Apple today announced a series of improvements to Liquid Glass, the translucent design language the company introduced last year.
Apple said it has heard user feedback, which it “deeply appreciates,” and is currently making adjustments to the underlying foundations of Liquid Glass’s construction. Chief among these changes is a new slider that allows users to control transparency, ranging from completely opaque to completely clear.
The sidebar behavior is also updated. Sidebars will now extend across the entire edge of the viewport, with refraction effects continuing below rather than cutting off at the edge of the sidebar. Sidebar icons will also retain their color, a change that addresses a common complaint about the original Liquid Glass implementation.
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Apple also announced updates to its app icon design language. After redesigning all of its first-party icons last year to create a more consistent look across all apps and platforms, the company said it is now taking it a step further by incorporating additional layers of liquid glass directly into the icon artwork itself.
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