These images from the Creator Studio announcement perfectly illustrate the failure of Liquid Glass.

[stuarticus@indieweb.social]

@marcoarment The iTunes app in iOS 26 got the best Liquid Glass overhaul.

[anton_leuski@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment it looks very cool … until you actually need to use the controls. And, then you like f…k. I worked with a designer like that once who cannot be convinced that a low contrast combo of background and font color can actually hurt an old person eyes.

[wyssdaniel@swiss.social]

@amonduin “Users can choose to purchase the Mac versions of Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage individually as a one-time purchase”@marcoarment

[amonduin@mastodon.social]

@wyssdaniel @marcoarment Just saw that and updated my post. Thought about deleting the post but decided since others might have already seen it better to leave it up

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment

Remember that Apple commercial where some big hydraulic press was crushing every art instrument (musical, visual, etc) into one 'app'.

That's the goal.

Deter creativity. Consume the machine slop - creative people think too much.

[_mrjasonw@mastodon.social]

@amonduin @wyssdaniel @marcoarment Been waiting on the iPad version of Pixelmator Pro for years. Now they finally release it and lock it behind a costly subscription included in a bundle of other apps that I’ll never use, just like an awful cable subscription. I only want to watch one channel yet I have to pay for all 300. 👎👎👎

[cleatusfetus@mstdn.social]

@marcoarment I like it a lot. I’d rather have it on my content than make my content smaller.

[yertle@mastodon.cloud]

@marcoarment I would have trouble adjusting contrast on that second image with the side of the person’s face cut off. That’s bonkers

[d4v@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I actually love it. If it wasn't translucent, it would still be there in the way, so I don't understand what's wrong?

[sumocat@mastodon.world]

@marcoarment But the tools aren’t covering the final art, only the bleed/overflow. The final artwork in this case would presumably be a cropped square to use for the podcast icon.

[buck@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I feel so "immersed"

[buck@mastodon.social]

@stuarticus @marcoarment I really like how the corner is not rounded up near New Albums. I'm really tapped out on the rounding of everything for some reason.

[dipierro@mas.to]

@marcoarment Remember around the Mac Pro summit @gruber attended, didn’t Apple announce a team of embedded creative professionals who were going to give practical feedback on hardware and software? I guess they’re gone.

[dandylyons@iosdev.space]

@Sumocat @marcoarment No they specifically designed content that would look less bad in the ui. The leaves continue on the left under the sidebar.

[mintyfries@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I don't think I've ever seen an image editor that pops up editing panels overtop the image before. Wow.

[sumocat@mastodon.world]

@dandylyons @marcoarment The screenshot of the Mac version is presented the same way, but the overflow and top of her head are completely cut off.

[volemo@mathstodon.xyz]

@marcoarment @d4v, but it would be less in the way: look how much space is wasted on the unnecessary padding around the sidebars and other UI elements that previously would be flush to the screen edge. I mean I’m not against negative space in UI but those double paddings, ubiquitous in the new design, are useless, imho.

And the UI would be so much more readable without all that translucency!

[d4v@mastodon.social]

@volemo @marcoarment On second thought, I have to agree with you that’s a lot of wasted space. 😵‍💫

[tvaziri@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment NOT GOOD

[exkclamation@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment 💯