It gets even bigger in Leopard?? It's already too big in Tiger. Who needs a massive drop shadow anyway??
Who indeed. They are plain ridiculous in Leopard. I can see why they did it but it's an unnecessary effect and it badly affects things like comparing two windows side by side. For example, I compare pictures and movies a lot and even the drop shadow in Tiger gets in the way but it's at least functional.
Switching back to Tiger after using Leopard was just a relief. The interface is just so much more refined and relaxed. The dock can be changed in leopard, the menu can be changed but I searched all over the place for a way to change the drop shadows and couldn't find one so it may be another uno job or hopefully not but shapeshifter as a last resort. I hate how Apple lock down their interface customization so much.
In Leopard, it looks more proper as it does a better job of highlighting the active window and separating it from the others. The drop shadows is nice. If it were smaller, it would look cheap and insignificant.
In tiger, it is nice, in leopard, it is even better. I like that there are multiple visual cues to the active window - the lit title bar + the deeper shadow are nice proper touches. Drop shadows also make the GUI look more dynamic and it does give that feeling that there is more going on.
Look at Windows XP or 98 with no Drop Shadows and then look at OS X just based on window outlining alone. the drop shadows are pretty sweet.
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Does anyone know if it is possible to edit the drop shadows in OS X? For example, give the bigger Leopard shadow to Tiger.
It gets even bigger in Leopard??
Who indeed. They are plain ridiculous in Leopard. I can see why they did it but it's an unnecessary effect and it badly affects things like comparing two windows side by side. For example, I compare pictures and movies a lot and even the drop shadow in Tiger gets in the way but it's at least functional.
Switching back to Tiger after using Leopard was just a relief. The interface is just so much more refined and relaxed. The dock can be changed in leopard, the menu can be changed but I searched all over the place for a way to change the drop shadows and couldn't find one so it may be another uno job or hopefully not but shapeshifter as a last resort. I hate how Apple lock down their interface customization so much.
In Leopard, it looks more proper as it does a better job of highlighting the active window and separating it from the others. The drop shadows is nice. If it were smaller, it would look cheap and insignificant.
In tiger, it is nice, in leopard, it is even better. I like that there are multiple visual cues to the active window - the lit title bar + the deeper shadow are nice proper touches. Drop shadows also make the GUI look more dynamic and it does give that feeling that there is more going on.
Look at Windows XP or 98 with no Drop Shadows and then look at OS X just based on window outlining alone. the drop shadows are pretty sweet.