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Do you like Liquid Glass?


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Wouldn’t a straightforward poll of 1(hate it)to 5(love it) be more telling? I mean, if “It's growing on me”, isn’t it likely that “I don’t hate it”? Do we interpret “I don’t hate it” to be a positive or negative response since that could just as easily be “I don’t love it” (therefore, neutral)? If “I don’t see a difference with iOS 18”, then doesn’t how much I like iOS 26 actually depend on how much I liked iOS 18? Sure it’s just for fun, but man! the ambiguity drives me nuts!! 😬
 
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It just seems quite fake.

It's not glass. Why make it look like something it is not.

It's like have a UI that mimics cotton candy or slime mold or something. Pointless/silly. Just get back to basic graphic design principles.
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It just seems quite fake.

It's not glass. Why make it look like something it is not.

It's like have a UI that mimics cotton candy or slime mold or something. Pointless/silly. Just get back to basic graphic design principles.

Real glass would look incredibly illegible on most surfaces.

The initial iOS26 rendered demos they were doing looked great, but they are not practical.

Glass is not something new to Apple, remember Aqua? It came out before Vista.
 
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I enjoy it - at first I didn't like it, but iOS 26.6 is quite stable and really smooth. It does help I went from a 13 mini to 17! I use the "Clear" app style, too, so you could say I'm all in. 😄

Funny enough, my time on the iOS 27 beta, I dislike the changes they made to it/app icon designs.
 
How have they fixed the annoying shine though? I updated Telegram on my 16 Plus on iOS 18 and didn’t realise it would change the design and it’s the ugliest app I’ve ever seen now.
They removed the white outlines that moved with the tilt of your device in iOS 27.
Also regarding your iPhone 11 complaints, apparently iOS 27, even in its beta form, is a massive step in the right direction in regards to older devices.
 
iOS 7 = multi-colored unicorn puke.

Design references for iOS 7: Playskool, Fisher Price, Romper Room and the Tutor Time daycare franchise. Oh. And Captain Kangaroo!

iOS 26 = multi-colored unicorn puke.

Design references for iOS 26: Playskool, Fisher Price, Romper Room and the Tutor Time daycare franchise. Oh. And Captain Kangaroo!


See, I can challenge someone’s joy too.
 
I only had a chance to use iOS 6 many years after it has been unsupported.

I don't like the App Library and widgets on home screen introduced in iOS 14. I don't like the lock screen customization in iOS 16. I don't like the Photos app introduced in iOS 18. There are so many other things I don't like that I may not be able to list all.

If you have an iPhone running iOS 18 and another running iOS 26, you will realize that iOS 26 is basically iOS 18 with Liquid Glass added. The Control Center introduce in iOS 11 was used until iOS 17 and the updated Control Center in iOS 18 is the same in iOS 26 but with Liquid Glass.

I have used Windows Vista and Windows 7 with the Aero theme as default and unlike the visual and usability issues in Safari with Liquid Glass, Microsoft did not make internet explorer use Aero with browser tabs so you can still read and know what the inactive tab was about.

When I saw Liquid Glass in leaks and in the WWDC 2025 presentation, I decided that I will not upgrade to the newest release.

I have used Windows XP on a Pentium ii 266MHz and 64MB and I know that with iPhone 11 the oldest model compatible with iOS 26 and iOS 27, I will never have a good experience unlike when using the latest model. No Liquid Glass unless I need a new one to replace my iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Do I like Liquid Glass? No. I do see that they are giving a slider to make Liquid Glass as opaque as possible but it is still not back to the look of iOS 18 and older.

I hate that the guy who started (or the face of) Liquid Glass left without making sure that it is usable before going away to work with Meta. But at least, Apple is attempting to undo some of the damage that Liquid Glass caused. I just wish that the performance will be back to iOS 6 running on iPhone 4S or iPhone 5.
 
Its funny, how things evolve, this time last year, people were losing their collective poop on how bad liquid glass is, how apple really screwed up, how apple lost its design language. One year later, everyone is lauding it...
I never dissed it. I like it. I've been consistent all along, like with everything else. I'm excited about new things, but cautiously excited. And then I wait. And while I'm waiting, I don't be dissing the new thing. It's just not a productive use of my time.

1) Read about the new feature. Study it and think about ways I can use it or benefit from it.
2) Try not to lose my own collective poop about it, whatever "it" is.
3) If it sounds good, wait for it to come out. If it sounds bad, well...wait for it to come out.
4) Try it out and try not to prejudge it.
5) Pay attention to the negatives, but don't get hung up on them.
6) See if I can easily think of more positives than negatives, especially after having done #4 above.
7) Buy it if I like it.

That's why the dynamic island, the notch, the hole punch, Magsafe, a heavier Watch Ultra, a heavier iPhone, a foldable iPhone, a $2500 iPhone, and the camera plateau all don't bother me too much. More people need to stop prejudging things. You get yourself all upset, you break out in acne, lose sleep over something that really isn't all that important anyhow, and you never find peace in your life.

And from there, you loose your poop. We all need to slow our roll, just a bit. We would definitely be a lot happier. And there'd be less poop on the streets! 😎

Carry on!
 
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