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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by jakobegger on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:37AM (#12164856)
The Dock absolutely lost usability; all the icons look the same now. I practically stopped using the dock because I never find the apps I'm looking for quickly; I've switched to using Spotlight for opening apps instead.

The old "Pages" icon was instantly recognisable. The new one looks, at first glance, exactly the same as text edit and notes.

I don't think that the UI actually needs to get out of the way. We humans are perfectly able to ignore even the most obnoxiously designed mess (cf. banner blindness). But we are not very good at picking from many similar-looking things. Replacing the colorful sidebar icons with simpler monochrome versions now requires us to actively look for the icon you need, instead of just picking it intuitively.

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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by zer0defex on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:32AM (#12165449)
Exactly why I make mine transparent: http://imgur.com/a/AXNy9

Contrary to popular belief these days, contrast is not the enemy.

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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by rmwaite on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:13PM (#12167637)
What app is that you have the checklist in?
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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by zer0defex on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @06:17PM (#12169141)
Just the built-in apple notes app - starting with El Capitan it has checklists now
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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by ParadoxOryx on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:47PM (#12166942)
How'd you make it transparent?
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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by zer0defex on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @06:15PM (#12169128)
cDock: http://w0lfschild.github.io/app_cDock.html
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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by intoverflow2 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:26AM (#12165407)
>I don't think that the UI actually needs to get out of the way

Getting a bit fed up of listening to fellow designers preaching about "cognitive overload" over a few button shapes and icons then proceeding to ship designs where all the controls are un-styled blue text with the occasional semi-abstract line art icon.

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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by fabean on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @08:52AM (#12165232)
I agree all the designs of icons all look the same and that's not the best thing, but using Spotlight to open things is just better anyways.
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