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RE: https://www.manton.org/2026/08/20/i-dont-know-if-this.html
I've noticed this as well. When I was on the Android team at Google, I remember we (and Android OEMs, generally) were dogged for having bad animations - esp compared to Apple
But with these new crazy-long iOS 27 notification animations, and elsewhere, like Manton notices here, I feel like Apple has really jumped the shark
this "new design" is not winning any medals
RE: https://www.manton.org/2026/08/20/i-dont-know-if-this.html
I don't know what "Post pending" means, but I was referring to Manton's post here:
https://podcastindex.social/@manton@manton.org/117128318883950630
@js Mastodon’s new quote post feature (to allow people to opt-out of quoting) essentially asks my server to approve the quote. It’s automatic but can get bogged down sometimes. Also glad the slow menus aren’t just me!
Step 1. Convince the iOS community to switch to cool new UIMenu system
Step 2. Make that menu system do weird things to host controls, also make it slower
Step 3. Profit?
@timonus I've mused that the last few years iOS development has felt like the very early days of Android development.
It's easiest to use the standard controls, but your app will look bad, and bad like all of the other apps.
So quality 3p apps differentiate by doing _a ton_ of work to implement a proper design themselves using whatever lower-level APIs are available
@js post pending means your server hasn't verified that the post is allowed to be quoted (I think it should fallback to a link in that situation, but there's probably a reason why it doesn't)
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