GUI Pistripes?
The AppleInsider screenshots recently revealed on the "reviews" of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger features, seem to show a Mac OS X interface where the pinstripes are the way they were in the pre-Panther days.
Is this just the compressed "small file size" nature of the screenshots, or do Apple really like the pinstripes being noticeable, and hard on the eyes? m. \
Is this just the compressed "small file size" nature of the screenshots, or do Apple really like the pinstripes being noticeable, and hard on the eyes? m. \
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Originally posted by Merovingian
The AppleInsider screenshots recently revealed on the "reviews" of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger features, seem to show a Mac OS X interface where the pinstripes are the way they were in the pre-Panther days.
Is this just the compressed "small file size" nature of the screenshots, or do Apple really like the pinstripes being noticeable, and hard on the eyes? m. \
I'm not one of the lucky fews would have a copy of Tiger pre-release (), but according to what some friends who've been at the WWDC told me when I asked them about it, the pinstripes remain unchanged in comparison with Panther... relieved?
Originally posted by Jambo
Pinstripes disappear altogether in builds later than the WWDC preview.
That's rather interesting.
Is the look and feel of the UI moving more toward the color, tone, and elements as seen in the global Spotlight results window? It does seem to me in many ways like the direction that Apple is heading in.
Originally posted by Jambo
Pinstripes disappear altogether in builds later than the WWDC preview.
How do you know?
Also, I do believe you, for the simple fact that if you take a look at the screenshot, (which isn't really a screenshot at all), and the QuickTime movies of Tiger features, from Apple's website, you'll notice that the menu bar has a nicer "glass" type look, and the Apple menu logo is different.
Does someone care to share a screenshot, or is this only speculation...? m.
Originally posted by Hobbes
Ditto, I'm curious if "Pinstripes disappear altogether in builds later than the WWDC preview" is based solely on the appearance change of the menu bar, or other as-yet-unseen-by-many changes in the GUI as well.
Maybe I shouldn't have said "altogether" as inactive windows (non-brushed metal) have pinstripes.
- Xidius
Originally posted by Jambo
Maybe I shouldn't have said "altogether" as inactive windows (non-brushed metal) have pinstripes.
And menus, right? And preference windows, sheets, and dialog boxes...? Yeah, that's not quite "altogether."
Originally posted by Gavriel
Thank you, Xidius! Could you perhaps supply us with a screengrab that displays the whole menubar? One that shows the new accentuated Apple menu and the Spotlight menu in the same shot?[/B]
It looks exactly like what Apple shows on their preview pages, then: blue capped on each side to accentuate the Apple menu and Spotlight as special menus.
e.g., http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/th...ch_finder.html
/me checks apple.com for other movies...
Oh well. m.