living with #iOS26 continues to reveal new #shitUI / #shitUX “features” 😡🤬

the #Safari toolbar now has enormous text & button elements^ that have presumably led to the decision to remove the tabs button / icon & relegating to a pop-up menu – so now viewing open tabs requires two taps instead of one, & switching to a different tab now requires three taps instead of two… 🤦‍♀️

these are the alleged “design geniuses” of #Apple at work, folks 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️



^ I have old eyes, so I tend to run most app text size at 120% – but I’ve checked the toolbar layout at other text sizes all the way down to 80% & it doesn’t change the elements presented, so the tabs button / icon doesn’t disappear ’coz I’m running larger text sizes, it’s just a crap design decision 💁‍♀️

Figuring out what useful info I could add to the tabViewBottomAccessory view now that it’s stuck on the screen. Thanks 26.1! 🫤(have actually got some good ideas)
#ios26 #indiedev #swiftUI

Figuring out what useful info I could add to the tabViewBottomAccessory view now that it’s stuck on the screen. Thanks 26.1! 🫤(have actually got some good ideas)
#ios26 #indiedev #swiftUI

Dear friends and fellow #developers

Before the war, I was a #software engineer, coding while holding my child. Now, I struggle just to put bread on the table.

This is my “Before and After.” Life changed overnight, but I still hold onto hope for my children.

If you can, please support us. Every donation helps keep my kids fed. 🙏
👉 https://gofund.me/334c7485

#gaza #software #palestine #genocide #apple #ios26 #israel #donate

Hui…..yesterday’s #iOS26.1 update also fixed this issue 🤗 Simply drag a little further to the left, and the "extended" properties list shows up.

Annoyed by the stupid pictures your "friends" fill your locked #iPhone with? Worried about the potential attack vector the photo app represents?

iOS 26.1 finally added the option to disable the camera in the lock screen.

#ios26

Annoyed by the stupid pictures your "friends" fill your locked #iPhone with? Worried about the potential attack vector the photo app represents?

iOS 26.1 finally added the option to disable the camera in the lock screen.

#ios26

Yesterday’s #iOS26.1 update fixed the issue 🤗

#LiquidGlass ...😒
#OS #iOS26 #LiquidAss #Apple #Skeets #SkeetsApp

Oh my gods, just noticed how many different keyboard layouts ⌨️ there are in #iOS26 right now. Completely inconsistent! Every app seems to use its own version 🤦

#Apple #LiquidGlass #LiquidAss

And I honestly don’t get what this whole “liquid” glass design in #iOS26 is supposed to be good for. Sure, the buttons look kind of squishy – and “liquid”. But so what? You can’t drag them around, interact with them, or do anything meaningful. They just sit there. I’m no design expert, but this “liquidness” pretends to have functionality while being nothing more than cosmetic fluff without purpose.

#LiquidGlass #LiquidAss #Apple

Btw, this is how images with fine textures (like screenshots) look in the #iOS26 Photos app right now…thanks to all those #LiquidGlass menu overlays cluttering the view.

#Apple #LiquidAss #iOS

What also seems to have changed in #iOS26: switching tabs in #Safari by swiping up from the address bar now often sends me straight to the Home Screen instead of the tab overview. Either I suddenly lost motor control, or #Apple quietly changed the gesture tolerance. This never happened in previous #iOS versions. #LiquidGlass #LiquidAss

Another example of #Apple’s sloppy #LiquidGlass design in #iOS26: in the screenshot editor, the UI clearly wasn’t tested in landscape mode. The top buttons now stick directly to the screen edge without any margin. Visually off, ergonomically worse. Seems Apple only checked the portrait layout. #LiquidAss 👎

Another thing that bothers me in #iOS26 #LiquidGlass: the new text-selection menu. It used to be a neat scrollable list. Now it only shows three options, hiding the rest behind an arrow. One more tap for every edit, and to top it off, it’s inconsistent across apps. #Apple 👏

#LiquidAss

I still find funny how people are still trying to replicate #Apple's Liquid Glass UI from iOS 26.

Those who try to make a simple or performant implementation end up with something "not quite" Liquid Glass.

Those who try to replicate it 1:1 end up with their computer blown up.

#Frontend #SoftwareDevelopment #JavaScript #CSS #CSSTricks #iOS26 #iOS #iPhone

I still find funny how people are still trying to replicate #Apple's Liquid Glass UI from iOS 26.

Those who try to make a simple or performant implementation end up with something "not quite" Liquid Glass.

Those who try to replicate it 1:1 end up with their computer blown up.

#Frontend #SoftwareDevelopment #JavaScript #CSS #CSSTricks #iOS26 #iOS #iPhone

We could all use a little more sanity and perhaps a bit more revolution from the “revolutionary mobile phone.”

Apple’s Changes To The Phone App Are Helpful and Confusing
#Apple #iPhone #IOS26

https://warnercrocker.com/2025/10/24/apples-changes-to-the-phone-app-are-helpful-and-confusing/

I think a way that Liquid Glass could be improved is having “aggregate states”. Liquid when there’s movement, and frosted (or “solid”, if you will) when static.
That way you get the cool effect when you’re scrolling, and legibility is better when you’re not.
The Liquid Glass effect really only comes through when something’s moving, anyway. When not, it more often looks like a graphical glitch to me.

#macos26 #ios26 #liquidglass