From Wired : “Software designers, even those impressed by Apple’s refreshed look at WWDC 2025, are concerned about the readability of the company’s new see-through aesthetic.” Here’s Apple’s preview of the future.
A little bit of it, unretouched:
[I see bruises.]
The first of Neil Postman’s six questions about new technologies is relevant: “What is the problem to which this technology is a solution?” Are users of Apple devices having too much difficulty seeing, say, what’s underneath a menu or dialog box?
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Apple’s see-through aesthetic
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One of the reasons the new exciting Segway failed was that it wasn't solving a problem. Not going to replace bicycles, not going to replace tramping along the sidewalk getting exercise, not going to replace adult-size tricycles... So thrilling, but what was it for?
Good example. It did have a nice turn in an episode of Frasier — though that wasn’t what it was meant for.
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