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The Anatomy of a macOS App

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278 points elashri | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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mvkel ◴[07 Dec 25 16:59 UTC] No.46183115[source]▶
That first os screenshot made my heart sink; a reminder of how far we've fallen.

How I wish our operating systems still looked like this. Utilitarian, useful. No rounded corners and bubbly icons, reducing the useful space more and more each year.

The incredible quality of Mac hardware is the only thing keeping me from jumping to a thinkpad / omarchy setup.

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1. lurking_swe ◴[08 Dec 25 00:02 UTC] No.46186749[source]▶
Computers are not just for business and corporate use. Believe it or not, some people use their computers for fun stuff.

I do feel like we’ve gone too far from utilitarian though. I’d like to see more practical UI design.

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2. mvkel ◴[08 Dec 25 16:03 UTC] No.46193881[source]▶
They should be designed as tools, first and foremost, imo. Not toys, not content consumption terminals. There are dedicated devices for those purposes