Do Stock UI Elements Matter?

Brent Simmons: Well, I still think Apple has the best collection of UI designers in the world, but, for whatever reasons, the guidance from above on how the Mac UI should look is missing the mark. I’m not blaming the people doing the work — they’re doing great work with the direction they’re given. So this — bad direction — is where the secret third reason falls down. And we’re left with no real reason to stick with stock Mac UI (except for wanting approval from longtime Mac people like me, and you really shouldn’t care about that at all). I think we’re in interesting times as far as the Mac UI goes. A lot of people don’t like Liquid Glass, even in its refined macOS 27 state and would prefer something that looks more at home in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or maybe something in between. While I still think the older versions of Mac OS X look pretty good today (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was a high point in my opinion), I’ve gotten used to the new UI and appreciate the return to some consistency…