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https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/09/apple-unveils-macos-tahoe-26/

first they laugh at you, then you win (c) windows vista

lmao, it's everywhere:

this is legible text and a fair representation of our design - real company evaluated in trillions

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[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How to make your tech more futuristic? Blur and glossing. Fuck high contrast. Everything must be phone now.

I can't believe GNOME gets compared to this piece of shit desktop.

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

New frutiger dropped

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

can't wait for everyone else to copy this

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

coming to kkkde near you in 5 years NOOOOO

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At least I'll be able to disable it in KDE

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

it's optional on apple as well, seems like addition to dark theme or something (at least on phones? mac is confusing, can't find mentions if it's optional)

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[–] SloppilyFloss@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Uh oh what did KDE do? 😢

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Overengineered by Germans germany-cool, over-complex UI and unstable (I blame the C++). Little vision except "similar to Windows but with more options".

Originally, Qt (the GUI library KDE uses) was proprietary and it still (I think) is corporate and not community-run, though it is now free software and has been for a long while. The people who started the project apparently didn't care much about that, though I guess some people put in significant effort later to convince whatever corporate entity was in charge of Qt at the time (I think Trolltech) to release under dual LGPL/proprietary license. Gnome was basically started as a fully free software alternative to KDE.

Otherwise it's fine, definitely has a target audience who love that shit, and it also doesn't deserve being called KKKDE.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

This is all literally true (except that the toolkit isn’t proprietary any more) but the alternative is gnome so it doesn’t really matter.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

oh nothing 😅 but they are sometimes influenced by commercial designs

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

an unreadable OS, an unviewable screen, no ports, no buttons, encased in tastefully brushed aluminum and now retailing for $1799.

play words with friends in luxurious style with the last one you will ever buy until 2026.

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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

ALL HAIL THE MONOLITH

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Chinese phone manufacturers pls don't copy this. As much as I hate Google, I prefer their pixel design to this.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago

Also this is Aero Glass design but worse.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] plinky@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

jesus christ *nothing even aligns with background icons doggirl-tears

[–] buh@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is the bottom of the podcast app now

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

apple legit did brand-eternal in awe of the lads

(wait, its your screenshot? can this shit be disabled or should i prepare to make fun of iphone friends for a year?)

[–] buh@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Yes it’s mine. There’s a way to turn it off https://hexbear.net/comment/6227458 but finding it might not be obvious to everyone

[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

holy fuck I am never upgrading

[–] buh@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s okay if you turn on reduce transparency

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 9 points 3 days ago

Better, but I wouldnt say 'ok'.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

how is it worse than iOS 7

[–] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

We used to have Cash, Hope, and Jobs,

[–] macabrett2@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago

Tech companies have been making designs less readable for decades now. Eventually, you will just have a button with an icon you will understand to mean "slop" and you press it and the slop appears.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

I remember running a transparent* terminal like 20 years ago. I stopped that shit real quick because it affects readability.

* technically it was fake transparency back then, it would just display the wallpaper, but darkened

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

The 2D, solid and vibrant color motif of the past ~15 years was objectively a good design choice for accessibility and should not be treated as a trend that can go out of style

[–] awth13@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

But imagine how much money they're going to make selling new devices with this and then even more new devices with the next one that will be the revert to the old.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

The 'New Coke' of our time

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Republican democrat two party duopoly but it's computer.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

It looks bad. The accessibility options will allow you to turn it off, just like previous versions. If you want to get a little more snappiness out of your old model, turn off all that stuff in accessibility and be amazed.

What’s more interesting is jumping uhh eight major versions to have all operating systems use the same version number as the year they came out and having unified apis.

It makes the support window more predictable for people who don’t know about that kind of thing and most likely means there’s been enough work under the hood of macos to get it to where ios is security wise.

They also said 26/tahoe will be the last one to support intel. That means those 2018s are gonna end up with ~10 years of support. I thought they’d be quick to drop like the old 2011 15” models.

If you want to get into the mac game cheap, there’s never been a better time to get an m1. It’s guaranteed three year support window (likely more) on a ~$200 arm64 laptop and then asahi after that. The m1s support rosetta 2 so they can run x86 applications as well.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

The ghost of Steve Jobs has learned what opacity is. Billions must die

[–] git@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Liquid ass ?

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There’s no way lmao, either this was shopped or they updated the thumbnail

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

This is legit ass. Even worse than Microsoft's design language.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

first one feels so dated already

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago
[–] jack@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it is pretty though and what else matters?

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] jack@hexbear.net 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, I'm not sure what your comment says because I just applied the tahoe hexbear theme. I assume you were agreeing with me, so thanks!

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i'm on that meow theme meself

How do I submit a site tagline

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

fry Huh...what's that say there?...OH! "Focus"! Hey it worked!

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I miss Isaac Wood so fucking much. The new album is good, but goddamm his vocals were stunning

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