{"id":48356,"date":"2025-07-04T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48356"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:59:37","slug":"ios-26-information-density","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/04\/ios-26-information-density\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26 Information Density"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nate Parrott<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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didn’t realize everything in iOS 26 is just a little bigger and way less stuff fits on screen now?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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

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Let’s make a fun comparison about information density across various versions of iOS and device screen sizes.<\/p>\n

In reverse chronological order.<\/p>\n

Corollary: iOS 26 kinda sucks at information density.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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

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[Apple:] To give content room to breathe, organizational components like lists, tables, and forms have a larger row height and padding. Sections have an increased corner radius to match the curvature of controls across the system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

Which is largely unnecessary. It reduces the amount of information displayed on screen, and you’ll have to scroll more as a consequence. Look at the Before and After layouts: the Before layout doesn’t need solutions to increase its clarity. You’re just injecting white space everywhere. It’s also ironic that where more space and ‘breathing room’ are actually necessary, the header (“Single Table Row” in the figure) is pushed even nearer to the status bar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n