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Comment by halapro

19 hours ago

The worst part here is that the style works decently on mobile but they shoehorned it onto a 25-year-old UI and shipped it.

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hliyan  12 hours ago

I'm fond of saying that most problems in the software world are due to one thing trying to do two things, or two things trying to do the same thing. In this case, it feels like the former: getting the same implementation to cater to both desktop and mobile is obviously the most efficient solution from a development perspective, but not an end user (and ultimately business) perspective.

grishka  18 hours ago

Because they absolutely can't have disparate visual styles in their product lines, practicality be damned ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • the_other  14 hours ago

    Allegedly the next gen MBPs will have a touch screen. I think Apple have pushed a touch-enabled macOS UI out a year ahead of the hardware: maybe to iron out issues; maybe 'cos they could... I worry that we're stuck with this shit for a few more years, 'til the touch screen goes the way of the touch bar.

    • grishka  11 hours ago

      These rumors about touchscreen MacBooks have been going around for at least 10 years. At this point I don't believe any of it. Especially with how they sell keyboards for iPads.

  • Klaster_1  18 hours ago

    "Consistency".

    • vincnetas  13 hours ago

      yeah, but somehow consistency was not a concern when picking icons for menu items. as pointed out by some previous discussions on this matter.

      i also hate this "consistency" idea. was working on mobile app for android/ios. and a requirement was for apps to look identical on both platforms. whyyyyy. sure for designer it looks nice, but as a user who uses either ios OR android im used to conventions of particular platform. why throw that all away just to look identical an both platforms.