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Re:Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess by Closi on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:16AM (#27561181)
> UI changes are only good if they improve usability.

This is true only if usability is all you care about.

In the real world people like things with good aesthetics, and like beautiful things, and it’s important for Apple to make things that users like.

If looks didn’t matter every user interface and website would be plain and high-contrast.

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Re:Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess by flohofwoe on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:21AM (#27561244)
A "plain and high-contrast" UI sounds like a good thing TBH.
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Re:Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess by jolux on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:06PM (#27561679)
Well you can go use Windows on the high-contrast setting then.
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Re:Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess by zingplex on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:57PM (#27562154)
A setting that most electron and web apps will completely ignore.
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Re:Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess by leucineleprec0n on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:39PM (#27565167)
exactly. just fucking flipping the "contrast, on" switch buried in accessibility is not a panacea, and it is no substitute for a regular high-contrast UI on beeauty grounds alone! God forbid third-party apps even utilizing a native API for it.
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