Howard Oakley on the MacOS 26 Tahoe UI

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By John GruberJan 6, 2026, 6:31 pm275 pts
Howard Oakley, writing at The Eclectic Light Company macOS Tahoe’s visual interface: Fits largely rectangular contents into windows with excessively rounded corners. Enlarges controls without any functional benefit. Results in app icons being more uniform, thus less distinguishable and memorable. Fails to…

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