End Brushed Metal Appearance
I for one have always found the brushed metal texture distracting and clunky. Apple seemed to be moving away from it, especially in their iLife applications. However, Safari and the Finder still seem to be using it in the Leopard builds. I was just wondering how many others prefer the platinum look used in Mail, System Preferences or the darker iLife look. Also what do we expect will happen to this old school look?
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I for one have always found the brushed metal texture distracting and clunky. Apple seemed to be moving away from it, especially in their iLife applications. However, Safari and the Finder still seem to be using it in the Leopard builds. I was just wondering how many others prefer the platinum look used in Mail, System Preferences or the darker iLife look. Also what do we expect will happen to this old school look?
Clunky is a good word. It looks unnecessarily "thick" and "heavy".
But I guess thats par for the course... heavy metal...
hmmm I have more problem with the aqua scroll bars. It looks childish, bubblegummy.
That's strange because I really don't mind the Aqua scroll bars. I recently turned my Safari's brushed metal theme off and much prefer it. I suppose the scroll bars would look better if they were clear like the buttons at the end.
hmmm I have more problem with the aqua scroll bars. It looks childish, bubblegummy.
You can change them to graphite which makes them look more mature. This also changes the resize buttons. The thing is, sometimes I feel that the aqua interface is too childish and switch it to graphite for 5 minutes and then just put it back again because the interface elements don't stand out enough.
I do like the light platinum appearance out of all the themes I've seen and I think it ought to be default.
However, I think people should have some degree of choice and I really don't see how adding a color picker to let the user decide what colors to use would be such a big problem so a redesign is in order. They could even have color sets to allow users to easily switch for seasons or even the time of day. You could have the theme light platinum at midday and then gradually fade to black at night.
You can change them to graphite which makes them look more mature. This also changes the resize buttons. The thing is, sometimes I feel that the aqua interface is too childish and switch it to graphite for 5 minutes and then just put it back again because the interface elements don't stand out enough.
I do like the light platinum appearance out of all the themes I've seen and I think it ought to be default.
However, I think people should have some degree of choice and I really don't see how adding a color picker to let the user decide what colors to use would be such a big problem so a redesign is in order. They could even have color sets to allow users to easily switch for seasons or even the time of day. You could have the theme light platinum at midday and then gradually fade to black at night.
I agree with marvin. the light platinum should be the default theme, but people should be given an option of what theme they want. I personally like the light platinum theme, but then again, apple should do what they're doing now: using a variety of themes to keep the system from looking to plain and boring. If you ever look at WinXP, you'll notice that while they do offer multiple themes, each theme is universal; it applies the same look to everything. instead, apple mixes & matches, to give a variety of appearances.
While I'm at it, apple could get away with offering a glossy black version of the "unified" look- replace the platinum with a shiny black. or go back to the iCandy fad of blueberry, lime, tangerine, orange, and grape.
On another note, I'm working on a patch that applies the unified theme to the Finder and Safari.
On another note, I'm working on a patch that applies the unified theme to the Finder and Safari.
Already done:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19384
It's obvious that no one-theme will satisfy everyone. It's simply not possible. Options are the best way to make everyone happy. Sad to say it (because I don't like Windows), but I like that new glass theme in Vista. I saw that the other day and thought it looked sharp. I doubt anyone who would prefer the titanium theme (everything gray) would ever like that kind of thing, but I do.
Being able to freely customize the GUI look is something I think would be a benefit in Leopard.
Being able to freely customize the GUI look is something I think would be a benefit in Leopard.
I fully-agree and make it apply to different apps. I like the dark platinum in pro apps like Aperture and Final Cut but I prefer light platinum in Mail, Safari and iLife etc. I think OS X has always needed more customisation beyond what OS 9 offered. I just hope this isn't the major feature Steve has been holding back
Already done:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19384
This fracking kicks major ass. Sweet.
This fracking kicks major ass. Sweet.
I've just turned UNO off after a week of use. It's not quite as good as Platinum and has some inconsistencies. I think I'll just use SafariSpeed to turn off brushed metal in Safari.
....If I want the "glass look" I ought to be able to have it...
It's available here: www.microsoft.com/vista
A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
* 1 GB of system memory.
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
* 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
* DVD-ROM Drive3.
* Audio output capability.
* Internet access capability.
It ought to be a choice.
Although I wish I could take the iTunes scroll bars and implement them into the rest of the system.
-=|Mgkwho