Free the Icons
a day ago
- #MacOS
- #App Icons
- #Apple
- Apple's MacOS Tahoe (26) introduced a 'Liquid Glass' icon design that was criticized for being blurry and regressive.
- In the MacOS Golden Gate (27) betas, Apple has improved their own app icons by removing excess Liquid Glass effects, making them sharper.
- Tahoe enforced a uniform squircle shape for all third-party app icons, forcing developers to redesign and reducing icon distinctiveness and usability.
- The mandated squircle shape makes icons harder to distinguish, especially for those with color vision deficiencies or when icons have similar colors.
- Apple should reverse the prohibition on varied icon shapes to restore creativity and usability, allowing icons to have distinct forms again.