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James Thomson

The vertical alignment of this text bothers me every time my watch gets unlocked.

@jamesthomson From the company that brought you … no, wait a minute. I’m hearing that this is actually from a company that cares about design.

@jamesthomson I swear I remember it saying the name of the watch on the line above at some point but maybe it was all a dream

@olivvybee Maybe I’m just dreaming that I have a watch?

@jamesthomson we must all be in a shared dreamscape then because mine looks the same as yours

@olivvybee What is life, but a shared dream that we are too afraid to wake up from?

@olivvybee @jamesthomson Yes! I scrolled back to respond because I just got the alert with the name of my watch in that space.

@olivvybee @jamesthomson There are cameras in the space where the line above would be. So no screen to render text onto.

@jamesthomson no idea how I never noticed this before, but I assure you that I will not be able to unsee it now!

@jamesthomson
Given that this is not an isolated example, has Apple become so bloated that they simply lack the bandwidth to address UI quality issues like this, or did they make a strategic decision along the way to lower their standards to reduce costs and increase margins? My cynical side leans towards the latter.

@freediverx @jamesthomson In this case it’s a tradeoff. Having it integrated in the Dynamic Island and therefore take up the minimal amount of space. Or having a separate notification screen or making the Dynamic Island huge even for such a minor notification.

@freediverx @jamesthomson it’s a compromise because there’s camera junk up there, it’s not ideal, but it’s not because they missed it in quality control

@jamesthomson 🫣

Gif Image caption: young adult male in a suit, saying ”Not a single detail has been missed 👌🏼”.

@jamesthomson Well, there’s optical stuff up there, right?

@jamesthomson it’s like a particular model of Land Rover, where they’ve chosen to offset the rear license plate on the back door - it bothers me every time I see it - which is definitely a ME problem ( never mind the environmental impact of the car itself )

@jamesthomson thats pretty bad! unlocked (2017) is a terrible movie and i really doubt the experience would be improved by viewing it on an iphone

@jamesthomson We can’t seem to align text, but we will definitely align AI.

@jamesthomson “Apple employees never did figure out the reason why books kept falling off the shelves in Steve’s old office… Also a mystery, the strange faint noises, like angry yelling from a distant celestial plane…”

@jamesthomson The top instead of bottom alignment is the issue here (or so it seems).