Bad Dye Job
by mpweiher on 12/8/2025, 11:47:17 AM
https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_dye_job
Comments
by: owenthejumper
Funny enough, my phone upgraded to iOS 26 tonight, and I am like - what is this garbage, who though this is a good idea? And lo and behold, now I know...<p>Immediately went Tinted mode, yet there is transparency where it shouldn't be, text overlays other text, etc...
12/8/2025, 1:29:41 PM
by: gyomu
I really have to wonder who Gruber’s sources are.<p>His statement “prior to today never heard much about [Steve Lemay]” leads me to think he doesn’t have intimate access to anyone deeply familiar with design decisions, because anyone who’s spent a little bit of time behind closed doors in that space absolutely knows who Lemay is.<p>But then he quotes sources who are supposedly “in a position to know the choices”, which would imply they are quite embedded in the design org…<p>Maybe it’s all voluntary misdirection on his behalf.
12/8/2025, 12:36:14 PM
by: skylurk
Last week I was driving and a popup from apple music to accept more terms and conditions showed up on top of Maps.<p>It was a tense 25 minutes of interchanges without nav before traffic was clear enough to deny the terms, and I purged the app and cancelled the subscription afterward.
12/8/2025, 1:19:04 PM
by: djmips
I am starting to think John Gruber doesn't like Alan Dye.
12/8/2025, 12:53:18 PM
by: joshstrange
> Putting Alan Dye in charge of user interface design was the one big mistake Jony Ive made as Apple’s Chief Design Officer.<p>_One_??? Talk about rose tinted liquid glass(es).
12/8/2025, 12:57:21 PM
by: muglug
This is like a Man United fan discussing a player who just left for a rival team. You sort of expect a large amount of bitterness.
12/8/2025, 1:23:50 PM
by: mitchbob
Some previous discussion:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153852">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153852</a>
12/8/2025, 12:52:59 PM
by: mpweiher
<p><pre><code> Hardware Design: check Hardware: check Software Design: check Software: please!</code></pre>
12/8/2025, 12:54:36 PM
by: aidio
This is a positive transformation for Apple
12/8/2025, 12:30:06 PM
by: chris_wot
<i>My favorite reaction to today’s news is this one-liner from a guy on Twitter/X: “The average IQ of both companies has increased.”</i><p>My friend, that was NZ prime minister Robert Muldoon who was quoted as saying “every time a New Zealander emigrates to sun themselves on the beaches of Bondi, the average IQ of both countries increases.”
12/8/2025, 12:46:28 PM
by: ls-a
I know a fraudster that everyone speaks highly of. Outright fraud and advocates against fraud themself. Whenever I read "everyone speaks highly of" I stop reading.
12/8/2025, 1:13:06 PM
by: cies
I also think Apple knew they rather wanted to move on without him. They probably gave him some targets that were to high and then reduced/dropped his bonuses based on low achievements.<p>He got the message, Meta got the carrot.<p>He might even be a better fit for Meta.
12/8/2025, 1:12:49 PM
by: classified
> but everyone I’ve spoken to is happy — if not downright giddy — at the news that Lemay is replacing Dye.<p>Count me in.
12/8/2025, 12:25:12 PM
by: ohhellnawman
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12/8/2025, 12:31:08 PM
by: monster_truck
Hopefully this trend continues, there's too many dogshit people in positions they shouldn't have at Apple.<p>Two of the three worst interviews I've ever had were with them. Basically got flown out twice to be insulted by team leads or upper management. Everyone insists I'm supposed to keep trying until I don't encounter someone like that but that doesn't seem right to me, not for a company like this. I can wait
12/8/2025, 1:12:04 PM