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Re:HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a mode... by miffy900 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:20AM (#34529484)
Generally agree here. However the Apple icons of the pre-flat-design-era, even the really skeuomorphic ones, were always pretty great; I always thought they summed up most of their respective apps pretty well. For instance, for Gamecenter, the icon for it before iOS7 was quartered, with a chesspiece, baseball bat, rocket ship and dart board in each quadrant.

They really didn't need to change it. It's now just 4 coloured bubbles, which symbolises...what? I always thought it was just so...random. It's the most irreverent icon of the iOS home screen since iOS7.

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Re:HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a mode... by BuckyBeaver on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:00PM (#34539512)
Oh yeah, I'm not lumping icons in with controls. Their icons were fine.

Oddly, Game Center is missing from my phone, so I'll take your word that the new icon sucks. I like to scorn the Photos icon: a multicolored Spirograph. Why?

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