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0 pointsestearum2mo ago0 comments

Good example because Liquid Glass is obviously preparing for the next paradigm shift in computing which will actually require/open up a lot of innovation on the UI front again.

Apple has the unfortunate burden of needing to shepherd millions of developers over to this new paradigm (AR) before it really exists, and so is shoving Liquid Glass onto devices that don't really benefit from it.

But in practice people are generally not happy about lots of new experimentation going on. By definition, most of the results suck. In retrospect we get to stand in awe of those that survived the evolutionary battle and say "wow browser tabs" and "wow pull to refresh" and forget the millions of other bad ideas that we tried.

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pch002mo ago

> Good example because Liquid Glass is obviously preparing for the next paradigm shift in computing which will actually require/open up a lot of innovation on the UI front again.

Bruh, I just want to be able to read the text on my phone.

estearumOP2mo ago

Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

That's my point about people swooning about the days of UI experimentation. There's a reason we don't do it once we figure out good solutions to problems (experimentation is hard and mostly bad).

oarsinsync2mo ago

> > Apple ... is shoving Liquid Glass onto devices that don't really benefit from it.

> Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

Vista / Aero 2.0 already did Liquid Glass. At least they had the decency to ship a "turn this shit off" toggle that actually worked.

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nottorp2mo ago

And I don't want the fucking notifications displayed on my glasses!

Oh wait, I have them all off. So what will AR do for me?

estearumOP2mo ago

I already have a physical keyboard! So what will a touchscreen do for me?

Turns out that interaction shift actually enabled a lot.

IMO any individual (like you or I) are unlikely to immediately conjure up every possible high-value idea that AR makes possible.

Not saying those ideas necessarily exist (though I suspect they do), just that your lack of imagination isn't evidence against them existing and being discoverable in the next 10-20 years.

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xyproto2mo ago

Just real-time text translation and annotating faces with names would be cool.

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0 pointsestearum2mo ago0 comments

Good example because Liquid Glass is obviously preparing for the next paradigm shift in computing which will actually require/open up a lot of innovation on the UI front again.

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pch002mo ago

> Good example because Liquid Glass is obviously preparing for the next paradigm shift in computing which will actually require/open up a lot of innovation on the UI front again.

Bruh, I just want to be able to read the text on my phone.

estearumOP2mo ago

Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

That's my point about people swooning about the days of UI experimentation. There's a reason we don't do it once we figure out good solutions to problems (experimentation is hard and mostly bad).

oarsinsync2mo ago

> > Apple ... is shoving Liquid Glass onto devices that don't really benefit from it.

> Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

Vista / Aero 2.0 already did Liquid Glass. At least they had the decency to ship a "turn this shit off" toggle that actually worked.

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nottorp2mo ago

And I don't want the fucking notifications displayed on my glasses!

Oh wait, I have them all off. So what will AR do for me?

estearumOP2mo ago

I already have a physical keyboard! So what will a touchscreen do for me?

Turns out that interaction shift actually enabled a lot.

IMO any individual (like you or I) are unlikely to immediately conjure up every possible high-value idea that AR makes possible.

Not saying those ideas necessarily exist (though I suspect they do), just that your lack of imagination isn't evidence against them existing and being discoverable in the next 10-20 years.

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xyproto2mo ago

Just real-time text translation and annotating faces with names would be cool.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse