Design language

Adding my voice here too. Somewhere along the line the 'design language' turned into hating information density as an axiom and something to be avoided. Whitespace makes sense on a touch screen device where you need room for fingers. It does not make sense on a mac. Ironically at the same time, the design language often also uses very lightweight fonts with minimal contrast, which makes it difficult to read. Novice users may benefit, but once you gain experience in an app, it's no longer appropriate.

A Mac app is not a website. It's not an iOS app. It's not a flash app, or java app, or windows app. It's a Mac app. When you build to the lowest common denominator that's exactly what you get.

Hopefully Agile can mitigate the worst impact of the decision. The new signal app is terrible - way too much whitespace, and feels like the 'playskool' IM tool. Slack has a better UI, but still is clunky to use. But both are really heavy in terms of resource load, and neither feel like a native app.