The dust has settled, and another WWDC keynote is over. And in some ways I’m relieved, because the rumored cross-platform interface redesign turned out not to be quite as radical as some of us feared.
But my feelings about Liquid Glass are complicated. Yes, it looks nice. No, in most cases (the Apple Watch’s Workout app being the most obvious exception), Apple doesn’t seem to have messed too much with the navigational structure and location of controls, so the updated operating systems shouldn’t be too confusing to use. But, at the risk of sounding contrary, I’m worried that the aesthetics aren’t weird enough, and that the pleasant looks are a sign that Apple has looked to the present rather than the future for its visual inspiration.
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