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Discussion on: UX Lessons from Big Sur

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Thomas Werner

I welcome UI and UX changes, and this one is alright. I'm not a big fan of the bigger spacing between the menu bar icons, and also not a fan of those constant black & white color change glitches when the background image changes.

My menu bar looks like this most of the time:

Menu bar icon glitch

Other problems I noticed after the upgrade:

  • Built-in screen shot features don't work anymore. I can draw a rectangle on the screen, but when I release the touch pad nothing happens. Images don't get saved.
  • Switching between virtual screens is laggy and stuttering. That used to be buttery smooth at all times
  • Typing has a noticeable delay in some apps that gets worse over time. Specifically browser windows and IntelliJ IDEA. This one is the biggest issue for me at the moment 😩

So overall it's aesthetically pleasing to me. But Apple really missed the mark when it comes to performance and ironing out those visual glitches

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Thomas Werner

A couple amendments:

  • Spotlight also does not work anymore after a fresh restart. Got to close and open the lid again to make it work
  • Same problem with search within the preferences app. It doesn't work at first.

I found a workaround for the typing and performance lag though:

Uncheck automatic graphics switch

I unchecked automatic graphics switching so my Mac keeps using the Radeon GPU. Everything feels much snappier now.