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estearumyesterday at 1:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

That's my point about people swooning about the days of UI experimentation. There's a reason we don't do it once we figure out good solutions to problems (experimentation is hard and mostly bad).


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oarsinsyncyesterday at 2:07 PM

> > Apple ... is shoving Liquid Glass onto devices that don't really benefit from it.

> Yeah: most experiments fail and even the ones that ultimately succeed have rough edges.

Vista / Aero 2.0 already did Liquid Glass. At least they had the decency to ship a "turn this shit off" toggle that actually worked.

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