Yes! I love the new look! I hope Apple uses the UI idea for the rest of the built in Applications. Mail will look like an Envelope, iChat would look like a Phone, etc. Apple's got the brains behind design! Way to go! Bring on the awesome new looks in Lion!
Steve Jobs came out really strongly against focus groups. I strongly doubt they use them.
Although Apple is the pinnacle of design in the Tech world, they are not above coming up with some terrible designs themselves. Especially when they are in their "realism" phase (they keep yoyo-ing between minimalistic, and realistic designs). A classic example was the old Quicktime (?) volume control knob. A design fiasco.
They need a view that allows you to see a 2-3 week period of time that straddles two months on a single screen. Even better, they could mimic the month view in Outlook which is a continuous scroll bar allowing the user to scroll through the year without flipping pages. Are there any good third-party Mac calendar apps that do this?
This faux leather look scares me. Not just because it's butt ugly but because Apple thinks it looks good.
Yup, it's horrifying. I thought this was an April Fools until I saw that Macrumors reported it on 31st March How can this be from the same company that makes the iPhone 4 and the MacBook Pro?
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What scares me even more is that it's going to make it into the final product because there's no way to get feedback to Apple.
What do the event windows look like? Come on AI, that was the most complained about part of every version of iCal. First the silly drawer. Then the same limited UI, but in an even sillier bubble. Then finally in a barely functional mini-window. Why no description/screen shot of this part of iCal?
If Apple didn't fix the event/invite window, then I'd suggest they need to spend far less time on fake leather title bars and other iOS candy and focus on making the product more functional. I see a lot of resources being used on non-functional eye candy that could have been used on something useful like a better event window, better snoozing, or, dare I mention it, keeping Rosestta.
AND, what about full screen view? Does it get rid of the horrible faux leather? I sure hope there is a preference to revert the view but I don't have high hopes. Now there is a third thing about Lion I don't like - iCal, Address Book, and the new Cover Flow-like navigation in Finder icon view. Eh, I like the other 100 or so things I have seen.
They need a view that allows you to see a 2-3 week period of time that straddles two months on a single screen. Even better, they could mimic the month view in Outlook which is a continuous scroll bar allowing the user to scroll through the year without flipping pages. Are there any good third-party Mac calendar apps that do this?
Indeed yes, there's a real need to be able to scroll back and forth across the actual period of time you need to look at, rather than clicking between months. If your event crosses the end of the month it is hard to see it without being able to smoothly scroll.
What do the event windows look like? Come on AI, that was the most complained about part of every version of iCal. First the silly drawer. Then the same limited UI, but in an even sillier bubble. Then finally in a barely functional mini-window. Why no description/screen shot of this part of iCal?
If Apple didn't fix the event/invite window, then I'd suggest they need to spend far less time on fake leather title bars and other iOS candy and focus on making the product more functional. I see a lot of resources being used on non-functional eye candy that could have been used on something useful like a better event window, better snoozing, or, dare I mention it, keeping Rosestta.
Don't worry, they'll delete all your events in the data-migration.
I thought the Publish and Subscribe ref was the funniest bit of this. It actually got me for a moment. Went into a time warp or something. Excellent mock-up guys.
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Maybe AppleInsider decided to make it appear April Fools-ee to highlight the disagreeable look without outright saying it.
I don't know if Apple uses focus groups
Steve Jobs came out really strongly against focus groups. I strongly doubt they use them.
Although Apple is the pinnacle of design in the Tech world, they are not above coming up with some terrible designs themselves. Especially when they are in their "realism" phase (they keep yoyo-ing between minimalistic, and realistic designs). A classic example was the old Quicktime (?) volume control knob. A design fiasco.
What scares me even more is that it's going to make it into the final product because there's no way to get feedback to Apple.
Please tell me this is some sick April Fools joke.... :vomit:
Probably is. All the photos say April Fools!
This faux leather look scares me. Not just because it's butt ugly but because Apple thinks it looks good.
Yup, it's horrifying. I thought this was an April Fools until I saw that Macrumors reported it on 31st March
What scares me even more is that it's going to make it into the final product because there's no way to get feedback to Apple.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
What do the event windows look like? Come on AI, that was the most complained about part of every version of iCal. First the silly drawer. Then the same limited UI, but in an even sillier bubble. Then finally in a barely functional mini-window. Why no description/screen shot of this part of iCal?
If Apple didn't fix the event/invite window, then I'd suggest they need to spend far less time on fake leather title bars and other iOS candy and focus on making the product more functional. I see a lot of resources being used on non-functional eye candy that could have been used on something useful like a better event window, better snoozing, or, dare I mention it, keeping Rosestta.
AND, what about full screen view? Does it get rid of the horrible faux leather? I sure hope there is a preference to revert the view but I don't have high hopes. Now there is a third thing about Lion I don't like - iCal, Address Book, and the new Cover Flow-like navigation in Finder icon view. Eh, I like the other 100 or so things I have seen.
O.o
I think it's cute how many people have thought this is real. They plastered Apr 1 all over this... come on...
Ummm.....it is. It was reported widely yesterday and many developers with the preview can confirm this.
They need a view that allows you to see a 2-3 week period of time that straddles two months on a single screen. Even better, they could mimic the month view in Outlook which is a continuous scroll bar allowing the user to scroll through the year without flipping pages. Are there any good third-party Mac calendar apps that do this?
Indeed yes, there's a real need to be able to scroll back and forth across the actual period of time you need to look at, rather than clicking between months. If your event crosses the end of the month it is hard to see it without being able to smoothly scroll.
What do the event windows look like? Come on AI, that was the most complained about part of every version of iCal. First the silly drawer. Then the same limited UI, but in an even sillier bubble. Then finally in a barely functional mini-window. Why no description/screen shot of this part of iCal?
If Apple didn't fix the event/invite window, then I'd suggest they need to spend far less time on fake leather title bars and other iOS candy and focus on making the product more functional. I see a lot of resources being used on non-functional eye candy that could have been used on something useful like a better event window, better snoozing, or, dare I mention it, keeping Rosestta.
Don't worry, they'll delete all your events in the data-migration.
Waiting for the Buffalo Bill hack for all this Lion faux-leather just so it can be even tackier.
Can't wait for all the Android fans to brag about how Android will have fake leather soon, too. And theirs is better because it's Open.
Can't wait for all the Android fans to brag about how Android will have fake leather soon, too. And theirs is better because it's Open.
They have so many skins that they already brag about.Note: These are screenshots someone was likely boosting about to a friend.