I have read and heard a great deal of negative commentary on Liquid Glass, but I like it. Yesterday I posted that I updated my wallpaper with photos from the Artemis mission. I think this image is an example of how Liquid Glass can enhance the aesthetic of our computing experience. In this image, Liquid Glass minimizes the time display so that it does not distract from the photo, though the placement of the date is less than ideal. As far as I can determine, the date cannot be relocated on the iPad lock screen.
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I think I must be in the minority (based on the echochamber of tech podcasts) that I actually like Liquid Glass. 
I’ve always liked it. There are things to improve, but the overall look I find pleasing and perfectly usable.
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Not that my opinion matters much, but… I like it on iOS. I, however, loathe it on macOS. 
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I agree that it is much better on iOS.
I guess I’m weird, but it’s not bothering me on macOS either.
I’m mostly OK with Liquid Glass by now, but there are (at least) two things I still think are very ugly:
- this “liquid” clock… (luckily that can be disabled on iOS; wish we could do that on macOS as well)
- the different corner ratios (of different apps)
I’m still not a fan, but I can tolerate it on my iPhone and iPad. My Mac, on the other hand, may stay on Sequoia until it goes to the recycler.
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@WayneG Can you give some examples of things that are such deal breakers to you that you refuse to upgrade? Not picking a fight or anything – truly curious. You aren’t the first person (in the tech blogosphere) I’ve heard say that. Just seems like quite a leap. Curious your thoughts.
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I installed macOS 15, and went back to macOS 14, twice before I was happy with Sequoia. I use my MacBook Air as a home server. It contains the files that I don’t want online, a copy of my photos, and archives of files that I keep for various reasons. It also holds a mirror of my Google Drive and iCloud data and backs up everything locally and online. And it runs Google Chrome that I need for sites that don’t run properly in Safari.
In my case, there are no deal breakers. Tahoe just doesn’t offer me anything that is worth dealing with the bugs and unfinished UI elements.
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I can’t SEE stuff in liquid glass! It’s a POS big time. I wear bifocal contacts, have cheater readers for books and a different prescription for computer screens (which are further away from my eyes) Liquid glass sends me into an inability to even distinguish what is being displayed. The resulting in/out of focus triggers a headache that makes a migraine seem like a minor problem and can result in me being unable to work on a computer for hours until I regain equilibrium. The after effects of a session in liquid glass include me stumbling down things like stairs where depth perception is critical. Also difficult to walk through a field navigating irrigation marks after working in liquid glass for a while.
I have a new MacBook Pro, that runs Tahoe only, and I’m still struggling with every available accessibility option to get something where I can work on it for more than an hour at a time without having these issues. On my phone it’s a complete non-starter, so bad that I just hope and pray my phone will last long enough to get past that s**t before I’m forced to upgrade it.
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It’s also not just liquid glass. I’ve posted in other posts the screen freezes, UI glitches and other problems. I also hate my iPad that now doesn’t do simple split screens.
My iPhone 16 plus was the worst iPhone I’ve ever purchased, from the crappy photos to the pathetic AI. I’ve now replaced it with a Pixel Pro 10 XL and couldn’t be happier. OS 26 heralds a change of quality and the paywalling of iWorks. I have thankfully been moving to cross platform apps in the last 5 years as I suspect at some point Apple’s quality will not be worth the price.