These are otherwise smart people who also make more money than I ever will, shipping stuff that is bad even when it comes to basic usability, like the transparency in particular. I don't get it, why did something like that pass through whatever approval processes are in place? If nothing else, they should have at least ensured that there is enough opacity and contrast with whatever's the background at any given time, otherwise it's just... way, way worse than the previous design?
I am one of the people who didn't mind the Windows Vista/8.1/10/11 redesigns and to me most versions of macOS and also various Linux DEs all typically look more or less fine (maybe tiny window controls in some versions of Linux Mint are a pet peeve of mine). But this is just so much worse. That's like a Windows 8 release level fuckup.
I am one of the people who didn't mind the Windows Vista/8.1/10/11 redesigns and to me most versions of macOS and also various Linux DEs all typically look more or less fine (maybe tiny window controls in some versions of Linux Mint are a pet peeve of mine). But this is just so much worse. That's like a Windows 8 release level fuckup.