Latest Jaguar boasts refined Aqua
It's been discussed in other message boards, but not here yet. It looks like the latest build of Jaguar has some refined Aqua widgets.
![](http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/jaguarnewupdatesimages/soundeffects.gif)
I like the flatter look personally, I always thought some of the buttons looked too rounded. I don't care for the bold black line around the popup menu, and hopefully there will be further refining (like that circular looking scroll bar).
What do you guys think?
![](http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/jaguarnewupdatesimages/soundeffects.gif)
I like the flatter look personally, I always thought some of the buttons looked too rounded. I don't care for the bold black line around the popup menu, and hopefully there will be further refining (like that circular looking scroll bar).
What do you guys think?
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BTW, the developers won't have to update their widgets unless they've ignored the Extras resource. They should inherit the new look wherever possible automatically.
Also, the system has anti-aliasing options sort of like Photoshop's scheme. You can have Standard anti-aliasing, light, medium and strong. Standard is recommended for CRTs and medium for LCDs. There is apparently sub-pixel rendering too on LCDs but no option to control it AKAIK.
Hmm. makes me wonder how the next PowerBook will look
The rest of the window is matte, the tabs should be too. XP is a bit glossier than OS X. If Apple changes the tabs and a few of the widgets, everything else has to change too. And I don't think I want to see glossy menubars and windowbars.
The one thing I do like is the flatter portion of the window foreground that sticks out of the main window.
<a href="https://connect.apple.com/" target="_blank">https://connect.apple.com/</a> - The buttons on this page have been like that for over a year. I once thought that Apple might move to a more platinum-like set of widgets to make Carbon ports a bit easier UI-wise. Maybe they are now...
[ 06-30-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
I am not going to justify myself cos it is a sunday morning and i want my breakfast.
low-fi
<strong>I like the current Aqua also. The new one just doesn't feel right.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, many thought Aqua didn't feel right when we first saw it in DP3. That change from Platinum to Aqua made some people lose their mind. Give it time...the new Aqua is actually quite nice.
Someone on MacNN posted a Extras.rsrc theme file with the new Aqua look...give it a try, it's nice...really!
J :cool:
but yeah, from glass to plastic
I think it's great that they've got time to work on the fit and finish of the product now. Combine these visual improvements with all the promised technical improvements that will come with Jag and you can color me "happy".
Just stay in the lines.
Here's a .TIFF of the new tabs, pop-ups and buttons from my modified Extras.rsrc file:
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/buonrotto/.Pictures/New_Widgets.tiff" target="_blank">TIFF sample</a>
Interesting to note that there's now subpixel AA in the latest builds (see ThinkSecret) and it looks AWESOME- not annoying like ClearType is on XP- probably due to the different fonts being used, but it still looks really nice.
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Someone on MacNN posted a Extras.rsrc theme file with the new Aqua look...give it a try, it's nice...really!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Where is that? Can you give me a link? :cool:
Subpixel rendering...People like this? Am I the only person who sees multicoloured text? Black just doesn't look black, looking at both the screenshots on ThinkSecret (viewed on a Lombard), and at cleartype on my Mom's PC laptop (15 in screen). Text looks 'nicest' when properly antialised without subpixel rendering, and is most legible without any sort of anti-aliasing or subpixel rendering at all. I fail to see why Apple would want to move towards the least 'pure' half-way house. Also, I find the subpixel option the hardest to read, simply because it plays tricks with my eyes and brain, the letters never appearing a consistent colour, causing them to be in a continual state of flux between the three pigments and black. Having said that, I have no problem with it if you can turn it off, however I didn't see any option for that in the Sys. Prefs. shot. Maybe it will be introduced later.
edit- TheSloth and I posted at the same time.
[ 06-30-2002: Message edited by: CubeDude ]</p>
<strong>Subpixel rendering...People like this? Am I the only person who sees multicoloured text?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, you're not the only one.