iOS 26 and the Disappearing Icons

 

Apple confirmed the shift in their Operating System's nomenclature at WWDC25 last week, all of their product's OS's will jump to 26, which while confusing, is understandable. It's good to have a standard that has a built-in benchmark, e.g. "Oh yeah, that change happened in 2026". It's strange that it took them 18 revisions to figure it out, but it will probably be a good thing. That may be the only good thing about iOS 26 though. Their new "Liquid Glass" design with its translucent icons and notifications is weird at best, and impossible to use at worst.

I'm not gonna lie, from what I've seen of it so far, my eyesight is definitely not up to the task. Care will need to be taken when selecting wallpaper as well, so's not to make them even harder to read. Plus, they've revamped the look of some of the app icons, which will be a learning curve unto itself.

Who thought this was a good idea? I know weed is legal now, but maybe the Apple product designers should cut back on their consumption just a little bit. I mean, have fun and all, but come up for air from time to time, it will help you stay in touch with reality. Not sure what I was expecting with iOS26, but this is not it. No sir, this is not it at all.

Hopefully we'll be able to toggle the translucent effect off. I'm also hoping that they work overtime to refine this version before releasing it. That, and that they smoke less weed. That last one is super important.

In the meantime, I'm going to make sure that automatic updates are turned off, and I'm going to keep on checking the setting, cuz those rascals are always turning things on behind my back. Cheeky monkeys.

God Only Knows - BBC Music - RIP Brian Wilson

Quick, What Comes After 18?

If you said 19, you'd be mostly right. Unless, of course, you were referring to Apple iOS, then all bets are off. Rumors abound on the interwebs that Apple is going with a new naming convention for all of their OS's, Mac, iPad, iPhone, literally everything. The scuttlebutt is that they'll all be making the leap to 26, as in 2026. Seems like they've decided to bring all of their various Operating Systems in line with a single naming convention based on the coming year.

Here's a link to a great synopsis from Macworld: Apple Is Reportedly Skipping iOS 19, they explain it much better than I can. I mean, what about the new iPhone, will that jump from 16 to 26 as well? I'm so confused. 

Anyways, we won't have long to wait, Apple's WWDC25 event is happening tomorrow at 10am PT, that's actually 1pm ET for all of us right coasters, and I'm sure they'll put all rumors to rest. Mostly.

If you're like me and you like to torture yourself by seeing brandy new shiny things that you probably can't afford, you can tune in here on their website: Apple WWDC25, or you can catch it on the Apple TV app. What other surprises will they have in store for us? Lord knows, but it should be interesting, and expensive.