"In 2015, Dye became the head of Apple's user interface design team"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dye

"Dye also contributed greatly to the design language of iOS 7 in 2013. In 2015, Dye became the head of Apple's user interface design team. In 2022, he played an integral role in the creation of the Dynamic Island, a feature on iPhones and then in 2025, he led the design of Liquid Glass."

Left for Meta in Dec 2025. Hopefully things normalize a bit? Wishful thinking, I suppose.

I imagine it will take a while to turn a ship this big, even if they are willing (yet to be seen).

This is THE reader of RSS feeds if you're in the Apple ecosystem.

It's so good to still find new feeds to subscribe to now and then.

My latest is the newsletter from Retro Game Corps. Pure nostalgia fun right on my NetNewsWire apps.

Liquid Glass is less performant, and the interactions are less reliable due to the bouncing and wobbling. Also all the transparency makes it harder to read.

A bad "upgrade", but thankfully the designer who fathered this is gone from Apple.

Unbelievable story in the best of ways. Three amazing people lucky to have each other in their lives.

Exactly. It's so heartwarming to hear this when you are constantly bombarded by negative messages. Really made my day.

If you took the time to read the first paragraph instead of typing this snarky comment, you'd know he's working on his personal projects.

Not paying attention on the train, even in 2025 girliepop-influencer-Instragram-latte-art New York, is not the smartest. You're probably better off during rush hour, but being aware of your surroundings is never a bad idea, even in "safe" New York.

Every now and then we talk here about Mozilla needing more money to keep Firefox alive, meanwhile they spend money with other priorities in mind.

This is an old article but has some good examples:

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest...

Please elaborate. I thought the article was interesting and would love a contrasting take.

Edit: thank you for the answers, I don't know how I missed that em dash clue.

Not just the em dash, but the pervasive "not X, but Y" construction.

(oh no am i one of them?)

it has a very LLM style of writing

It is a sign of ChatGPT's style.

Meanwhile, on another news website: "Cops still searching for ‘volatile’ activist whose death threats shut down OpenAI office The ChatGPT maker’s HQ was locked down after a former member of the protest group Stop AI allegedly threatened murder."[1]

[1]: https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/openai-protester-shut-down...

I remember when crypto ruined the market for GPUs, and now AI is ruining the market for DRAM. Darn you, fads.

Great article, thank you for writing and sharing it!