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[–] 72 points 1 year ago

Sorry but any article about what internet users are saying about any topic is not real news. It’s not even noteworthy.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Pretty sure it disappointed most people

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Not Apple fans though. They can't wait to use their new Vista!

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Aqua, an OS X theme from before you were born

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I thought it couldn’t get better when System 7 had color support. It was such a revolution. Then Aqua came along and everything changed. Liquid Glass looks pretty nice to me but I’m mostly just glad we’re getting dimension back. Material flat UI is a stain on the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think there was some sort of color support prior to System 7.

    kagis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II

    System 6 includes QuickerGraf (originally QuickerDraw), system software used to accelerate the drawing of color images on the Macintosh II.

    Hmm. Apparently System 4 had color support, which is earlier than I expected.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/1bsttma/why_did_apple_wait_so_long_to_implement_color/

    ...it wasn't until two years later in 1987 that Apple introduced color with the release of the System 4 & the Macintosh II.

    Here's a photo of a IIcx with a color display:

    1000009195

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Get the fuck outta here with that! Any red blooded microphile knows XP was PEAK windows experience. The lower opacity of windows in Vista was a bright spot in an otherwise disgusting experience.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I used to be a typical Apple fanboy circa 2010, always watching the WWDC like I’m going to church.

    Keeping up with Apple over the past several years has been very hit or miss, and watching it yesterday just kind of pissed me off.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I just checked the Apple website and it doesn’t really look any different to me.

    I can see there are changes, but I don’t even know if the average user will really notice it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sure, I just don’t think it’s really that much different than what we have now. I guess I’m just indifferent to it and don’t think it’s that big of a change.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    after using it for a bit, i’d say in most cases i agree: bit of a nothing burger in a lot of cases (to the point where a few times i’ve thought it was bugged and reverted to the old UI style… it wasn’t), but it’s pretty great when it comes to apps where the UI is secondary (content etc)… the diffraction in the UI rather than a blur makes the whole UI able to be ignored much easier, and IMO it’s still about as legible in most real scenarios

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I like the way it flwobs her face, but where there aren’t distinct background shapes, it’s like a glass of water on a plain background, just kind of a dull nothing.

    The more I look at it, it’s making me feel a bit queasy actually

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Did the same thing the other day, there’s like some minor icon redesigns? Otherwise this mostly seems like people made up stuff.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Apple: adds blur effects, rounded elements, and color themeing

    Homo Sapians: "Wow, another groundbreaking idea from Apple!"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's not just blur though, it actually refracts what's behind the element, which sounds more performance intensive than it needs to be, and sometimes it's heavily distracting, but let's not kid ourselves that this is just windows vista on a Mac, they're emulating more of the physicalities of glass than just a static shine

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    The platform saw more than 20,000 mainland netizens express their discontent over the new design.

    Halt everything!! 20k people saying things on the internet!!

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The whole update being design focused is kinda disappointing. But the Liquid Glass UI does look kinda intriguing. I'm glad to get back a little of the old Skeuomorphism of old.

    Though I don't have any Apple stuff at the moment

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This article really needs some illustration of what the new UI looks like, and what the old one looks like for comparison

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I bet it's going to drain more power, since you have to render all the diffraction in real time...

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What people really want is less control and cat videos. Perhaps a screen with two knobs on the side...one for the volume and the other to change the picture?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And most other consumers, I would wager.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I guess I'm from China then

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sorry, I really don‘t mean to be rude or hurtful, but from all I‘ve seen and I mean ALL I‘ve seen Chinese consumers have no taste whatsoever. Yes, their manufacturing has become great if they actually care about something but this argument is not about stability. What I mean is the more a company relies on the Chinese market and tailors their commodities abd luxury products around Chinese consumers, the uglier they become. Just look at European cars lately. Hideous. So yeah sorry again but I take that as a seal of quality for Apple‘s UI design.

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