The so-called OS X 'traffic lights' work for me. They stand out nicely
and are a no-brainer to figure out, easily accessible, and give a nice
visual accent to the windows.
On 27/09/10 4:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote:
On Sep 26, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Steven wrote:
I understand the need for the operating system elements to change
over time, but, like the tab bar on the Safari 4 Beta, the vertical
"traffic lights" are a mistake. They don't match any other part of
the operating system, or any other operating system for that matter.
Kind of like the QuickTime 4 Player. The brushed metal nightmare
*finally* ended with Leopard. (Though to be fair, Tiger's QuickTime
Player doesn't look out of place, much unlike OS 9's.)
Interface Hall of Shame: QuickTime 4.0 Player
http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/qtime.htm
Every other operating major operating system ever made has had the
window buttons placed horizontally along the top of the window,
because that's the logical place for them as there is already a title
taking up part of that space. There is no title bar in the new iTunes
design, presumably because they expect everyone to know what iTunes
looks like.
I wonder what you get if you run this AppleScript:
tell app "iTunes" to get the name of the front window
I hope nobody's script or app relies on windows having titles.
While that may work for one unique and well known application, they
couldn't possibly get rid of the title bar system wide, so I figure
this design is doomed. I'm fine with new features and appearances
making their way into the operating system, but only when they make
sense.
I originally objected to the traffic light colors because the
functions in question have nothing to do with traffic signals (in the
same way that depicting construction progress using a thermometer
instead of a progress bar is totally wrong). Making them vertical
just aggravates this.
Apparently Apple thinks their users are not satisfied with a computer
that just works, but need to see proof that Apple's been hard at work
-- by changing the interface. Whether that view is right or wrong, I
don't know.
Josh
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