We all know Apple leads and other follow on UI/UX design (for better or for worse). Post Liquid Glass influence you've already noticed others adding to their designs for no reason. I'll preempt responses by saying I'm aware Apple didn't invent transparent design elements. But apple does get to dictate when these things go in and out of style.
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Liquid Glass Influence
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I remarked it too.
Everywhere the same illness.
Everywhere the same illness.
Oh wonderful. just noticed in Chrome that google decided to revamp the controls to a liquid glass influence for no reason. Truly Apple mindbreaks designers into thinking they have to follow suit. This isn't an improvement.
Am I the only one who's happy about liquid glass?! I mean it's far from perfect, I don't love it by any means. However, I absolutely abhorred minimalism. I thought iOS 7 was ugly, and I thought iOS 18 was ugly. At least we have shadows, reflections, and interesting designs coming back into the mainstream, even if it's not perfect.
For years, one of the primary complaints about iOS 7 was that it's hard to tell what's a button and what isn't. And here, Youtube is adding shadows of button shapes. I see no issue with this.
There is no “glass”, it’s just a shape.
No you're not. It's not perfect but I actually like it a lot.