On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Steven wrote:
I thought I liked the brushed metal better when Leopard came out,
but now when I use Tiger the Finder, iTunes, and Safari all look
pretty outdated compared to the sleek look of Leopard and Snow
Leopard. And while I do like the translucent menu bar of Leopard and
Snow Leopard, I always use a utility called "Displaperture" to add
the rounded corners to the top, and my favorite OS X menu bar might
have to be the glossy blue and white design of the original pre-
release version of Tiger.
I've always liked Apple Platinum (and the System 7 appearance before
it), but I can understand why Apple couldn't use it for OS X -- the
stripes in the window title bar don't mix with live window dragging
and flat-panel displays.
You can see the noise in System 7 window title bars if you look for
it, but the flickering in Platinum is just garish.
(Hint: Drag an emulator window or screenshot to simulate the effect.)
My favorite OS X appearance is iTunes 9. It's a beautiful-looking app
-- too bad its usability doesn't meet the same standard. Leopard
largely adopted the iTunes 9 appearance but kept the Aqua scroll bars
(which are ostentatious in comparison).
Josh
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