[gessha]

> software update atoning for their UI sins

But how would they do that without scrapping the whole version?

Their marketing for this year heavily relies on liquid glass but if they remove the shiny stuff, it’s not very pretty, it’s just functional. Functional is what people with work to do appreciate, marketing people will want the shiny back now that it was introduced.

[gnarlouse]

I really don't think the shininess is the issue at hand. It's interface clutter. My iPhone is so cluttered. It's packed full of software I'll never use. I wade through menu options I'll never use.

I like the look of Liquid Glass and I'm generally for it. It just needs to be organized better.

> just functional

This is ultimately what I disagree with. I think iOS/macOS have become entirely dysfunctional. Software is broken, webpages are broken simply because they're running from OS 26. Alarms and calendar events either run randomly or not at all. The system preferences menu is hardly navigable. I could go on. Maybe I'm just getting old and crusty, and yearn for the days when Steve Jobs was running the ship.

They just pack needless software in and do nothing to keep it organized/usable.

[euroderf]

Imagine using "Apple" and "featuritis" in the same sentence.

[ethbr1]

Make a Ballmer CEO...

[carlosjobim]

> But how would they do that without scrapping the whole version?

There is a way for them to fix this while saving face. You see, Liquid Glass™ was just the first of their incredible new Material Design paradigm. Now introducing Apple Stone™, Apple Paper™, Apple Linen™ and Apple Brushed Metal™. All just as realistic as Liquid Glass™.

[rescbr]

I’d be very happy if we returned to the Brushed Metal era, when they actually followed their own UI guidelines.