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Post #1366833

2026-03-16 17:18 UTC

In iOS 26.3, the morphing “More …” button was replaced by a much simpler and more obvious “View More” and “View Less”. The collapsed and expanded states are shown below. I hope we see more of this - optimizing for screen real estate when there’s a high cognitive cost just isn’t worth it. Buttons should act like they have for centuries, not like some magical thing a designer dreamed up. 2/2

Replies (9)

  • @Magi@mas.to 2026-03-16 17:19

    @chockenberry — All hail the new bus driver!!!

    Open ##1366834

  • @monkeydom@mastodon.social 2026-03-16 17:29

    @chockenberry yay for the sign. very nay for the fact that this existed and made it in any public build at all though.

    Open ##1366835

  • @conlan@mastodon.social 2026-03-16 17:41

    @chockenberry The report that Liquid Glass isn’t “going away” in OS 27 seems incredibly obvious to anyone who cares enough to even know who Alan Dye is, but this is the type of stuff that’s reasonable to expect. Here’s hoping there’s much more to come.

    Open ##1366837

  • @andy@social.dvsn.net 2026-03-16 17:45

    @chockenberry Please let it be true. Also, I really hope they fix the auto-dismissing menus.

    Open ##1366838

  • @chockenberry I hope this is a harbinger of improvements to come.

    Open ##1366839

  • @fabienmarry@mastodon.social 2026-03-16 17:57

    @chockenberry so much better indeed… only now realised the items in the list were the same kind as the items in the row, just more of them!

    Open ##1366840

  • @fabienmarry@mastodon.social 2026-03-16 17:58

    @chockenberry although still odd that the first row scrolls horizontally to reveal more, while the second put the extras ones as rows…

    Open ##1366841

  • @dwineman@xoxo.zone 2026-03-16 19:11

    @chockenberry While this is better, it still kinda sucks. Each of the other buttons in that row triggers an action and dismisses the sheet. That’s the expectation created by putting them together and making them all look the same. But if one is actually a UI disclosure control, it should have different affordances. Making it look like part of a set with the action buttons just because it happens to be near them is a confusing priority of symmetry over meaning.

    Open ##1366842

  • @josevazquez@hachyderm.io 2026-04-07 20:57

    @chockenberry that is certainly an improvement, however I’m not crazy about them using Google’s chevron orientation for disclosure (down when closed and up when open) rather than Apple’s (right when closed, down when open)

    Open ##1366846