Given a lot of the restructuring we’ve made to Reveal’s layout, to keep it aligned with the new conventions in macOS, it made sense for us to do the same with Connections. And now, rather than opening as sheets that unfurl under an app’s toolbar, App-Modal Dialogs are presented as a more elegant window, detached from the app. App-Modal Dialogs have been established as the Mac’s convention to prompt opening, saving or selecting documents. Even the alpha values have been set in a way such that similar-looking icons are distinguishable enough even if viewed without colour.Īnother updated design pattern in macOS is its new take on modality. As a result, we decided to re-draw all of Reveal’s in-app iconography.Įvery detail has been carefully considered, from keeping the original visual meaning of each glyph, down to the alignment of the 1.5pt strokes for screens, and 1pt strokes for screens. On top of this, SF Symbols aren’t pixel-hinted and we didn’t want a set of blurry icons in an otherwise sharp interface. And since they all inherit from the same set, toolbar icons across apps have a consistent appearance and visual meaning.Īlthough the set offered by Apple is extensive, there aren’t enough of them to convey the many kinds of UIViews and elements that Reveal can expose. The scope bar is now centre-aligned, and with the rest of the controls, floats over the canvas using a subtle background blur.Īpple’s SF Symbols now permeate the rest of macOS, and give buttons a bolder and more rounded look and feel. Therefore, the only updates we made involved increasing the sizes and legibility of the controls. The interactive 3D canvas is the centrepiece of Reveal - it’s gorgeous, powerful and iconic - and something we didn’t want to change too much. And the main navigation controls have been moved up, to a more convenient and prominent location in the toolbar. Connection details now recede into the toolbar itself, allowing a more generous app icon preview. To redesign the toolbar, we took the minimal intent of the new macOS toolbar style and applied it to our own.
We used this as an opportunity to re-think the way it worked and to come up with a totally new design. Because of the updated, more prominent sidebar, our original design had to be overhauled to take advantage of the new layout. Reveal’s toolbar provides information about the current app, and is the primary way to navigate between connections. We ended up with a whole new Outline that’s been completely re-engineered, aimed at keeping the utility and performance of the previous design - while making it feel like it fits right in.
MAC ICONBOX MAC
Given this was the direction the Mac was headed, we decided to adopt as much of it as we could, while tweaking it to keep our original design intent. The challenge we faced was trying to reconcile macOS’ newer, yet more sparse (and sometimes, illegible) vibrant sidebar, with our own. It has a bespoke and unrivalled design, and is one of Reveal’s most valued and powerful features. It’s easy to scan, highlights views as you hover over them in the Canvas, and it’s buttery-smooth to scroll through. Reveal’s Outline shows a beautiful, legible list of an app’s views. In order to bring Reveal into this new era of design for the Mac, we decided to completely redesign it. But to make an app appear like it truly belongs requires a lot of re-thinking and re-work. Apps still work the same, and adopting the new look could be as simple as updating icons, buttons and controls. The new UI changes in macOS are many, and they add up. And consequently, sets up a whole new chapter for Reveal.
MAC ICONBOX FOR MAC
Big Sur - and as of this year, macOS Monterey - sets up a whole new era of design for Mac apps. It’s a big refresh, and makes the Mac feel even more modern and refined. System apps like Mail, Messages, Maps (and even Xcode) have also been updated to be in line with the new design patterns.
MAC ICONBOX PLUS
The refreshed look sports more minimal, “unified” toolbars, more vibrancy and blur effects, SF Symbols, plus an overall more friendly and rounded look. Everything’s been updated, from the app icons down to the controls. And once again, Apple continues to bring the Mac’s design language even closer to iOS.
MAC ICONBOX UPDATE
It’s the most significant update to the platform since OS X Yosemite. Last year, Apple announced macOS 11 “Big Sur” - featuring an all-new look and feel, with refreshed UI elements and icons.
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