John Siracusa

Friday, June 26, 2026, 5:33 PM (Received Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:41 PM)

John Siracusa
Friday, June 26, 2026, 5:33 PM (Received Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:41 PM)

Amen! weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/06…

Squircle Jail is the worst design-related thing Apple has ever done to Mac developers, and probably the worst icon-related thing it has ever done, period. Incredibly developer-hostile.

If squircled icons are actually better, then let that design win in the market. That's how we transitioned from the classic Mac OS icon style to the more photorealistic Mac OS X icon style. Developers adopted it because they wanted to, and because users desired it.

Free The Icons

Apple should end their prohibition on shapes in MacOS app icons

^{Paul Kafasis (Under the Microscope)}

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Spencer

in reply to John Siracusa Friday, June 26, 2026, 9:44 PM

I've noticed and bemoaned a similar design regression in Android, back around the release of Material You. I miss interesting icons with unique silhouettes.

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Hypolite Petovan

in reply to John Siracusa Saturday, June 27, 2026, 12:06 AM

@John Siracusa “Squircle Jail is the worst design-related thing Apple has ever done to Mac developers”

What about Liquid Glass? Worse? Better?

@John Siracusa

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