Apart from Hardawar, others have asked in a much less favorable tone whether Liquid Glass is Apple’s Windows Vista. Do the kids remember Windows Vista? Let us go back to January 30th of 2007 ...

You can see the similarities between Apple ‘s UI and Vista’s “Windows Aero” design language everywhere, from the glassified app icons in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 which look a lot like VIsta’s glossy ...

Despite initial criticism on social media, Apple responded by adjusting the glass reflections in the third iOS 26 beta update earlier this month. The reflections were toned down for better legibility.

Even Apple’s Liquid Glass design introduced in iOS 26 looks similar to the Aero interface of Vista OS, but we don’t have it on Windows 11 as it is not supported.

As promised, Apple has just released the first public beta versions for the next-generation versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and most of its other operating systems. The headlining feature of all ...

The Macalope Is Apple’s Liquid Glass as doomed as Windows Vista? Designs come and go, but this, too, shall Glass. The Macalope By The Macalope, Contributor, Macworld JUL 29, 2025 3:30 am PDT ...