🙄 5 Reasons macOS Ventura Design Change Is the End of the “Sane” UI as We Know It
And why did Apple copy Microsoft this time?
See Also:
— 🔗 5 Secret macOS Features that Apple Hides in Plain Sight.
With the latest version of macOS Ventura, Apple has gone yet one step closer to making macOS look like iOS. macOS Ventura (which is still in beta) has a revamped System Preferences UI, and many people already hate it. Below is a comparison between the old UI (right) and the new one (left):
At first glance, what strikes the most is the resemblance of the new macOS UI to Windows 11’s Preferences looks:
But perhaps what is obvious in both UI designs is the lack of checkboxes. Nowadays I mostly use keyboard to interact with my computers, but whenever I go back to point-and-click, checkboxes have always been really straightforward and without frills. Their meaning is crystal clear and you know what happens when you click on them:
