Critical Review: macOS Tahoe's Liquid Glass Interface Changes and User Feedback Disregard
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vitosartori
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article is a critical review of macOS Tahoe's Liquid Glass interface changes, expressing disappointment with Apple's response to user feedback during beta testing. The author notes that despite three months of strong feedback, the final release on September 15th addressed few concerns, and subsequent updates (26.1 and 26.2) either regressed or did nothing to improve the situation. The piece summarizes the author's opinions on where the macOS Tahoe overhaul has gone wrong, focusing on interface design issues and Apple's apparent disregard for user feedback.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledAfter three months of strong feedback during beta-testing, I was disappointed when Tahoe was released on 15 September to see how little had been addressed.
When 26.1 followed on 3 November it had only regressed, and 26.2 has done nothing.
Here I summarise my opinions on where Tahoe's overhaul has gone wrong.
If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn't have believed them.
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