Get rid of hideous mail icons

maverick808

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Apr 29, 2005

• #1

A friend pointed me at this app... makes the new mail a bit less ugly.

http://otierney.net/cagefighter/

 

Jaffa Cake

macrumors Core

• Apr 29, 2005

• #2

Judging by comments on this and other forums I know I'm probably going to be in a minority when I say this – but I don't think the new Mail looks that bad. Granted, the GUI seems to be getting a more and more inconsistent (which is not a good thing) but my knickers are currently untwisted about Mail's new look.

 

Lacero

macrumors 604

• Apr 29, 2005

• #3

Compared to the old Mail, I'll take Mail 2.0. 😀

 

maverick808

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Apr 29, 2005

• #4

Lacero said:

Compared to the old Mail, I'll take Mail 2.0. 😀

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I agree that 2.0 has far more functionality than what was in Panther and is overall a far improved app. I just think the icons are ugly. As the arstechnica review points out the icons are contrary to Apple's own guidelines...

Each toolbar icon should be easily and quickly distinguishable from the other items in the toolbar.

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nesbitt_a

macrumors 6502

• Apr 29, 2005

• #5

maverick808 said:

A friend pointed me at this app... makes the new mail a bit less ugly.

http://otierney.net/cagefighter/

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Nice app. But like the guys above said, the new interface has actually grown on me a lot. I hate to say it, but I like it!

 

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Cali_Man

macrumors member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #6

maverick808 said:

I agree that 2.0 has far more functionality than what was in Panther and is overall a far improved app. I just think the icons are ugly. As the arstechnica review points out the icons are contrary to Apple's own guidelines...

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Without commenting on the aesthetics of the new icons, I'm not sure I agree with it necessarily being a bad thing to contradict accepted guidlines (innovation is always a good thing). I do think their look in relation to their functionality has taken a step back however, but it does seem to give the app a more cohesive look.

 

mkrishnan

Moderator emeritus

• Apr 29, 2005

• #7

nesbitt_a said:

Nice app. But like the guys above said, the new interface has actually grown on me a lot. I hate to say it, but I like it!

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I figure I will give the new Mail a few weeks to see if I can decide I like it. Sometimes I find, after some time, that I come to appreciate Apple's ways of doing things. Not always -- *cough* Multisession burns *cough* -- but sometimes. 🙂

 

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thedoc1111

macrumors regular

• Apr 29, 2005

• #8

Mail's UI is appalling full stop. Apple is not innovating, they are messing around.

To quote John Siracusa:
'The first time I saw the new Mail toolbar, I filed a bug on it. (Radar 3968093: "Toolbar buttons in Mail 2.0 are hideously ugly.") It was immediately closed as a duplicate, so at least one other person agrees with me.'

Huge UI inconsistencies are what I pay extra to avoid when I use OS X (on Apple hardware)...