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Liquid Glass design unveiled at WWDC is facing global backlash and is obviously making things harder to read, etc. It's hard to imagine Apple didn't understand it. But it does make sense if Apple is trying to prepare people to upcoming AR glasses experience, where most of UI will be overlayed over the reality images. In a way, they want to train users before the tech arrives. Does it make sense or something else is going on?

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solardev · 23h ago

That sounds terrible. They're already hard enough to see/read over other UI elements, how are they going to be visible at all over random things in your field of vision?

deafpolygon · 20h ago

> is obviously making things harder to read

I don't think it's hard to read, honestly. I checked all the photos, videos, etc. of the new UI and it looks great.

But, training the users? I don't know - I think they wanted to before (the translucency in iOS 7) but couldn't- so they waited until they could.

colesantiago · 1d ago

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