I'm looking at iTunes 7 and I don't see any Aqua.. Is Aqua dead?
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
"Much of Aqua's original design was intended to complement the look of the original plastics of the iMac and Power Macintosh G3/G4 desktop models, including the use of pinstripes and translucency. In 2003 and 2004, Apple moved to the use of brushed metal in their industrial design (such as with the aluminium Apple Cinema Displays); Aqua changed accordingly, incorporating the additional brushed metal look while de-emphasising the pinstripe backgrounds and transparency effects. This somewhat inconsistent mix of interface styles has been controversial among the Mac OS X user community."
"Much of Aqua's original design was intended to complement the look of the original plastics of the iMac and Power Macintosh G3/G4 desktop models, including the use of pinstripes and translucency. In 2003 and 2004, Apple moved to the use of brushed metal in their industrial design (such as with the aluminium Apple Cinema Displays); Aqua changed accordingly, incorporating the additional brushed metal look while de-emphasising the pinstripe backgrounds and transparency effects. This somewhat inconsistent mix of interface styles has been controversial among the Mac OS X user community."
Is Apple moving to the next generation of UI design for Leopard, apparently called Illuminous?
Is Apple ditching the bubbly blue toy-like look of its OS, in favor for a more professional looking, fully-unified-across-the-board, sleeker look?
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Is Apple moving to the next generation of UI design for Leopard, apparently called Illuminous?
Is Apple ditching the bubbly blue toy-like look of its OS, in favor for a more professional looking, fully-unified-across-the-board, sleeker look?
Hopefully and Most Likely.
Sebastian
It's still Aqua, right? Just more refined and elegant.
Well that's debatable. I looks like Aqua, but it could be argued it can get a new name. Certain aspect like the close, minimize & Zoom buttons, and other tells, but they could disappear too, who knows.
Is Apple moving to the next generation of UI design for Leopard, apparently called Illuminous?
Is Apple ditching the bubbly blue toy-like look of its OS, in favor for a more professional looking, fully-unified-across-the-board, sleeker look?
I sure hope so! I don't want to wait another ~2 years for an improved UI.
I sure hope so! I don't want to wait another ~2 years for an improved UI.
Damn right.
I'm just getting used to aqua!
So you're not used to it yet, good, you'll get used to the new UI too.
Is Apple moving to the next generation of UI design for Leopard, apparently called Illuminous?
Is Apple ditching the bubbly blue toy-like look of its OS, in favor for a more professional looking, fully-unified-across-the-board, sleeker look?
hopefully it won't be "unified" I really like the various looks of different applications. But, honestly I'm not worrying about it because I know they're smart enough to keep doing things the right way that they've been doing them.
But, I think we'll see the end of the bubbly blue elements, except for the red, yellow, and green dots on the left. When I voted that I think aqua is leaving, I basically assumed that to mean the bubbly blue elements of the OS.
hopefully it won't be "unified" I really like the various looks of different applications. But, honestly I'm not worrying about it because I know they're smart enough to keep doing things the right way that they've been doing them.
But, I think we'll see the end of the bubbly blue elements, except for the red, yellow, and green dots on the left. When I voted that I think aqua is leaving, I basically assumed that to mean the bubbly blue elements of the OS.
You never know, those red, amber and green buttons may change in Leopard, a slight change though I think.
There's not anything necessarily wrong with Aqua, I just think it is about time that OSX makes a change. It has been awhile since a significant UI overhaul, and from the looks of things it would probably be accepted on the most part.
All these things you have just said are exactly the reasons I started this thread. However I think it could be argued that some parts of aqua are a bit distracting and slightly unnecessary.
Yes, Aqua is dead. Look at the new Apple main page. New Color behind the Apple logo!
I noticed that.
I think what's behind the mainpage logo has nothing to do with anything though. Unless you think navy blue or white will have a huge impact.
At any rate, if Leopard gets the iTunes look, the first thing I will do will be to install UNO. I find the dark colors to be ugly and depressing, but that's just me (I'm using the Aqua4iTunes skin that comes with UNO now, and it looks quite nice).
That all said, I will gladly submit myself to any new look as long as one of the "top secret" features is a new finder.
At any rate, if Leopard gets the iTunes look, the first thing I will do will be to install UNO. I find the dark colors to be ugly and depressing, but that's just me (I'm using the Aqua4iTunes skin that comes with UNO now, and it looks quite nice).
I agree with this, I like the bright happy colors of Aqua. That iTunes interface looks almost like an improved version of GNOME..
I agree with this, I like the bright happy colors of Aqua. That iTunes interface looks almost like an improved version of GNOME..
I've been in love with GNOME forever! Good news for me 8)
I've been in love with GNOME forever! Good news for me 8)
*crosses fingers and spins thrice counterclockwise to ward off evil*