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by x0054 4656 days ago
What I find worrisome is that these UI ideas are bleeding over into OSX. Take a look at the new Build Phases tab in Xcode. It used to be nice and clear, now it's just a see of white, and it's hard to visually see how different elements on that page relate to each other, especially on a large screen.

As I often say, life is about balance. Apple used to have way too much UI chrome. Now they have way too little. I hope they swing back a bit and find that balance soon. An I hope they stop sticking so many pure white backgrounds all over the place, it makes it hard on the eyes, at least for me.

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Also: Good luck figuring out which part of the Xcode UI has the focus right now. Code editor? Assistant editor? Debugger console? File hierarchy? The clues are so subtle that they might as well not be there. Having to look for the blinking cursor on a big screen is annoying.