 25 17:45 UTC] No.46183495[source]▶
Feature request: a Dye Injector in the Control Panel that allows to add a tint to Liquid Glass, all the way to 100% opaque if desired.

(Unscientific fiction, I know.)

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2. beAbU ◴[07 Dec 25 21:39 UTC] No.46185432[source]▶
Ironically this was a feature in Windows 7.
3. DonHopkins ◴[08 Dec 25 01:24 UTC] No.46187267[source]▶
They'll virtualize the ink jet printer ink model: Totally Transparent Liquid Glass UI is free, DRM'ed dye is an in-app purchase that fades over time, or subscription that you don't actually own.

User defined colors not possible, only expensive premium licensed Pantone, Disney Princess Pink, Barbie Pink, Tiffany Blue, Coca Cola Red, Cadbury Purple, UPS Brown, Target Red, Home Depot Orange, John Deere Green & Yellow, Vantablack, Stuart Semple Black 2.0, 3.0, etc.