Hi all, I recently upgraded to 10.4.2 there now seems to be a thin dirty grey line through the middle of the menu bar at the top of the screen. I am sure it wasn't there before, is this the OS or is something wrong with my screen?
Quick way to check hardware vs. software: take a screenshot. Cmd-Shift-3, a Picture.png will show up on your Desktop. Open it in Preview. If the line is visible in there, then it's a software issue (or, given a very bizarre circumstance, a hardware issue in the video card). If not, then it's your display.
I don't like that line. I think it subtly affects legibility. Very un-Apple. Though Aqua is slooowly moving in the right direction. Remember 10.0? What a horrible bunch of crap Aqua was. It's slowly...looking more like OS 9. Sensible. Gone are those stupid 3D buttons, menus so translucent and loaded with pinstripes you couldn't read the damn things, same with the menu bar, stupid looking buttons, slow sheets, etc. OS X is turning back in to Platinum, with a nice blue color scheme. I always liked French Blue, wouldn't that be a nice option. I long thought they should have more options, like System 7 and even in the Appearance manager from OS 9, they should have 10 or 15 preset color schemes, and then a Color Picker, instead of just frickin' Aqua and Graphite. That way it would let you personalize just a little bit, but the UI would be the same. Aqua/Spotlight Blue is getting old. It's just a bit too bright and garish.
I don't like that line. I think it subtly affects legibility. Very un-Apple. Though Aqua is slooowly moving in the right direction. Remember 10.0? What a horrible bunch of crap Aqua was. It's slowly...looking more like OS 9. Sensible. Gone are those stupid 3D buttons, menus so translucent and loaded with pinstripes you couldn't read the damn things, same with the menu bar, stupid looking buttons, slow sheets, etc. OS X is turning back in to Platinum, with a nice blue color scheme. I always liked French Blue, wouldn't that be a nice option. I long thought they should have more options, like System 7 and even in the Appearance manager from OS 9, they should have 10 or 15 preset color schemes, and then a Color Picker, instead of just frickin' Aqua and Graphite. That way it would let you personalize just a little bit, but the UI would be the same. Aqua/Spotlight Blue is getting old. It's just a bit too bright and garish.
I agree about aqua, i prefer graphite because it's a little more elegant. Would be great if Apple would release more themes.
hmm no no don't call them themes! I mean sure that would be nice too, but let's settle for different color....Schemes? Hehe. Yeah that's sort of a Kaleidoscope pun.
It only appears as a dirty line really. It is actually made to look shiny and more metallic, that is just how it is done on a computer, you'll see this style at many websites. I think it looks great, unless you really look at it closely and think of it as a dirty line
Comments
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...=menu+bar+line
http://www.maxthemes.com/themes/?theme=SmoothStripes
All other tiger gloss features appear to have been unaltered.
I don't like that line. I think it subtly affects legibility. Very un-Apple. Though Aqua is slooowly moving in the right direction. Remember 10.0? What a horrible bunch of crap Aqua was. It's slowly...looking more like OS 9. Sensible. Gone are those stupid 3D buttons, menus so translucent and loaded with pinstripes you couldn't read the damn things, same with the menu bar, stupid looking buttons, slow sheets, etc. OS X is turning back in to Platinum, with a nice blue color scheme. I always liked French Blue, wouldn't that be a nice option. I long thought they should have more options, like System 7 and even in the Appearance manager from OS 9, they should have 10 or 15 preset color schemes, and then a Color Picker, instead of just frickin' Aqua and Graphite. That way it would let you personalize just a little bit, but the UI would be the same. Aqua/Spotlight Blue is getting old. It's just a bit too bright and garish.
I agree about aqua, i prefer graphite because it's a little more elegant. Would be great if Apple would release more themes.
Of course it doesn't help that my display is horridly dirty too. \
Switching between color profiles in system preferences can make it appear and disappear.