It's no small thing, CSS can now do carousels natively, with no javascript.

"scroll buttons, scroll markers, scroll driven animation, scroll-state() queries, :has(), grid, anchor and so much more.

Even more impressive is the accessibility story.

Carousel best practices are handled by the browser, thanks to the engineering and accessibility teams working together. It'd be very difficult to make a more accessible carousel than this."

#CSS #frontend #UIUX

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/carousels-with-css

I think I found probably the best implementation of #LiquidGlass effects by UI designer & Artist @7luyuhang. I’m blown away.

In this case, some of the Liquid Glass effects like the borders/edges of a glass surface are captured for some buttons and the LCD display. Looks AMAZING! Love how the REC light bounces off the edge.

Honestly what @7luyuhang does is what I thought Apple’s UI would have evolved into. But it didn’t.

Check out their work (and follow them):
https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2-ssmO1jj/?igsh=eXFoY2lidjIzZjVn

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My own HIG guidelines do prohibit this... and honestly it can be done so easily using NSGridView.

At least in MY guidelines, helper text to a Checkbox should in secondary color and perfectly aligned with the title. Not with the checkbox, not doing its own thing, but with the title.

• https://marioaguzman.github.io/design/layoutguidelines/
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsgridview

#AppKit #macOS #UIUX

First picture is of Apple Photo's Settings window. The second image is an example of my own HIG document.

UX designers (which includes nearly anyone developing front-end code, whether it's in your job title or not), remember that real people will have to use your interface. It will affect them. It can have a serious impact on their quality of daily life.

Don't drive your users to this: https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/114672417919925192

I really need the design team at Apple to think real hard when making new design systems.

Visually stacked items on the Z-Axis does not do you favors when it comes to a 2D display.

You can’t distinguish what elements goes with what view. #macOSTahoe doubles down on layering on the Z-axis more than ever before.

Both Apple and 3rd party devs now have to come up with fixes to address this mess. Like the new NSBackgroundExtensionView in #AppKit.

#UIUX #WWDC25 https://martianbase.net/@mackuba/114684169532147576

I know, I keep coming back to this. And this isn't about Liquid Glass...

I think we're in this awful state of layouts because of full-height sidebars and compressing the title bar into the toolbar.

Full-height sidebars do not aid in anything. They just serve to eat more of your toolbar space. When you mix that with combining the toolbar with the titlebar -- well you end up with no space at all...

I think this forced Apple Design to moving player controls to the bottom. #UIUX #macOSTahoe

Peeking through the Liquid Glass: From usability to branding, we explore what Liquid Glass means for designers and developers in our latest post.

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/06/peeking-through-the-liquid-glass/

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — the best designers aren’t in Cupertino. Partly because Apple is too stubborn to hire fully remote employees.

But also this. This is infinitely better than what they currently ship. It’s a lot more harmonious with the elements within the playlist header view and makes far better use of the real estate — and while I still have questions, it’s a far better start. Tuomas’ work is always *chef’s kiss*.

#AppleMusic #UIUX #macOS
https://mastodon.social/@tuomas_h/114649439797022064

It's crazy how much Apple's music app has regressed on macOS. Look how well they made use of available space when opening an album in iTunes while still preserving the artwork. All while still being in the context of browsing your albums.

Music.app, on the other hand, nothing but useless whitespace and awful use of space -- especially on smaller displays like the MacBook Air.

They also removed the fun theming based on the artwork.

This is how all banners should work in macOS... where the buttons always show instead of the "on hover" bs (that is also so finicky)... Just show me the buttons broooo... I like to see what my options are up front and click the right one rather than finding out when I finally get to getting the drop down button to work correctly.

A friend sent me this screenshot of FCPX running on OS X Mavericks:
1. Everything is compartmentalized; sections, subsections, content, tools
2. Clear on/off state for controls
3. Even with icons lacking color, they have detail; far clearer than SF Symbols could ever be
4. Buttons have borders; you can tell what is a button vs. symbol (representing a status)

This is what Dark Mode should have been; a "lights out" version of standard window chrome. Not just black.
#macOS #MacOSX #UIUX #Aqua

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Ahh yes, when #iTunes got rid of Aqua table view headers and scroll bars for more "plastic-y" ones... Still looked pretty damn nice and well designed.

Look how color and depth aid in compartmentalization of the UI and user's content. So gorgeous.