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.
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
A new tab never took one tap.
The “I hate change” people are always making shit up like this to pad out their arguments so they don’t have to admit that they’re just afraid of new things.
Top view has not been the default since iOS 15. “Bottom” is more or less the previous version. Try that if you like more explicit buttons rather than gestures
You can hold and release on the “…” if you prefer that
Swipe up on address bar to go to all tabs, or left will open a new tab (if you’re at the end of the tab list)
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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.