Microsoft makes the ridiculous MacOS Tahoe’s liquid glass re -design for breaking down windows from Vista – but Apple can have the last smile
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- Microsoft compared liquid glass with Windows Vista on his Instagram account
- It is quite late for the party when drawing this type of comparison
- Mind you, if someone has the right to do this, it is Microsoft, which has transparency with the AERO effect on the Vista desktop
Microsoft has joined the crowd of those who have ridiculed AppleThe new liquid glass interface for macOS Tahoe 26 (and iOS 26 or indeed other platforms such as iPados 26).
Yesterday on his Instagram account, as Gaggeld by Windows LatestMicrosoft placed a collection of screenshots from Windows Vista. This arrived completely with nostalgic sound effects (the importance of starting to the desktop) from the day (2007), with a single, simple sentence: “Just go behind this.”
In the event that you have missed it, Apple has captured a pretty volley of criticism for what is seen as as if liquid glass has reinvented the idea of transparency-a glassy, transparent interface-to-thus this was actually done by Microsoft in … yes, you guessed it: Windows Vista.
In Windows Vista, this effect was called Aero (And later, Aero also came to Windows 7), And as you can see in the assembly of Instagram above, it’s all about translucent windows, so that you can view the background through them.
Microsoft is too late here at the party, real, and in that respect the company looks a bit stupid. Everyone has made their opinion how liquid glass Vista (or Windows 7) is, how Apple copycats are, etc. – and so Microsoft runs the risk of inducing here.
Yet Microsoft has submitted Aero with this venerable desktop operating systems a lot of translucent moons ago, so in a sense, more than anyone, the software giant has the right to put some pleasure in MacOS Tahoe 26 here.
Analysis: fun but not fair?
So, given the hail of critical bullets that try to crush the liquid glass from Apple – including the newest potshot from Microsoft – it is worth considering an important question. Is it really fair to deliver accusations to the Mac And iDevice maker because he is not original and here with his UI innovation is dated?
I don’t think it’s. However, Apple must have known that it would face this kind of play, even if it is a rather tongue-in-cheek affair (usually). And for Microsoft it is an obvious opportunity to take a rival by a pen or two, which, let’s be honest, cannot be missed. However, I am not sure why Microsoft was slow to move with his post.
Anyway, one thing is clear: liquid glass is not the same as the Aero effect of Vista (and I hardly think that Microsoft naturally suggests that). Yes, there are clear visual parallels, but what Macos Tahoe 26 does is very different from Windows Vista or 7.
To begin with, the reason that nobody liked Aero in Windows Vista, because it ensured that the OS environment was running slower – nobody wanted to delay when dragging Windows around the desktop, not surprising. (Windows 7 of course did better here).
Not only is contemporary hardware ripe for a much better implementation of transparent interface elements now, so it will all respond appropriate, but the liquid glass of Apple seems to be far More refined in nature. It seems that there is a lot Careful tinkering hereWith nuances in the way Light goes through the ‘glass’ and interaction With the interface behind it.
Admittedly, it is still too early to say exactly how this will work out, but Aero it is not, that is certain. I was told by others in the TechRadar team who have seen the interface in action that looks much better to real use than screenshots can convey.
Yet the worries remain without a doubt. The most obvious potential thorn is the reduced accessibility and the potential lack of clarity that these beautiful, transparent effects can cause. What we don’t want is a muddy look where the user has difficulty reading basic text or making icons in the foreground.
Time will tell about those worries, but Apple seems to have completely thought this entire plan and the umbrella philosophy, since this is not only a refurbishment of mere interface, but a wholesale platform agreement for macOS, iOS and the rest of the company’s operating systems.
So far, liquid glass looks pretty slippery, it seems that the function is just as important as shape, and yes, it also seems a bit like Windows Vista. But hey, what did you expect that Apple would do with all his big eyes WWDC 25 Unveiling interface? Recognize Microsoft as the forerunner of glassy transparency in the field of desktop operating systems?
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