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Most of the people I work with use Macs and never talk about the UI being good or bad. And boy, do we talk about insignificant crap that pisses us off. They just don’t care about menu icon alignment or whether the design follows 1992 guidelines.

This thread feels like classic HN bikeshedding. The article itself is nearly 5,000 words about menu icons. Menu icons! Yes, the inconsistencies exist. Yes, they could be better. But the level of outrage here doesn’t match reality. People are acting like Apple has completely lost their way over… inconsistent icon styling in dropdown menus that most users don’t even notice.



One of the core values distilled by Steve Jobs for all Apple employees is “Obsess over the user experience.” (2011)

It’s been inherent in The Macintosh Way from the beginning.


Apple’s “way” for many years included a maniacal focus on nailing the details.




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