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Why are people so upset about tinted icons?
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I tried them and ditched the tinted icons because they looked ugly.
I’m also not much of a fan of the larger icons without the text captions below them.
I’m also not much of a fan of the larger icons without the text captions below them.
Objectively:
1. The tint option always features a dark icon background. It seems the "tint" option is only for dark mode.
2. The tinting destroys the nuance of varying colors in the icons and makes it look crude and garish, even destroying detail. If the tint was applied intelligently with varying shades representative of varying colors it might be different.
1. The tint option always features a dark icon background. It seems the "tint" option is only for dark mode.
2. The tinting destroys the nuance of varying colors in the icons and makes it look crude and garish, even destroying detail. If the tint was applied intelligently with varying shades representative of varying colors it might be different.
The Human Interface Guidelines were updated and according to that, the developer provides a separate greyscale icon with a solid background that’s used for tinting. So they do have control over how good it looks if they follow the guidelines. Most look bad right now because it’s just tinting the whole thing as-is. If they actually listen to Apple, it won’t look so bad. Take a look at the tinted stock icons like Camera and Music; they’re not horrible (although I won’t be using tinted icons at all)
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/app-icons
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/app-icons
Ok yeah this looks bad. But is someone actually going to set their phone to look like this? Or is the argument that Apple shouldn’t even give someone the option to do this?
I wouldn't say I'm upset, but they are incredibly ugly. Even revisiting the dark mode icons again since the keynote, they don't look great.
Obviously I can just ignore the feature, but it would have been nice if they at least did a good job making light and dark versions of their icons. Maybe they'll tidy them up before the final release, but who knows.
I don't see what's wrong with the option to do that, if someone wants to have a dubious colour combination then so be it, but I agree it doesn't look great.
I don't mind the dark icons without colour tints, but they need to do them uniformly, such as on mine the Apple Store icon is bright white background while the others are black. Same as the App Store being shaded blue background. Also the Support icon.
The all the third party app developers have to get on board with the dark icon alternatives - and it's for sure some of them will not be pleased because it may well go against their own brand guidelines.
I am more upset about the widgets also being tinted. Does not make much sense for something like the Photos widget for example like why would I want to see my Photos displayed in something like red
Personally I love my dark mode tint. Can’t see why people have an issue with it, plus, just because you wouldn’t use something doesn’t mean others don’t want to.
But apart from the “I don’t want it” people, I would imagine a lot of app developers are complaining because “custom icons” for paid users has become popular.
I can see it having uses for corporate applications. Say a locked down iPad at a hotel’s front desk with a limited number of apps installed. Why not brand it to match the Hotel’s colors?
But for consumers? It’s just style over substance. Not sure I’d even bother to try it out?
But for consumers? It’s just style over substance. Not sure I’d even bother to try it out?
For some reason, these colours want me to fly into a homicidal rage and start breaking things. I mean, when I was 12 I had diagonal purple & orange striped wallpaper. But hey, for every me, there is someone who loves this, so there ya go 😀
Tom
My point is if it’s something that’s hard to read…who would actually chooses that? I’m not sure how Apple could design it in a way that would make it impossible to chose that combination unless they limited it to certain color pallets/combos that Apple chose but I don’t think that would make people happy either.
This shows it’s all dependent on what you select color wise. I always have a mostly black background to hide the dynamic island. If I were to tint I wouldn’t pick a dark color for my tint.
There's no accounting for some people's taste. But what's the issue? Apple created the palette... and if I make something that you thing is ugly, garish, or absurd, what's the harm? Apple fans have been asking for the ability to customize the home screen and to theme the icons... Apple finally made it possible, so it is what it is. Everyone can't be a Monet or a Rembrandt. We need the Picassos and the Andy Warhols too.
People get so weird about what other people do with their phones. I don't get it. I should be allowed to have an ugly home screen if I want.
