Tahoe Icons Teardown

Whenever a new version of any software launches, someone complains. It's inevitable. No change is ever good. I'd venture that most of the reviews - and damn near all of the comments.- on Brand New are not positive. Change is hard. Graphic design change is almost impossible.

This blog post from software engineer Nikita Prokopov about the problem with Tahoe icons could easily be have been another routine barrage of complaints about the latest version of MacOS. It's not. It's an incredibly well articulated teardown of how Apple didn't listen to themselves and ended up making a user experience that is objectively harder to use. That said, it's a great read and makes nothing but incredibly valid points! Do read.