Choices lab

A scratch page for the open design choices, drawn live with the new colours. Not final; see Labs for where each choice landed.

Every option uses the chosen tint, Apple's accessible orange in light and standard orange in dark, with purple for rare. Each sheet is drawn twice, light then dark. Gerry's choice is marked.

Corner radii

Small for tags, medium for photos and buttons, large for the sheet.

A · 4 · 8 · 12

Tight. Reads as a tool.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

B · 6 · 10 · 16 Chosen

Soft enough for photos, still square enough to scan.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

C · 8 · 14 · 22

Round, like iOS 26 system sheets. Photos start to look like stickers.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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LC★ Rare5 km ⌃

Buttons in a sheet

All standard SwiftUI styles except D, which is the Contacts and Phone action-button pattern.

A · Plain

.borderless: tinted text and symbol. Today's app. Small targets.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

B · Bordered

.bordered capsules: a tinted wash behind tinted text.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

C · Prominent + bordered

.borderedProminent for the one main action, .bordered for the rest. Apple Music's Play and Shuffle.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

ListenSeen ItShare

Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

D · Action boxes Chosen

Symbol over word in a rounded box, like the Message, Call and Video buttons in Contacts. Biggest targets.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

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Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

ListenSeen ItShare

Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

E · Glass

iOS 26 .glass and .glassProminent. Made for floating over content; flat on a white sheet.

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

ListenSeen ItShare

Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

ListenSeen ItShare

Recent sightings

Stanley Park--Lost Lagoon

The species row

Five sparrows, the identification problem the list exists for.

A · Today

Small photo, name, when. No count, no rare flag, no family.

Fox Sparrow1 day ago

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago

Song Sparrow3 hours ago

Fox Sparrow1 day ago

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago

Song Sparrow3 hours ago

B · Field guide row

Bigger photo, count, Rare tag, a circle to tick. The circle is too easy to hit by accident.

New World Sparrows

Fox Sparrow1 day ago · 3 birds

✓

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago · 22 birds

✓

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

Harris's Sparrow★ Rare 3 days ago · 1 bird

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

New World Sparrows

Fox Sparrow1 day ago · 3 birds

✓

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago · 22 birds

✓

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

Harris's Sparrow★ Rare 3 days ago · 1 bird

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

C · Standard list Chosen

An inset grouped List under family headers, no subtotals. A checkmark means seen on this list, with the count beside it once you enter one. Tick and count with swipe actions, never a tap.

New World Sparrows

Fox Sparrow1 day ago · 3 birds

✓ 2›

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago · 22 birds

✓›

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

›

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago · 1 bird

Rare›

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

›

Swipe

✓Seen

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

#Count

Swipe right to tick, all the way to tick without stopping. Swipe left to enter a count; the checkmark then shows it.

New World Sparrows

Fox Sparrow1 day ago · 3 birds

✓ 2›

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago · 22 birds

✓›

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

›

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago · 1 bird

Rare›

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

›

Swipe

✓Seen

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago · 8 birds

Song Sparrow3 hours ago · 11 birds

#Count

Swipe right to tick, all the way to tick without stopping. Swipe left to enter a count; the checkmark then shows it.

D · Photo grid

Photos first, two across. Half as many birds per screen.

Fox Sparrow1 day ago

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago

Fox Sparrow1 day ago

Dark-eyed Junco5 hours ago

Golden-crowned Sparrow1 day ago

Harris's Sparrow3 days ago

Map annotations

Recent sightings of one bird, the search area, one rare sighting, and you.

A · Today

System red balloons, red ring. Red also means errors.

31221421121

B · Tinted markers

The standard Marker balloon in the tint, rare in purple, an ink ring.

3122142112★

C · Count discs Chosen

Discs in the tint with the count; the tapped one grows; rare in purple; a dashed ink ring.

3122142112★

D · Dots

Dots in the tint, sized by count. No numbers to read.