Hi, guys, and congratulations for making the Aqua alpha available. I have been following your activity in the last year, and I am enthusiastic about what you have been able to achieve.
I would like to make a few points about making the UI more Mac-like, in a way that is sustainable for this project. Simple cosmetic changes can make a lot of difference. 1 TABS: Ismael Merzaq showed that the current style in Mac OS X is not suited to multiple lines of tabs. Since other applications still use it, it makes perfect sense to stick with the old style. Reducing the number of tabs would involve decisions at the cross-platform level. 2 ICONS: Given the constraints of developing cross-platform applications, the Mozilla team have done a tremendous job of making cross-platform applications like Firefox and Thunderbird look acceptable on the Mac. Icons have a key role in that and, in order to be accepted by the Mac community, the mac port has to have a high-quality icon set. Have a look at these examples: http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mmarangon/ooo/icons_d.png As you see, tango icons are better than stock icons, but still feel out of place on OS X. The last set is one I have designed myself trying to approach OS X style icons while retaining the same objects. 3 PALETTES: I am betting Ismael will soon take care of most glitches. To me the most annoying are closing button (X) on the right, bevel and lack of drop shadow. I am a self-contained web designer and longtime Mac user, and I would be delighted if I could contribute some graphic work (icons, widgets, etc.) to the project or whatever you might need (except C++ coding, of course). All the best, Mauro
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