macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

26 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by tzmlab

6 Comments

ivell

4 hours ago

I used to look forward to MacOS upgrades. Nowadays I dread it. Spotlight used to be great for quick look up of files, now it is pretty much useless for me. I am back to using finder and manually looking up files.

I hope things would improve and not degrade further. The updated icons is going in the right direction. More clarity and less useless effects.

gfaure

7 hours ago

That "Stocks" icon is bizarre -- imagine a stocks app where the marker indicating the queried position on a trendline actually had that superfluous refraction effect on it.

piekvorst

5 hours ago

It’s unfortunate that we can’t settle on an icon set for at least a decade. Constantly changing the icons misses the very point of their function: instant recognition.

This is partly why I’ve escaped to text-only interfaces and monochrome icons wherever possible. Granted, it’s not ideal, but sticking with the icons offers no advantage.

csouers

7 hours ago

I like it. More contrast in most areas. Better defined. What Tahoe should have been.

The new Siri icon is meh though. Didn’t know what it was at first.

Grombobulous

6 hours ago

Yeah...it's not like Siri ever had a great icon, but the new one looks like nothing.

Overall though, these seem like nice icons. They make the old ones look blurry in a bad way, although I'm sure the effect is mostly comparative.

avgDev

8 hours ago

Enhance. More sharp.