Dandy

Autodidact / Traveller / Photographer / Designer / Fullstack Developer / Photo account @camarts_ / 中文推 @wengtianxin

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My redesigned personal website is NOW LIVE at https://t.co/QPomySGluK

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@pmjohnson @thsottiaux this is soo much better

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@FiachraRM @cursor_ai Mine too, and watchOS is set to 10:09
https://t.co/2U8IIM6I6r

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Happy new year

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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Apple: guess that OS 26 design change was too aggressive so let's dial it back a bit and see how it goes

SwiftUI devs:

[Ryo Lu @ryolu_]

consistency ≠ uniformity:

for those who haven't lived through this era – we used to have beautiful, precision interfaces. now they're replaced by a design language that originated from the Apple Watch, with icons that only fit in squircles. but that's not even the point.

the point is we used to design the whole stack – the technology, the concepts, the interfaces. when designers only care about superficial consistency, platforms lose their uniqueness.

apple used to design systems. skeuomorphism wasn't just about leather textures – it was about teaching people new mental models. the trash can empties because you understand what a trash can does. aqua's lickable buttons and sheets had depth because the OS had layers you could understand. the old apple designed the whole stack – from metal to pixels to concepts. teams weren't just shipping features in the same box, they were building coherent platforms each with opinions about what computing should feel like for the medium.

liquid glass is fine on a phone. but on macOS it's unusable – lack of precision, visual noise everywhere. this is what happens when UI language designed for fingers bleed into macOS. we went from interfaces designed for a 27" cinema display with a precise cursor to interfaces designed for a 1.5" screen you tap with one finger.

the Mac is for creation and precision work. it needs information density. it needs chrome you can grab. it needs UI that gets out of your way but gives you power when you need it. instead we got padding and whitespace and translucent blurs optimized for touch targets nobody's touching.

the squircle icon mandate is a symptom. when you force every icon into the same shape, you're saying "brand consistency" matters more than "each app icon needs to communicate its function instantly." we traded clarity for uniformity. we traded precise design for cross-platform sameness.

consistency means your system has coherent rules within itself. uniformity means everything looks the same regardless of context.

the hardware team still gets it – that macbook pro + M-series chips, chef's kiss. but software design feels like it's chasing fat fingers instead of remembering what people do on a Mac.

[Minimal Gallery @minimal_gallery]

Dandy Weng https://t.co/RUh5DmBPkC

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Celebrating my 30th birthday with a refreshed website: https://t.co/QPomySXWTk

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The classic full-screen theme is now available in 4K quality and logo-free for our members! And yes, you can now customize the info strip ✨

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Introducing Camarts 2.0 for Apple TV

Enjoy an all-new viewing experience with a gallery-inspired theme.

You can now customize the app’s look and the information displayed on screen.

Get deeper context with the all-new Information View.

Updated for #tvOS26 and #LiquidGlass

[Naval @naval]

Your best work comes through you, not from you.

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@Stammy exactly 😂

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@Stammy readability nightmare

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@sekachov worked on this for years and it’s finally getting ready to launch https://t.co/2U8IIM6agT

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Happy Easter

[Naval @naval]

To build product, “make something people want.”

To create art, make something *you* want.

(The best do both).

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Now I can get some rest