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macOS becomes iOS: Safari video controls

https://underpassapp.com/news/2025/9/8.html
31•latexr•2h ago

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leakycap•2h ago
Tahoe seems to be so full of straws to break the camel's back for so many macOS users who have been slowly annoyed by the grind of version ~10.10 to 15.7
jemmyw•13m ago
I updated a couple of days ago. All the new transparency and blur they've added looks really bad. But then I turned on "Reduce transparency" and it's fine. There's nothing else new or different.

I read a few of the stories on HN about it and was braced for a bad experience. But honestly - a few icons changing (don't care); the border radius of finder, the only Apple app I use much, changing (don't care).

ddtaylor•1h ago
Just modify the source code for programs you want changes to.
anon7000•1h ago
I’ve seen this in a ton of video players. This is an especially bad example. But it’s so common for the entire top third of the screen to be blurred or darkened just to display a single small UI element in a corner. Stupid design.

The reason it’s especially stupid for Apple is because half of their new design system is about making content front & center.

internet2000•1h ago
So they made a change he doesn't like, and that means merging macOS with iOS? Non-sequitur.
rapind•1h ago
It is a pretty dumb change though, let's be honest.
lapcat•44m ago
> So they made a change he doesn't like, and that means merging macOS with iOS? Non-sequitur.

No. The change was made in iOS first, and then the same exact change was brought to macOS, as has happened many times now over the years.

ekvintroj•1h ago
I just need one OS and probably you too.
rTX5CMRXIfFG•1h ago
The whole thing about “merging iOS and macOS” was about combining them into a single source code, not a single design system.

This is an irrational and especially dishonest and rant article.

dimal•59m ago
I’ve been on Mac for about 30 years. I’m planning my switch to Linux (probably KDE) and GrapheneOS. I can’t keep giving so much money to a company that clearly doesn’t have my interests in mind.

So much of the ecosystem doesn’t “just work” anymore and now instead of fixing those issues, they are actively working to make my computing experience worse. I’ve hade enough.

The more I investigate the current state of Linux desktops, the more excited I get. It seems like Linux is actually good for general use now, and I’ll have so many more options to make my technology fit me instead of the other way around.

matthewolfe•44m ago
What exactly doesn't "just work" anymore?
acephal•33m ago
Last I touched a Linux desktop was 10+ years ago and you had to muck about with FontConfig and third-party config packages to even come close to Windows or macOS type rendering. Has this seen significant improvement?
cosmic_cheese•29m ago
Don't quote me, but if I recall some number of years ago there were some font shaping/AA patents that expired and so good font rendering comes out of the box in most cases these days. Used to be only Ubuntu shipped like that.
cosmic_cheese•31m ago
I want to be excited about Linux, but as a long time Mac user (started in the 90s) I don't feel like there's a desktop environment for me. I've used GNOME and KDE on and off for years with some Cinnamon, elementary/Pantheon, and minimalist WM thrown in for good measure, and none of them cut it. The big DEs are much closer to Windows or mobile operating systems than anything else.

And that doesn't even get into the hardware situation, where the number of laptops with long battery life and everything working without quirks can seemingly be counted on one hand.

cadamsdotcom•29m ago
Apple internally must be a constant battle between those who want to unify iOS and macOS and those who understand they’re different systems with different purposes, and need different treatment.

Craig Federighi was a strong proponent of the latter camp but maybe he’s just getting on in years. Goes to show that key people being good and caring a lot can be all that stops things from backsliding.

So the battle for macOS is being slowly lost. Lucky we have KDE.

If it keeps going this way my next laptop won’t have that fruit logo. And that is a real shame.

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