iOS 26 beta 3 is out #wwdc

https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=07072025a

I'm glad games are being ported to the Mac again, but that Apple just mentions it without any context makes me feel like I'm being lied to:

"The upcoming Mac version of Cyberpunk 2077" ... A 2020 game that already had its first expansion. So we're still on the 5 years schedule for high-profile games being ported to Mac.

Apple really gotta have some stern words with their talk coach. That "touching my outstretched fingers together right above my belt buckle" posture makes them all look like pod people.

Let people stand comfortably with their arms down. Let them gesticulate like they want, instead of having them pull their hands back together after catching themselves and aborting a gesture, making it look fake and half-hearted.

Eagle-eyed product developer @parkerortolani spotted something in Apple's WWDC 2025 presentation: Mastodon. During designer Billy Sorrentino's section on visual intelligence, there's a clear shot of @ivory. "It was clearly both a way to subtly show developers what they can do with their own apps, but also read as a sort of endorsement of Mastodon as a social platform," Ortolani writes on his blog. "Apple didn’t show Bluesky, Threads, or X. They chose to show a third-party Mastodon client."

https://flip.it/WaNDJK

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That is some cool effect on the built-in Messages wallpapers. #WWDC #iOS26

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I really hope this bug can be fixed this beta cycle.

FB18083880 (VoiceOver reading notifications breaks the reading from current item)

Well actually, this is a rare photograph of the opening scene of the first ever #WWDC. I you look closely you can just barely make out Craig enjoying HorsePlay Ultra. https://mastodon.palewi.re/@OldLAPhotos/114685853133210819

Well crap y’all, my MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports won’t get MacOS 26.

WWDC 2025 Thoughts

I know I'm late to the party with some hot takes on this year's WWDC, but I thought WWDC 2025 was a good one which shows Apple beginning to fix some serious issues with its software layer.

And, yes, I am (after a decade) excited about the iPad again.

#Apple #WWDC #WWDC2025 #iOS #iPadOS #SaveTheFinder

https://heliomass.com/posts/2513-wwdc-2025-thoughts/

Is it bad I kinda like Liquid Glass?

Things I like about Liquid Glass:

1. It brings back button highlights, which IMO had been missing from iOS. Of course, they were usually mostly covered by your finger, but there's the potential for making bubbles grow beyond the touch surface to indicate touch feedback.

2. Popups are returning to the classic "the button is the menu" thing that System 7 and NeXTstep used. Now if only we got an affordance indicating that something is a menu and not an immediate action.

Didn't have Apple making the mouse pointer to click links (the hand) be like the Windows pointer in 2025 in my bingo. #apple #wwdc

BTW, I appreciated the lack of never ending game demos at #wwdc this year. #wwdc2025