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Can I get a real UI back?

For a company that has always stood for design this is possibly the biggest letdown in the history of computing.

I have never in my life seen a bigger leap backwards in design, It went from a nice sleek UI to one of the ugliest flat

boring designs I seen in a long time. If I had a backup I would go back to Maverick in a heart beat.

I don't understand how this could even get past concept stage.

It looks more like a window manager for x windows on a linux machine back in the 90s than a modern OS.

If there does not come out some way to get the Aqua look back, 3rd party or not, I can sincerely say this is probably the last OS X I will ever use.

I much rather use a linux laptop that I can at least configure my own window manager on than this sorry excuse for a UI.

I knew you liked time machines, but traveling backwards in time was not my idea of an upgrade.

/Svarten70

That's what I think.

All UI elements are either dull gray or just too bright.

And those ugly white toolbar buttons on the light gray toolbar.

Even Microsoft has more skills in designing these UI elements than Apple has now.

The flat design just *****!

I want colors and "real" buttons back!

Why is it so hard for Apple to give the users a few more themes to chose from, including Mavericks style?

Svarten70 wrote:

 

I have never in my life seen a bigger leap backwards in design, It went from a nice sleek UI to one of the ugliest flat

boring designs I seen in a long time. If I had a backup I would go back to Maverick in a heart beat.

 

I agree that there are many unfortunate choices in the UI. This would not matter if you had left yourself a life line. Even if you loved how it looks, you could still run into problems with the first release of a major OS upgrade. Not all apps are going to be compatible, etc.

No one came and forced you to install Yosemite without taking elementary precautions. Why would you install a major OS upgrade without a full backup of your system?

Why change something that worked fine?

Why follow a mainstream fashion (flat design), when it brings no benefit for the user?

As was said, the flat design was meant to avoid distractions for the user.

Why then have transparencies that do just that!?

Many people will just turn off that gimmick after a while, so where's the point in changing a working design where the user has to fiddle here and there to get the system back to a usable state?

MichelX wrote:

 

Why change something that worked fine?

Why follow a mainstream fashion (flat design), when it brings no benefit for the user?

 

As was said, the flat design was meant to avoid distractions for the user.

Why then have transparencies that do just that!?

Many people will just turn off that gimmick after a while, so where's the point in changing a working design where the user has to fiddle here and there to get the system back to a usable state?

Those are great questions. My suspicion is that the rationale of reducing distraction for the user is not the real reason for the changes, but rather, as you suggest, that Apple is to some extent following a (dubious) trend. And then failing to do it cleanly and consistently, by adding functionally pointless (and distracting) transparencies, and making choices about fonts and colors that reduce legibility for a lot of users.

Their hardware design is still lovely, but they are really losing their way with the user interface. Apple has also become far too eager to dumb everything down to the level of the average iConsumer.

kahjot,

I'm afraid you are right with your thoughts.

Here's how our future will look like...

https://jonyiveredesignsthings.tumblr.com

Wow! I came here to say all of those exact same things. I even wanted to mention the similarity to the old Linux desktop managers. I want Aqua back in a big way. I feel chained to Mavericks on my old hardware because I will never switch to this awful flat interface. I've played with it extensively. It's confusing to my eye with no visual cues to which I am accustomed in Mac OS. It looks like a kindergartner's attempt at crayoning a Mac interface. I've been a Mac user for 33 years, and I find the flat interface to be incredibly un-Mac-like. It goes completely against my aesthetic, and it is preventing me and many of my friends from purchasing new Mac hardware.

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