I like discoverability and generally appreciate Apple's unified visual design for macOS 11 and iOS 14.
However, I will miss the distinct outline shapes and silhouettes which have made macOS icons easy to distinguish from each other since the original Mac (really earlier than that, going back to the Lisa and Xerox Alto.) Now everything's going to be an iPhone home-screen RoundRect.
However, I will miss the distinct outline shapes and silhouettes which have made macOS icons easy to distinguish from each other since the original Mac (really earlier than that, going back to the Lisa and Xerox Alto.) Now everything's going to be an iPhone home-screen RoundRect.
Consider these distinctive silhouettes of Super Smash Bros. fighters: https://www.sporcle.com/games/skuban/super-smash-bros-charac...
Or the silhouettes from Apple's iconic iPod ads: https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/ipod-silhouettes-2000-2...