UI usability...does Apple even test this?

[joptimus]

Hi.

Aside from putting rounded windows corners on a rectangular screen (with no rounded corners), I feel like Apple doesn't properly test their UI changes.

Example:
In the Bluetooth and Wifi menus from the menu bar, the mouse travel has significantly increased to toggle Bluetooth or select a different Wifi network. Also, the menus open to different directions - to the left or the right, which is inconsistent.

What's the point moving macOS and iOS closer together for the sake of consistency when Apple fails at such simple things? I guess If I wanted to, I could find a lot more of these examples.

Your thoughts?
BR

 

[ArPe]

My thoughts. Mac OS had rounded corners for the last 20 years and it was also in the menu bar in the 80s-90s.

Re: Mouse travel in the menu bar icons. Hold down command and move the icons around to your liking.

Sometimes the drop down menu has to flip from right to left otherwise they will go off screen.

 

[throAU]

AppleTV remote says.... "No"

That said... don't know what's up with your machine... here's mine. Lined up ok?

 

[vanveengames]

Two things:
1. If you reorganise the icons so that bluetooth is further to the corner of the screen, the toggle button will appear straight under your mouse.
2. I just found this out by accident, it's really fast to toggle bluetooth now. Click and drag down from the bluetooth icon, and the whole first row becomes a button area you can release over to toggle it

Rounded corners? Meh. Looks okay, I'm fine with the way it was, this is also fine.