Dunno about that. Apple is good at making a sleek UI, but it’s often not intuitive. I’ll admit I haven’t spent enough time with MacOS in its current iteration to have an opinion on it, but I’m saddled with an iPhone for work and it’s just unpleasant to navigate at times.
A good example is app settings. I like that Apple centralizes configuration options in a single settings app, but this also leads to cases where you’re limited in how an app can display its settings since now it’s limited to toggles and dropdowns
Or cases where customization options are buried in accessibility toggles when they would be better suited to being under the actual system widget or tool it affects.
In my experience, Apple has had a great set of hardware paired with very strict opinions about features that haven’t changed to match the way people use their devices these days.
KDE: I am sleek, customisable and normal.
XFCE: I am efficient, customisable and normal.
Gnome: I A M T H E F U T U R E
Yeah, gnome is more like the dystopian future
Gnome: Features? Oh you mean plug-ins right?
user: “do the plugins break often?”
GNOME: “that depends… do you consider every single release to be often?”
FTFY
Mac OS wishes it was as usable as gnome.
This is intended as an insult for both.
I mean if there is one thing Apple does well, it’s UI. Gnome is a good attempt at replicating MacOS and I like it for that.
That’s something Apple did well.
https://uxdesign.cc/did-apple-abandoned-its-own-design-heuristics-accessibility-principles-2d616ed7ace5
Dunno about that. Apple is good at making a sleek UI, but it’s often not intuitive. I’ll admit I haven’t spent enough time with MacOS in its current iteration to have an opinion on it, but I’m saddled with an iPhone for work and it’s just unpleasant to navigate at times.
A good example is app settings. I like that Apple centralizes configuration options in a single settings app, but this also leads to cases where you’re limited in how an app can display its settings since now it’s limited to toggles and dropdowns
Or cases where customization options are buried in accessibility toggles when they would be better suited to being under the actual system widget or tool it affects.
In my experience, Apple has had a great set of hardware paired with very strict opinions about features that haven’t changed to match the way people use their devices these days.
I have, it’s shit.
You did a great write up
That’s hilarious. Will you be here all week?
(Apple’s UI design language is both inconsistent and needlessly convoluted for anyone trying to actually get shit done)
And gnome does an excellent job of replicating that experience.
Can’t argue with that.