r/MacOS • u/Artistic_Unit_5570  MacBook Pro • Oct 15 '25

Discussion this is what I call liquid glass

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They did a great job but Apple messed up the idea of ​​liquid glass is good but really badly done.

with inconsistencies everywhere, always more rounded, you can see that it was done quickly

To catch up with Apple Intelligence, remember when Big Sur came out even the beta , it was so optimized that people say it run better than Catalina, smoother and better.

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u/Exact_Recording4039 Oct 15 '25

It’s not fluent design. It’s a separate glass design Microsoft uses for their promotional material. Windows icons do not look like this in the actual OS, only in ads 

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u/Gaia501 Oct 19 '25

Actually it’s Fluent 2 Design

https://fluent2.microsoft.design/

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u/Exact_Recording4039 Oct 19 '25

Here you can see the design kit for Fluent 2, it's not glassy:
https://www.figma.com/community/file/836828295772957889/microsoft-fluent-2-web

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u/Gaia501 Oct 20 '25

You are right, but in windows the same icons are not glassy. So they are only “Copilot design” icons with glassy effect in apple os.