Hello Mac OS X Tiger

Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by arrrg on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:50AM (#29967762)

Apple isn’t merging mouse and keyboard systems, though. Not in macOS. So that hypothesis is complete bunk.

This design move is at this point getting to be a decade old. So this explanation from you makes zero sense.

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by slategruen on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:02AM (#29967916)

This. macOS has been in an incremental phase for several years now. Windows 8 was a major overhaul from Microsoft which ended up as a big mistake since they didn't consider the impact of such an overhaul in terms of user experience. macOS on the other hand is quite mature and Apple knows that any major change would hurt users in the end.

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by smoldesu on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:21PM (#29969754)

Was Big Sur one of those "incremental" updates?

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by champagnois on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:34PM (#29972454)

Just an "incremental" update where they added touch screen apps (from the iPhone and iPad) to the desktop and laptop experience. Oh, they also changed the system tray to mimic the touch functionality of iPads 1:1 as well, despite being a (far more precise) mouse pointer controlled system. Incremental they say. I was way off base and taking crazy pills when I saw any relationship between these design elements and touch interfaces.

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by jen20 on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:37PM (#29971954)

Yes.

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Re:Hello Mac OS X Tiger by champagnois on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:56PM (#29969320)

The latest design elements feel straight from iPad OS imo. They also have had a focus on allowing iOS installs onto MacOS. This is from BigSur onward.

I was mostly describing my feelings and guesses of it.

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