> But the new ones in MacOS 26 Tahoe are objectively terrible.

Has the word "objectively" recently taken on the alternative meaning of "subjectively", similar to how "literally" can also mean "figuratively"?

I also don't love the new icons, and he does raise a few objective facts to support his argument - but I don't think it's possible for an icon to be "objectively terrible".

People also have a tendency to be resistant to design changes at first, but over time as they become more familiar they become less offensive. I find myself running into this with new car designs a lot.

  > I also don't love the new icons, and he does raise a few objective facts to support his argument - but I don't think it's possible for an icon to be "objectively terrible".

for example, ask a user to find disk utility app in old ui vs new, measure both time and brain activity it takes to find it etc, there are ways, just takes money and time