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Title: Apple read your mean tweets about Liquid Glass and Finder

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:22:30 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-read-...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. After unveiling some new
visual elements to the next generation of its operating systems during WWDC
2025, Apple has already walked back some of the proposed design revisions.
9to5Mac noticed that the most recent developer betas included changes to the
new Liquid Glass operating system appearance and to the Finder app icon.

Liquid Glass was divisive from the start. The idea of layering transparency
in the user interface appealed to some, while others felt it was needlessly
fussy and hard to read, especially when using the Control Center. In the
second developer beta of iOS 26, Apple has increased the darkness and blur on
the background when the Control Center is active.

The other controversial change centered on the imagery for the Finder app in
macOS Tahoe. The previous developer beta flipped the colors in the icon,
putting blue on the right and white on the left. It's a reversal of decades
of Mac design, which has long had a lighter shade on the right and a darker
color on the left, even as other details of the face illustration have
changed. And people were not pleased about it. The usual color layout has
returned in the current developer beta.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-
tech/apple-read-your-mean-tweets-about-liquid-glass-and-finder-
222230726.html?src=rss

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