So far as Laokoon goes this weekend I went to a track meet [1] and took pictures of people throwing the discus for the first time. I made plenty of images that were evocative of Greek sculpture but I think that's because Greek sculpture was motivated by athleticism. (Unfortunately the protective net made all of these images confusing)
If you take an average frame out of a sports game you don't see a clear story -- in basketball, for instance, you can catch the ball leaving the hands of the player or you can get the ball going into the hoop, it's not so easy to make a picture that unambiguously tells the story that № 15 scored a basket.
One answer to that is give up and say "a good portrait is a good sports photo" and that works, the other is to catch a special moment from a special angle like this shot [2] where for just a moment the ball kicked up a plume of dirt so you know the batter bounced the ball right in front of himself and the presence of a runner on third base adds to the tension. Nothing distorted there at all!
design has completely replaced usability with faddish "innovation", silently bolstered by management trying to come up w/a reason for people to go through another upgrade cycle
> It’s as loud as it is predictable, and the insight you get from first reactions on Social Media is as meaningful as any carnival music.
Poor readability was one of the main insights from the feedback you've so casually dismissed. And it was backed up by screenshots/recordings, which this post have none of besides the usual useless waste of an art filler.
> Readability is a concern.
Oh, wait, so it was actually pretty meaningful insight!
I am very happy that I actually tried to use new iOS 26. It is just couple taps away for registered developers. I think it is a very nice redesign.
But focusing on the 'glass' component is very reductive in my opinion, and shallow. It is much more about overall layout overhaul. I, for one, think it feels much more easy and modern, a welcome upgrade. I am a programmer, not a designer. Functionally it feels better for me.
I will just say it is wasteful. I watched a presentation from the Apple conf and thought, do we (as humanity) really need that? Is it just another thing that was invented to justify the ever growing computing capacity on mobile devices that can no longer be put to any reasonable use?
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 23.5 ms ] threadIf you take an average frame out of a sports game you don't see a clear story -- in basketball, for instance, you can catch the ball leaving the hands of the player or you can get the ball going into the hoop, it's not so easy to make a picture that unambiguously tells the story that № 15 scored a basket.
One answer to that is give up and say "a good portrait is a good sports photo" and that works, the other is to catch a special moment from a special angle like this shot [2] where for just a moment the ball kicked up a plume of dirt so you know the batter bounced the ball right in front of himself and the presence of a runner on third base adds to the tension. Nothing distorted there at all!
[1] https://mastodon.social/@UP8/114883139153288563
[2] https://mastodon.social/@UP8/114849463914827733
design has completely replaced usability with faddish "innovation", silently bolstered by management trying to come up w/a reason for people to go through another upgrade cycle
Poor readability was one of the main insights from the feedback you've so casually dismissed. And it was backed up by screenshots/recordings, which this post have none of besides the usual useless waste of an art filler.
> Readability is a concern.
Oh, wait, so it was actually pretty meaningful insight!
But focusing on the 'glass' component is very reductive in my opinion, and shallow. It is much more about overall layout overhaul. I, for one, think it feels much more easy and modern, a welcome upgrade. I am a programmer, not a designer. Functionally it feels better for me.