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Historically, design as a priority worsened UI for average and new users, and Apple has prioritized a feeling of elegance over ease of use.

Liquid glass puts UI second (feature cues) in favor of UX (interesting experience), harkening back to skeuomorphism but misprioritizing UI. I appreciated in Jobs's time how skeuomorphism was used to reveal more features, and give new users simple cues.

Now there is this idea that there is a higher percentage of advanced users, but since now there are MORE users (anyone with a screen), and continual change, I think there is still a large percentage of less advanced users "harmed" by prioritizing UX over UI.


It's also ironic that so much effort has been spent on the "liquid" feel of the phone ... which is mostly lost when it's in a case.

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