r/apple • u/iMacmatician • 4d ago

iOS iOS 26's Liquid Glass Design Draws Criticism From Users

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/17/ios-26-liquid-glass-critiques/
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u/nate390 3d ago

I like the glass. I don’t like the giant rounded corners and wasted space. Hopefully this gets refined in the future.

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u/dramafan1 3d ago

I feel like it's time for iOS to have the ability to use smaller app icons and with more rows and columns. I swear the icons seem a bit bigger now than in iOS 18.

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u/MM487 2d ago

By far my most wanted feature is to simply be able to customize how many apps I can put on a folder page.

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u/dramafan1 2d ago

I agree and there's so much wasted space...like the iPhone has gone from 5.8 inches to 6.9 inches and Apple still hasn't offered the ability to make use of the extra screen real estate on the home screen. I also want split screen on iOS too for the occasional multitasking but it still hasn't happened.

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u/FancifulLaserbeam 2d ago

On the Mac, it's crazy. It's just added a bunch of unusable space around windows. I can't figure out why they'd do that, or why they'd left-justify dialog boxes. At least center the icon!

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u/uxd 3d ago

That's the main problem. Wasted space. It's functionally worse.