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    Maybe one of the problems is that Apple is afraid to ever rethink the fundamentals of their UI. iOS is still the same grid of icons as when Steve Jobs announced it and apparently when you buy an iPhone in the year 2030 or 2035 it will still look like that.

    So instead you get these endless tweaks to the superfluous aspects of the UI. They keep redesigning the native apps and sometimes they get better but many times it's actually worse than the previous version. The entire concept of this new "liquid glass" seems to be that it floats on top of the old UI.

    Almost every successful company falls prey to the same problem. Google search still looks like it did decades ago but has steadily gotten worse as they patched different features on top. If we could really reimagine things from scratch things could be designed much better but there's no path to get there.

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    • Keeping it safe. The idea that users are stupid and everybody needs to make UI dumb proof.

      But users are smart and can take changes.
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    • Form follows function and until the mechanics of our touch, sight, hearing and speech evolve it'll be an evolution not a revolution when it comes to UI design.Morning_star
    • am just not sure if any of these OS's need a full redesign though? we're not redesigning how a toaster works... or a power drill...inteliboy
    • at this point all an OS needs to do is - screen wakes up, get to app in 1 click, and give me a good notification UIinteliboy
    • "Form follows function" and ease of use doesn't mean you can't ever change the design. I think it's just a result of companies not wanting to change what makesyuekit
    • money for them or risk confusing/alienating their users.yuekit
    • I think there's only so much you can do and it's all quite cosmetic.
      Would you like to buy one of these newly designed three armed shirts ?      Morning_star
    • Well there are only so many ways you can design a shirt. Don't you think the Google search experience could be a lot better?yuekit
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