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Yeah… idk man. I think once devs start updating their apps to be more consistent it’ll be better but right now? It just kinda looks messy. The glass just kinda adds really harsh white borders to app icons for now lol.
 
Damn. That control center is just plain awful and unusable….

Yeah, I predict that there will be very mixed opinions on the use of glass. As a UX designer myself, I'd never do it.

OMG that control center screenshot looks horrible...That is truly bad design; they need to darken the background/make the glass effect more opaque.

It looks very busy.
AGREED.

I’m hopefully for an opacity slider at some point but I’m not sure. This is rough though, I like some aspects of it I just don’t love the grass see through affect…at all.
 
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Yeah… idk man. I think once devs start updating their apps to be more consistent it’ll be better but right now? It just kinda looks messy. The glass just kinda adds really harsh white borders to app icons for now lol.
I think the far bigger issues is accessibility. Look at notifications in promotional material, how do they expect older people to/ people with bad eyesight to adopt to that. They have to tone it down or, at the very least, offer options to decide on how glassy the UI should be.
 
Oh dear. Using the iPhone with the glass UI now, I feel it's very bad. The actual glass reminds me of Windows Vista. I didn't actually dislike Vista, just felt it was 'of it's time' - looks dated now.

I really wish the designers didn't go with glass. I think to fix it they might have to make it frosted or dark in later betas. The way it is, it makes the icons much less clear. If the final OS looked like this, I think I'd honestly consider a Google Pixel.

Apple may have lost their way in UI design - it's really hard to comprehend. The glass is just a maniacal decision. Wow.
 
Devs will have to get on it before our home screens and folders don’t look like a casserole of absolute foolishness… I can live with that; happens every year, it seems.

I know this is the iOS thread, but GOOD GOD iPadOS stole the show, and is definitely the winner so far. I love the flexibility of using it how we’re used to when going with touch, but it’s such a breath of fresh air when I use it with my MKB. Well done, Apple.

They owed us at least this much, with the whole unsanctioned AI colonoscopy that was iOS 18
 
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I don’t see charging time on Lock Screen but it does show in the battery settings remaining time

Edit: only on my iPhone 16 pro max, not on ipadOS
 
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Oh dear. Using the iPhone with the glass UI now, I feel it's very bad. The actual glass reminds me of Windows Vista. I didn't actually dislike Vista, just felt it was 'of it's time' - looks dated now.

I really wish the designers didn't go with glass. I think to fix it they might have to make it frosted or dark in later betas. The way it is, it makes the icons much less clear. If the final OS looked like this, I think I'd honestly consider a Google Pixel.

Apple may have lost their way in UI design - it's really hard to comprehend. The glass is just a maniacal decision. Wow.
It’s not finished… they will tweak it, along with devs adopting it as well. This is clearly (heh) setting the stage for whatever new hardware they’re introducing next year for the anniversary, I feel.
 
Performs fine on my iPad Pro M2, but it struggles on my iPhone 12 mini. Especially the Music app struggles with the bottom controls updating the reflections and text/icon color depending on the content underneath. Sometimes icons even disappear and re-render half a second later to the updated color.
 
I found a fix for the terrible glass appearance. Under Accessibility settings on iPhone, click 'reduce transparency'. Makes things a lot better.
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