As we collectively look back on what the Mac once was, I don’t want to conflate the repercussions of Apple’s design decisions with the massive fundamental shift that occurred in 2008 when developers chased after the iPhone market, leaving the Mac behind.
Yes, app icons don’t look like this anymore, but also... very few apps are developed for the Mac these days. I would love to create an app icon like this again, but I’d like to see *apps* that were like this again.
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Louie Mantia, Jr.
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