Designers and users endorse Wichary's critique
1 Sep 20 · 3d ago · 3 posts · 3 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Comments on Lobsters and Mastodon shared Wichary's blog, with respondents echoing frustration over the v5 redesign. Critics highlighted specific UI failures like colored square icons that obscure differentiation and poor dark mode rendering.
“Such a well articulated defense of usability in the face of an increasingly indifferent platform owner. No, we do not have to follow the platform when the platform is wrong!”
jonsterling
Marcin Wichary UX designer, CleanShot criticCleanShot macOS screenshot/annotation app
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Massive agree. The new settings look horrible. I particularly hate how the top row of icons were converted to a vertical column of colored squares. Having background colors surround the gray icons makes them _harder_ to differentiate! I'll admit that the previous icons seem a bit ugly at first glance, but they are far better UI than the new ones…
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Such a well articulated defense of usability in the face of an increasingly indifferent platform owner. No, we do not have to follow the platform when the platform is wrong!
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I just looked at the settings for the first time since I upgraded to v5. That's pretty bad. Thankfully, they haven't mucked with the annotation window too much or altered the keyboard shortcuts I use. And I'm cautiously optimistic that macOS 27 will clean some of this up.
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