{"id":30558,"date":"2020-10-30T15:12:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30558"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:38:43","slug":"more-big-sur-ui-refinements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/30\/more-big-sur-ui-refinements\/","title":{"rendered":"More Big Sur UI Refinements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riccardo Mori<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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As I was saying before, I expected the first betas to be a rough design sketch, bound to be drastically improved upon<\/em> (not simply refined) from beta release to beta release. Instead, all visual changes at the UI level so far have been surprisingly restrained. You may think, Well, that’s a good sign. It means that Apple really believes in this redesign<\/em>. In a sense, it’s true. Apple believes to be doing good work with Big Sur’s user interface. They have a plan and they’re demonstrating they’re willing to stick with it. That doesn’t mean it’s a great plan, though.<\/p>\n

No matter how hard Apple tries to spin it, when I’m using Big Sur, I’m not feeling that the reasoning behind all these UI changes was Let’s take the great Mac OS user interface we’ve been perfecting for years and make it better<\/em>. What I feel, instead, is that behind this user interface redesign there was one simple major directive that came from above: Make it look more like iOS<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The transparency of menu listings has also been reduced over time: Beta 10 here is slightly less transparent than even Beta 8. And the selected menu name in the menu bar is more prominent (the background behind the text is darker).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

System Preferences now shows more slices of dynamic desktops.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n