Fabien Marry
@fabienmarry.bsky.social
Earther. Dad^2. Husband. French guy in London talking about UX, design, apps, tech, with a side of politics and climate catastrophe warning.
This is not the digital future we were promised.
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is not the digital future we were promised.
These "year in review" things every app seem to do really gross me out. Great way for them to show how much surveillance they do against you. They log everything you do, when you do it, who you do it with.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These "year in review" things every app seem to do really gross me out. Great way for them to show how much surveillance they do against you. They log everything you do, when you do it, who you do it with.
True story: Microsoft software design is the reason I got interested in interaction design and made a career out of it.
I had to understand why smart colleagues kept struggling with their computers. Thanks for sucking Microsoft.
I had to understand why smart colleagues kept struggling with their computers. Thanks for sucking Microsoft.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
True story: Microsoft software design is the reason I got interested in interaction design and made a career out of it.
I had to understand why smart colleagues kept struggling with their computers. Thanks for sucking Microsoft.
I had to understand why smart colleagues kept struggling with their computers. Thanks for sucking Microsoft.
Alan Dye leaving right when Apple starts pushing iOS 26 to mainstream users (and hearing back from them) would be an odd coincidence.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Alan Dye leaving right when Apple starts pushing iOS 26 to mainstream users (and hearing back from them) would be an odd coincidence.
Notable that many of most Mac assed Mac apps (Keynote, pPages, Numbers, Final Cut, iMovie...) haven't changed their design for #liquidglass.
I'm not sure if that's because liquiglass was rushed and there just hasn't been time, or if the people in charge of them refused to.
I'm not sure they will.
I'm not sure if that's because liquiglass was rushed and there just hasn't been time, or if the people in charge of them refused to.
I'm not sure they will.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Notable that many of most Mac assed Mac apps (Keynote, pPages, Numbers, Final Cut, iMovie...) haven't changed their design for #liquidglass.
I'm not sure if that's because liquiglass was rushed and there just hasn't been time, or if the people in charge of them refused to.
I'm not sure they will.
I'm not sure if that's because liquiglass was rushed and there just hasn't been time, or if the people in charge of them refused to.
I'm not sure they will.
"Alan Dye is not untalented. But his talents at Apple were in politics. "
"there's nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray."
daringfireball.net/
"there's nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray."
daringfireball.net/
Daring Fireball, by John Gruber
Commentary on Apple, technology, design, politics, and more.
daringfireball.net
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Alan Dye is not untalented. But his talents at Apple were in politics. "
"there's nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray."
daringfireball.net/
"there's nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray."
daringfireball.net/
Apple (almost) never acknowledges mistakes directly, but when they leak that the next releases will be focused on "software's quality and underlying performance", that's how you know they know they fell short.
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
iOS 27 could be Mac OS X Snow Leopard all over again
This year's major aesthetic overhaul will reportedly be followed by an update focused on stability... and AI.
www.macworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apple (almost) never acknowledges mistakes directly, but when they leak that the next releases will be focused on "software's quality and underlying performance", that's how you know they know they fell short.
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
Apple (almost) never acknowledges mistakes directly, but when they leak that the next releases will be focused on "software's quality and underlying performance", that's how you know they know they fell short.
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
iOS 27 could be Mac OS X Snow Leopard all over again
This year's major aesthetic overhaul will reportedly be followed by an update focused on stability... and AI.
www.macworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apple (almost) never acknowledges mistakes directly, but when they leak that the next releases will be focused on "software's quality and underlying performance", that's how you know they know they fell short.
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
www.macworld.com/article/2983...
Alan Dye is out of Apple. Liquidated.
Finally! I can't wait for next's year OSes.
www.macworld.com/article/2999...
Finally! I can't wait for next's year OSes.
www.macworld.com/article/2999...
UI design chief exits Apple to head up Meta's new design studio
Jony Ive successor Ala Dye leaves amid shakeup in Cupertino.
www.macworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Alan Dye is out of Apple. Liquidated.
Finally! I can't wait for next's year OSes.
www.macworld.com/article/2999...
Finally! I can't wait for next's year OSes.
www.macworld.com/article/2999...
I'm loving Apple's holidays ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-avON...
The making of is worth watching too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANqqg...
When other brands go full AI slop (looking at you Coca Cola), Apple goes the other way: tons of humans artists and… puppets.
You can't fake heart and soul.
The making of is worth watching too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANqqg...
When other brands go full AI slop (looking at you Coca Cola), Apple goes the other way: tons of humans artists and… puppets.
You can't fake heart and soul.
Apple Holiday | A Critter Carol | Shot on iPhone 17 Pro
This holiday, remember that friendship is a gift.
In this handcrafted film, a ragtag group of woodland critters discover a lost iPhone 17 Pro and use it to film themselves singing a song of friendship as a gift, before returning it to its rightful owner.
Learn more about iPhone: https://apple.co/4ohCmxd
Inspired by “Friends”, original recording by Flight of The Conchords - https://apple.co/Friends-Flight-of-the-Conchords
#ShotoniPhone #iPhone
Welcome to the official Apple YouTube channel. Here you’ll find news about product launches, tutorials, and other great content. Our more than 160,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm loving Apple's holidays ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-avON...
The making of is worth watching too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANqqg...
When other brands go full AI slop (looking at you Coca Cola), Apple goes the other way: tons of humans artists and… puppets.
You can't fake heart and soul.
The making of is worth watching too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANqqg...
When other brands go full AI slop (looking at you Coca Cola), Apple goes the other way: tons of humans artists and… puppets.
You can't fake heart and soul.
Seems macOS Tahoe spotlight can't do any quick math anymore?
There goes 50% of my use for it :(
Also the (x) icon is just for show, it can't be clicked or otherwise triggered activated.
There goes 50% of my use for it :(
Also the (x) icon is just for show, it can't be clicked or otherwise triggered activated.
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Seems macOS Tahoe spotlight can't do any quick math anymore?
There goes 50% of my use for it :(
Also the (x) icon is just for show, it can't be clicked or otherwise triggered activated.
There goes 50% of my use for it :(
Also the (x) icon is just for show, it can't be clicked or otherwise triggered activated.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's mandatory macOS Tahoe "upgrade" day…
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's mandatory macOS Tahoe "upgrade" day…
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Me: spend years hoping work would let us install the current macOS release.
Monkeypaw: uncurls...
Work: OK.
Apple: releases Tahoe with #liquidAss
Monkeypaw: uncurls...
Work: OK.
Apple: releases Tahoe with #liquidAss
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Me: spend years hoping work would let us install the current macOS release.
Monkeypaw: uncurls...
Work: OK.
Apple: releases Tahoe with #liquidAss
Monkeypaw: uncurls...
Work: OK.
Apple: releases Tahoe with #liquidAss
Apple has published a page with the best third party #liquidGlass apps.
developer.apple.com/design/ne...
Despite biasing the compare (static for iOS 18, animated for iOS 26), I can't say any of the after are actually better, and many had to employ hack to be not completely awful.
developer.apple.com/design/ne...
Despite biasing the compare (static for iOS 18, animated for iOS 26), I can't say any of the after are actually better, and many had to employ hack to be not completely awful.
Discover how apps are using the new design and Liquid Glass - Design - Apple Developer
Discover how leading apps are embracing Liquid Glass to create immersive, dynamic experiences that feel natural and responsive across Apple platforms.
developer.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Apple has published a page with the best third party #liquidGlass apps.
developer.apple.com/design/ne...
Despite biasing the compare (static for iOS 18, animated for iOS 26), I can't say any of the after are actually better, and many had to employ hack to be not completely awful.
developer.apple.com/design/ne...
Despite biasing the compare (static for iOS 18, animated for iOS 26), I can't say any of the after are actually better, and many had to employ hack to be not completely awful.
Did @panic really use Zelda's Trifoce as the icon for the LINKed files feature?
Not sure that's great UI, but definitely makes me smile!
Not sure that's great UI, but definitely makes me smile!
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Did @panic really use Zelda's Trifoce as the icon for the LINKed files feature?
Not sure that's great UI, but definitely makes me smile!
Not sure that's great UI, but definitely makes me smile!
Should have been obvious agile became a (cargo) cult when they started calling meetings "ceremonies"…
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Should have been obvious agile became a (cargo) cult when they started calling meetings "ceremonies"…
Scariest thing by far while trick or treating?
Almost all houses had Ring camera doorbell.
Almost all houses had Ring camera doorbell.
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Scariest thing by far while trick or treating?
Almost all houses had Ring camera doorbell.
Almost all houses had Ring camera doorbell.
How many crooks will be able to get away with cooking the books by saying "I'm innocent, I used AI"? x.com/zackkorman/status/19748...
#genAI
#genAI
x.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
How many crooks will be able to get away with cooking the books by saying "I'm innocent, I used AI"? x.com/zackkorman/status/19748...
#genAI
#genAI
Did I need to buy that hundredth live Springsteen album?
No, but it's about the price of a pack of cigarettes, much healthier and brings me rare confort.
(and this one has a different version of a song I like)
No, but it's about the price of a pack of cigarettes, much healthier and brings me rare confort.
(and this one has a different version of a song I like)
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Did I need to buy that hundredth live Springsteen album?
No, but it's about the price of a pack of cigarettes, much healthier and brings me rare confort.
(and this one has a different version of a song I like)
No, but it's about the price of a pack of cigarettes, much healthier and brings me rare confort.
(and this one has a different version of a song I like)
Remember to use social media clients that support filtering.
My timeline just got a lot healthier.
My timeline just got a lot healthier.
September 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Remember to use social media clients that support filtering.
My timeline just got a lot healthier.
My timeline just got a lot healthier.
@harrytrimble.bsky.social please don’t use continually changing colours for the full area of your slides background. It’s distracting for everybody and for people like me with vestibular disorders it makes us physically sick. I had to look at my shoes for the entirety of your talk…
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@harrytrimble.bsky.social please don’t use continually changing colours for the full area of your slides background. It’s distracting for everybody and for people like me with vestibular disorders it makes us physically sick. I had to look at my shoes for the entirety of your talk…
Stuff magazine tips for how to make the most of iOS 26.
Number one tip: disable #LiquidGlass by enabling accessibility options.
With a painful but accurate reference to Windows Vista.
No, it won't be just usability experts like me complaining.
Brace, brace.
Number one tip: disable #LiquidGlass by enabling accessibility options.
With a painful but accurate reference to Windows Vista.
No, it won't be just usability experts like me complaining.
Brace, brace.
August 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stuff magazine tips for how to make the most of iOS 26.
Number one tip: disable #LiquidGlass by enabling accessibility options.
With a painful but accurate reference to Windows Vista.
No, it won't be just usability experts like me complaining.
Brace, brace.
Number one tip: disable #LiquidGlass by enabling accessibility options.
With a painful but accurate reference to Windows Vista.
No, it won't be just usability experts like me complaining.
Brace, brace.
Finally knowing what Hergé made the Indian character say in Tintin in Tibet, thanks to worldlens (now built into Google translate).
15 year later this still feels like sorcery.
15 year later this still feels like sorcery.
August 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Finally knowing what Hergé made the Indian character say in Tintin in Tibet, thanks to worldlens (now built into Google translate).
15 year later this still feels like sorcery.
15 year later this still feels like sorcery.