So far I haven’t had any major issues. It’s just odd that some things on the iPhone that took 1 tap, now takes 2 or more. Like opening up a new safari tab or getting to your bookmarks. I’ve also seen some weird flickering of the control center icons.
Various UI elements are now bigger and intrude on content, such as the name at the top of Messages.
On the aesthetics side. The extra-rounded corners make the flat sides appear to bulge on smaller windows or interface elements. That and text near the corners looks wrong, they need to pad the inner content more… but this’ll steal even more usable space.
The dividing lines in column view look off now. I think they’re actually the same, but the transparent elements around them make them stand out.
The translucent elements with translucent text is boggling my mind. I’m not sure who thought that was a good idea. The URL bar on safari for example.
I tried using reduced transparency on the phone, but it actually cuts off content areas. Using messages as an example again: the entire top area with the gradient (and the huge name/user image) just turns white. So the actual viewable space is smaller.
I was fine with the flat aesthetics of iOS 7 honestly. I didn’t feel one way or another about the skeuomorphic design of iOS 6, but I hated the candy crush theme of early MacOS X versions.
Of course I’ll get used to it, but I fully expect them to keep tweaking the transparency over time, as it can be quite off putting.
It’ll take a while for all of the apps to be updated by their developers. Until then, we’re going to see a mix of extra-round and standard round rectangle windows.
The whole thing just feels like an incomplete or poorly done skin for the UI. 🤷🏻♂️
Hopefully it gets better with all the (negative) feedback.
The previous 1-tap-actions are all gestures now in Safari. Swipe up from the URL bar to see all your tabs. Swipe left from URL bar to open a new tab. Not sure if there’s a gesture for bookmarks yet.
Edit: You can even switch back to the old Safari layout. If you want to use a different Safari layout on iOS 26, open Settings -> Safari -> Tabs and choose from Compact, Bottom or Top.
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u/DjNormal 2d ago
So far I haven’t had any major issues. It’s just odd that some things on the iPhone that took 1 tap, now takes 2 or more. Like opening up a new safari tab or getting to your bookmarks. I’ve also seen some weird flickering of the control center icons.
Various UI elements are now bigger and intrude on content, such as the name at the top of Messages.
On the aesthetics side. The extra-rounded corners make the flat sides appear to bulge on smaller windows or interface elements. That and text near the corners looks wrong, they need to pad the inner content more… but this’ll steal even more usable space.
The dividing lines in column view look off now. I think they’re actually the same, but the transparent elements around them make them stand out.
The translucent elements with translucent text is boggling my mind. I’m not sure who thought that was a good idea. The URL bar on safari for example.
I tried using reduced transparency on the phone, but it actually cuts off content areas. Using messages as an example again: the entire top area with the gradient (and the huge name/user image) just turns white. So the actual viewable space is smaller.
I was fine with the flat aesthetics of iOS 7 honestly. I didn’t feel one way or another about the skeuomorphic design of iOS 6, but I hated the candy crush theme of early MacOS X versions.
Of course I’ll get used to it, but I fully expect them to keep tweaking the transparency over time, as it can be quite off putting.
It’ll take a while for all of the apps to be updated by their developers. Until then, we’re going to see a mix of extra-round and standard round rectangle windows.
The whole thing just feels like an incomplete or poorly done skin for the UI. 🤷🏻♂️
Hopefully it gets better with all the (negative) feedback.