Simon Willison 1/5/2026

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

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This article presents a detailed critique of the new menu icons introduced in macOS Tahoe. It references Apple's own 1992 Human Interface Guidelines against overloading users with complex icons and argues that Tahoe's icons violate this principle. The author contends that adding an icon to every menu item is an impossible task due to a lack of clear metaphors, questions the usability benefit, and criticizes the inconsistent application and poor design of the icons themselves.

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

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