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Not convinced of macOS Tahoe’s terrible design? Here’s the best (worst) example

  • January 22, 2026
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ProTruckDriver
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The exaggerated curves have changed the dynamic of usability.

First, it was Liquid Glass. Then it was the icons. And then it was the icons again (though it’s a different set of icons). Now, there’s something else about macOS Tahoe’s redesign that annoys the heck out of users: the curves, specifically the curves on the windows.

In Tahoe, Apple decided to make the corner radius on windows more rounded. The thing is, as software developer Norbert Heger points out,doing this affects the interface for resizing a window. When you move the pointer to a corner to expand or contract a window, the curved corner actually creates less of an area for users to instinctively click and drag. In fact, most of the area where you can click to resize now lies outside the instinctive area.

 

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MajorHavoc
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  • January 24, 2026

I am not sad at all that the executive in charge of HI (Human Interaction - what Apple calls UI) is leaving. The last few releases have made the look, feel, and usability worse and worse. Inconsistent interfaces, more clicks or taps do do things, controls disappearing or getting buried layers deep … the list is large  

As an ex-Apple employee I can tell you that the HI team is horrible at taking feedback and suggestions. Hopefully the executive change will do some good. 


ProTruckDriver
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  • January 24, 2026

I am not sad at all that the executive in charge of HI (Human Interaction - what Apple calls UI) is leaving. The last few releases have made the look, feel, and usability worse and worse. Inconsistent interfaces, more clicks or taps do do things, controls disappearing or getting buried layers deep … the list is large  

As an ex-Apple employee I can tell you that the HI team is horrible at taking feedback and suggestions. Hopefully the executive change will do some good. 

I hope so too or I’ll be using Sequoia for a long time.


Ssherjj
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  • January 24, 2026

I am not sad at all that the executive in charge of HI (Human Interaction - what Apple calls UI) is leaving. The last few releases have made the look, feel, and usability worse and worse. Inconsistent interfaces, more clicks or taps do do things, controls disappearing or getting buried layers deep … the list is large  

As an ex-Apple employee I can tell you that the HI team is horrible at taking feedback and suggestions. Hopefully the executive change will do some good. 

I hope so too or I’ll be using Sequoia for a long time.

I second that !