Issues with MacOS 14 Sonoma login page

I installed the Sonoma 14.0 update also. Here is what is weird. After hitting restart, the screen saver comes up with the normally sized "large" login icons that were on Ventura. Of course, if you log in from there and then log out, the tiny login icons appear again. I don't plan to restart every time, but maybe there is a clue here for developers. Looking forward to getting the large login page again!

There's an aspect of “accessibility“ derived from User interface & User experience design. Which you're probably not really well fond of.

If the Login screen's purpose is silently faded away from this primary purpose to rather provide a cinematic background, date & time (as it it's your phone, what a laptop obviously isn't – you're barely interested in spending any extended time on the Login screen), while the primary purpose is suppressed & users have to seek the functionality, it's definitely a degradation. Big step back.

It's a tiny tiny dropdown menu in the upper right hand corner. Totally non-intuitive, as is having to use the escape key to be able to see the other users to change user. Clearly nobody actually uses this in a computer mode.

I'm finding the login bar is much smaller and harder to view (they should have kept it in the middle + large size text) its very hard to see the password character dots.

Is the menu invisible? The only thing I have in the upper right corner is a menu to choose a language and a wifi indicator.

It was already turned on. I still don't see it. If anybody can, please let me know. I have clicked every little area around it and nothing happens.

Okay. I figured out what's going on. The icon for the menu only appears when you log out, not on the Lock Screen.

Sorry to hear about your wife. As I stated before, this should be an option. As you grow older, vision decreases with age. Apple should rectify this problem with an update.

Upper right corner of screen little circle with little line in too of circle.

I've restarted a few times already (for other reasons) and I've never seen anything but those two items there. Thanks for sharing what it looks like—there is clearly nothing on my screen that looks like a power button.

Not on my screen... No menu. No buttons.

I liked my big avatar and login area. My 3 yo loved to play and greet the memoji. Not anymore. Apple, you disappointed me and my baby! Why these totally unwanted and unnecessary changes?? You f...ed your customers again. Shame.

Please, to all the Apple people who wear glasses and have vision problems. Please tell Apple to address this issue. A user option would be the best way to go about this. If you like the small avatar, fine, but give the poor vision people an option to change it to a larger avatar.

The whole design is the worst. Huge time in the center top, and teensy weensy login and avatars at the bottom. Why screw around with something that worked and replace it with something awful and NOT accessible!

I am sorry but you are wrong. Bother are smaller, and I have completely turned off that huge clock which makes the page almost comical. And very ugly. And having the avatar and input field so small and at the bottom makes the page extremely ugly as well as totally inaccessible. And Apple always had prided themselves early on in the games as being very accessible friendly. I hope that this page is redesigned very soon. It bothers me a lot to have to experience it at every login.

Wrong. It HAS changed the size. From UX it does not make a sense - this screen is to login, not to view pictures and time. Hence, the login elements should be best accessible and easy to use. Now they are not.

Terrible, terrible work from Apple and total turn away from their original mission for great user experience.