Do you think Apple will ever add a "turn off brushed metal" option?
I know I'm not alone in saying I completely despise it. I started using spotlight just so I wouldn't have to look at it in the finder window, and itunes makes me want to puke every time I open it. Themes are great, but Ape crashes apps like there's no tomorrow.
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Originally posted by spyder
I know I'm not alone in saying I completely despise it. I started using spotlight just so I wouldn't have to look at it in the finder window, and itunes makes me want to puke every time I open it. Themes are great, but Ape crashes apps like there's no tomorrow.
You can turn off brushed metal if the app is Cocoa. You need to open the .nib files in Interface Builder of Xcode and uncheck the "textured" box. To get to the nib files, right-click the app and choose "show package contents" and then rummage thru that until you find the nib files. Make a copy first in case you torque something up.
iTunes has no nib files that I can find. Not surprising as it is Carbon. Same for the Finder.
Actually I was bored and filed a bug on RadarWeb about this. I listed all the interface consistencies and referenced every good Mac guy I could find. I fully expect it to be closed/duplicate soon enough, but it's been open for a couple of months now.
Originally posted by Electric Monk
I just wish they'd standardize on the new unified toolbar appearance. I like it better then regular Aqua, and metal is just overbearing IMHO. Furthermore if they could make Garageband look like anything else it would be nice.
Actually I was bored and filed a bug on RadarWeb about this. I listed all the interface consistencies and referenced every good Mac guy I could find. I fully expect it to be closed/duplicate soon enough, but it's been open for a couple of months now.
I'm somewhat confused about the unified toolbar appearance. I know that it makes all the top bars look the same (at least that's what I think it is). Could anyone explain it in more detail?
Originally posted by spyder
I'm somewhat confused about the unified toolbar appearance. I know that it makes all the top bars look the same (at least that's what I think it is). Could anyone explain it in more detail?
It seems to be used in apps/windows that make use of Spotlight (Mail, System Preferences, etc...).
Originally posted by Ra
It seems to be used in apps/windows that make use of Spotlight (Mail, System Preferences, etc...).
Ah ok, I understand now. So like in Safari, the bookmarks toolbar would be one with title bar and the address bar, etc.
The Unified Title and Toolbar theme just extends the titlebar's appearance and grabability down through the toolbar. Any Cocoa app can have it's nib file changed to support. For example my copy of Omniweb and Safari have been modified to use the unified toolbar.
For anyone that's interested Mac OS X now has the following themes
Plastic - Mail
Unified Title and Toolbar - Spotlight, Help, Camino 0.9
Dashboard (anything goes) - Widgets
Pro - Final Cut Pro, Motion
Ugly... I mean Wood - Garageband
Metal - Safari, Calculator
Aqua - Omniweb, Firefox
Originally posted by spyder
itunes makes me want to puke
Wow, I would suggest some Pepto Bismol and yoga... It's not that bad.
Originally posted by Electric Monk
Arguably Mail uses a variant due to the colour and buttons, Plastic seems to be the rough consensus.
The Unified Title and Toolbar theme just extends the titlebar's appearance and grabability down through the toolbar. Any Cocoa app can have it's nib file changed to support. For example my copy of Omniweb and Safari have been modified to use the unified toolbar.
For anyone that's interested Mac OS X now has the following themes
Plastic - Mail
Unified Title and Toolbar - Spotlight, Help, Camino 0.9
Dashboard (anything goes) - Widgets
Pro - Final Cut Pro, Motion
Ugly... I mean Wood - Garageband
Metal - Safari, Calculator
Aqua - Omniweb, Firefox
Everything except Pro, wood and widgets (which are web pages) are Aqua!
Aqua is the name of the interface - not the look.
Btw. Apple is concidering making the Pro look available to others.
Originally posted by Aquatic
Demetallifizer. Get it if you want to skip using Interface Builder.
I hasn't been updated since 2003, but I've found that the "unreleased" alpha version that unsanity posted a link to on their company blog actually works better with the OS 10.4 Finder than it did in 10.3.
That, + using Interface Builder to fix Safari has done the trick for 90% of my apps.
Originally posted by JLL
Everything except Pro, wood and widgets (which are web pages) are Aqua!
Aqua is the name of the interface - not the look.
Btw. Apple is concidering making the Pro look available to others.
I would kill for iTunes, safari and Mail.app with "pro" app look
Metal looks great when it is used properly. What is properly? An artist would know better than I - but I do know it when I see it. Safari uses Metal properly. The shareware app Onyx does not. See what I mean?
Safari's toolbar looks fine because it uses the black and white toolbar buttons. You can test this in the Finder. The Finder's black and white buttons are fine. But the colored, transparent background don't look look right.