From System 7’s Control Panels, through Mac OS X’s System Prefs, then System Preferences. And what happened in Ventura.
System Preferences
After years of limited controls, in Mojave (2018) Apple unleashed TCC and greatly enhanced privacy settings, that have come to dominate System Settings.
In Sequoia, dragging a window to the edge of the display could suddenly enlarge it to cover the whole screen. Finding the control in System Settings isn’t straightforward, and there’s no Undo either.
Good human interface design should bring fun where it’s appropriate, but fun is only justifiable when it’s completed to be functional.
You can’t fail to notice changes in System Settings in Ventura, but just what has changed inside it? How do third-party Preference Panes cope?
Ventura’s switch to using Settings is going to be messy in apps, but System Settings will pose serious problems for macOS support material.
The most controversial of all changes in Ventura is the move to System Settings. Although this does achieve important objective, there’s still a long and painful journey to get it right.
Among the fancy Emoji and extended language support, Ventura brings four major changes that will affect our Macs deeply for years to come, and are good reasons to upgrade early.
A good improvement appears to have been abandoned unfinished and suffering from bugs. Will Apple fix these and finish it off in 11.3?
Grey, non-grey, grey – and the General pane has already lost track of the Accent colour. Another sloppy bug.
The Eclectic Light Company 