iTunes 7 Hints at Leopard UI?

[Zwhaler]

While looking at the new iTunes 7, I noticed how they made some minor but nice changes to the UI, such as the colors. Do you think that this means that the UI in Leopard will be similar in terms of the colors used in iTunes 7? The DVD for Leopard had a black theme, what do you think? I hope it does end up like iTunes 7, I really like it.

[p0intblank]

I kind of hope not, but I'll get used to it either way. If Apple does go with this new look, I hope they at least give the user the option under the Appearance preference pane, like it is now. I'd say chances are good of this new theme taking place. Notice Time Machine's UI is very similar?

[pknz]

Hmmm yeah I think you might be onto something there. Unless Apple is going to keeps it un-uniformed theme going.

[ReanimationLP]

I <3 the way iTunes 7 looks.

Beautiful Apple, just plain beautiful. :)

Plus I love all the new features. ^_^

[Zwhaler]

Even though I would much perfer the iTunes 7 UI, I think that they should definately provide an option for changing it back to the Tiger UI, or classic.

[Demon Hunter]

The scroll bars, the buttons... no more Aqua?

[EricNau]

iTunes 7 and the UI of "iTV" match perfectly. I expect Leopard to have the UI of iTunes 7 and FrontRow to take on the look of iTV.


I'll scream if Leopard's UI isn't uniform!!!

[jamesmcd]

It looks like the default KDE in a Linux Distro. Can't remember which one.

[thewhitehart]

It looks like the default KDE in a Linux Distro. Can't remember which one.

That's exactly how I feel. I was thrilled with aqua when I switched from Windows, please don't change to Linux gunmetal! I love the coverflow, but I think the scroll bars and buttons look like something out of linux.

I hope Leopard gives us the option of retaining aqua scroll bars.

[MacVault]

That's exactly how I feel. I was thrilled with aqua when I switched from Windows, please don't change to Linux gunmetal! I love the coverflow, but I think the scroll bars and buttons look like something out of linux.

I hope Leopard gives us the option of retaining aqua scroll bars.

I totally HATE the blue, bubbly aqua scroll bars. I really like the new iTunes 7 look!

[thewhitehart]

Even if they didn't continue making them blue and bubbly, I think the iTunes 7 scroll bars are too dark as to be distracting. I wish they were of a more subtle grey, as in the graphite look. And the buttons look less polished.

Other than that, iTunes 7 is a solid upgrade, I like the features, but not the 'darkness' :(

Lol, I am playing 'The Darkness' right now :)

[Bobdude161]

I do believe that Apple is moving away from the aqua look because of the upcoming copycat Vista. Vista is going to have that aqua look and Apple is gonna let them use that theme and move on to gunmetal because they need to be different if someone else is trying to copy them. Vista's "new" aqua theme will now seem out-date and Mac OS X gunmetal will be the newest and greatest theme. They're just staying one step ahead of Windows when it comes to GUI fashion.

[Markleshark]

I love the UI you get when you plug an iPod in. Thats fantastic.

[dornoforpyros]

I totally HATE the blue, bubbly aqua scroll bars. I really like the new iTunes 7 look!

ditto!
the jelly beans have gotta go

[this is funah]

if you want to look in the future, just look to iTunes.

they started instant-searching (now Spotlight) in iTunes, which is now throughout the system.

[dwishbone]

i like the new look personally.
to me it looks like a blend of aqua and the pro interface they implement in FCP/DVDSP etc. ive always liked the pro app look, but needed a bit more refinement..well iTunes has it. love it.

[pianoman]

i like the new iTunes look. it's different but not too different. i'm sure that this in itself is a preview of leopard. like this is funah said, iTunes has always led the way... just look back to iTunes 4 and brushed metal - next thing you know, Panther has brushed metal all over the place.

that said, if different users want to keep the current look, i don't think it would be much trouble for Apple to give them that choice.

[iKwick7]

I <3 the way iTunes 7 looks.

Beautiful Apple, just plain beautiful. :)

Plus I love all the new features. ^_^

Agreed. I really like the gui when you plug in your iPod. Love it!

[Lau]

I like the smooth new scroll bars, but the overall look is a bit drab. Lose the blue, just because I don't like it (:D ) and lighten it all up a bit, as in UNO colouring including the smooth scrollbars, and it would be very good looking indeed.

I think if you're going to go dark, you've got to go Aperture dark, or stick with the lighter uno look. The current grey is a bit uninteresting and stuck in the middle.

Hmm.

Having had another look, I'm not sure it's the grey itself that's the problem, but being paired with the muddy dark blue, the greyish light blue and the very flat icons on the buttons. It looks a bit, er, Windows. :(

[TheNightPhoenix]

What really gets me is why the "library bar" on the left now has to be so tall.
now i have a massive scroll bar to get through my playlists.

[TheNightPhoenix]

Agreed. I really like the gui when you plug in your iPod. Love it!

Totally agree, was rather impressed by that, especially the data bar at the bottom. It also made the girlfriend realise how little of her 60gig she is using... 430 meg infact

[Josh]

I like the scrollbars and the rest of the UI for the most part.

I've always thought the shiny, over-saturated colorful buttons and UI elements in Aqua were over the top. Way too distracting (even graphite was too shiny).

I like when the app's functions and purpose are the focus, not the UI of the app.

However, the black highlight when you click an item in the side bar should go. It clashes big time. Same with the over-saturared blue hilight when you click on of the bottom buttons (such as shuffle). The color needs to be toned down.

[Variant]

I agree about the black on the side-bar, it stands out way too much! Also, I like the old Play, Next/Previous track buttons.

[Lau]

However, the black highlight when you click an item in the side bar should go. It clashes big time. Same with the over-saturared blue hilight when you click on of the bottom buttons (such as shuffle). The color needs to be toned down.

I wasn't very keen on the black at first, but I'm coming round to it now. I think the reason it clashes (for me) is because it's on that horribly muddy blue. If that was white or yellow the black would look a lot better, I think.

Edit: Did a couple of very quick (and crap, but you get the idea) mockups.

[2nyRiggz]

The Mellow look of itunes is nice. I was thinking about the black bar on the side bar and its nice and a big change from the everywhere aqua blue. This soft blue in the itunes store is really easy on my eyes and I like it...along with the black in the movie/tv shows section.

I'm thinking Leopard is going for that dark look...black/darker menu bar with transparent dock.


Bless

[QuarterSwede]

Personally, I love Aqua and can't stand Luna or any other of Windows interfaces so I HATE iTunes 7 interface. But I'll use it because all the new features are excellent. I really hope they don't use this look in Leopard. Aqua is just has so many more subtle details that make it great.

[oyam5000]

Both my bro and I love the new iTunes look. I relly hope that lepord looks like it.

[PlaceofDis]

i like the new iTunes look. and i love the deep blue they are using on the store. i hope to see that spread more.

[wiz7dome]

ditto!
the jelly beans have gotta go


I couldn't disagree MORE!!!! Listen up APPLE.......

LEAVE ALL OF MY GUM DROP SCROLL BARS, OPTIONS BUTTONS et al ALONE!!!!!:mad: :mad:

I don't want OS X (or any future OS) to resemble some dull nightmare GUI from a Windows reject.

[Josh]

Here's a quick job I did on how I'd like to see iTunes 7.

[ghall]

I love the iTunes UI! I hope it's a preview of things to come (in Leopard). I'd kinda like to see the Apple and Spotlight menus a bit lighter blue as well.

[Coheebuzz]

The new interface looks like a rushed mock up to me. The scrollbars grab too much attention, and the buttons at the bottom are plain ugly. Also the EQ and Visualiser buttons are now gone!

I will also miss the old burn button! :(

Only feature worth the upgrade is gapless playback in my opinion.

[Littleodie914]

I wasn't very keen on the black at first, but I'm coming round to it now. I think the reason it clashes (for me) is because it's on that horribly muddy blue. If that was white or yellow the black would look a lot better, I think.

Edit: Did a couple of very quick (and crap, but you get the idea) mockups.I kinda like the muddy blue! Gives it a nice look of smooth sophistication. :D ;)

[2nyRiggz]

Here's a quick job I did on how I'd like to see iTunes 7.

Thats dull and boring man....I would like to see coverflow on its own though without the confinement of itunes.



Bless

[Hollis]

Anyone else think the new Album View would be a cool effect to have for the dock in Leopard? Instead of album covers, it's icons. I think it would look cooler, maybe not as intuitive though.

[solvs]

as in UNO colouring including the smooth scrollbars
If nothing else, I'm sure Uno will be Leopard compatible. As long as Apple keeps away from the brushed metal in the Finder, I'm ok. Whatever they call this is fine. I'd like to see it a little darker and glossier for the iApps while the Finder window and other apps like Safari or FF get maybe a slightly different shade, preferably lighter.

In other words, just like I do it in Uno.

[ceruleanventure]

I agree with those who don't like the new UI. As soon as I opened the new iTunes I definitely felt my stomach turn lol. It looks so Windows. Just something about it is so dull. I like the sharp looking buttons though, I just think the colors are so drab! I'm all for Apple reinventing their look, but one of my biggest pet peeves is the complete lack of user customization. In Windows XP all I have to do is dl of new theme, and bam I got a nice new interface. I love Tiger, but all I can do (freely, without some $30 rippoff app) is change from blue to gray. Would it be so hard for Apple to implement themes? Like for Leopard they could offer the new iTunes UI standard, but users could switch back to Aqua or even change the metal to white or black etc. I'm not calling for weird skins like Windows Media Player offers, just colors to choose from, come on Apple!

PS: I still love you though :D

[dhc]

Thats dull and boring man....I would like to see coverflow on its own though without the confinement of itunes.



Bless


You used to be able to access full screen view in the (non iTunes incorporated) coverflow app, and I seem to recall that the designer was contemplating additional features including being able to flip the cover over to see the track listing, from which you could select a particular tune. Hopefully this will find its way into iTunes, too. (Incidentally - full screen looked great when playing your library in shuffle - at the end of each song the albulms would wizz by until reaching the next track - my preferred 'visualiser'.

[Echo toxin]

Hmm, I think you're probably right to say this is going to be a glimpse of a Leopard UI. I don't like it. I think the best look of OS X was Jaguar 10.2. From then on it went downhill with different bits here, there and everywhere with Apple breaching their own Human Interface Guidelines. Naughty Apple! :mad:

[MacRumoron]

Jaguar was ugly.. i don't like the pinstripes

I personally like Tiger's UI.. i don't really care that it is inconsistent

[daneoni]

I dont like the new UI either and have swithced back to version 6 due some other reasons. It looks like a cross between Gunmetal/Plastic (Linux/Windows). I hope leopard's UI is not like this or it will just re-inforce my decision not to upgrade. iTunes 7's features are good but the UI is awful...bring back aqua. I know i'll have to get used to it sometime soon BUT for now i'm avoiding it like a plague.

[daneoni]

Hmm, I think you're probably right to say this is going to be a glimpse of a Leopard UI. I don't like it. I think the best look of OS X was Jaguar 10.2. From then on it went downhill with different bits here, there and everywhere with Apple breaching their own Human Interface Guidelines. Naughty Apple! :mad:

Best UI for me so far has been panther...tiger is not too far behind.

[iMetroid]

This release was kinda scary for me. Not because I didn't like it - I loved it. It's because I got creative in the middle of the night a few weeks ago and started thinking up new ideas and looks for iTunes. Most of what I thought up ended up in this release. It's niiice. :D

[Foxglove9]

I like the look and feel of iTunes 7 better so far. Wouldn't mind Leopard looking like that.

[iJawn108]

I hope leopard has a black theme to be honest. :p

But I was thinking the exact same thing when I first opened it, I definately think it's a sneekpeek of the new leopard theme. I like it.

[VanNess]

dsandler.org does a magnificent job of tearing apart the iTunes 7 UI. In my book, this counts as one of the biggest Apple screwups since Jobs came back.

http://dsandler.org.nyud.net:8090/gruntle/itunes7/iTunes7Dissected.jpg

[Cougarcat]

If this is the leopard UI, it will make me cry. It is dark and depressing. It makes me feel like it's been eternally gloomy outside. And now, not only are different apps inconsistent, but iTunes is itself inconsistent. We have new gray scrollbars, new gray checkboxes, and buttons, but progress bars are aqua, preferences are aqua, and dialogs are all aqua. It's just a jumbled mess. If it weren't for 7's awesome features, I'd be using 6 w/ Uno. That actually matches the rest of the OS...

Uno (http://gui.interacto.net/) lightens things a bit, but the but the scrollbars and buttons remain unchanged.

[Lau]

dsandler.org does a magnificent job of tearing apart the iTunes 7 UI. In my book, this counts as one of the biggest Apple screwups since Jobs came back.


I've got to agree with a fair bit of that. Having used it for a couple of days, the only thing (cosmetically) I'm really struggling to live with is the all caps titles. I can get used to colours, but caps headings look really naff, shouty and generally ugly. :(

[hollerz]

Seems about 50/50 with liking it/not liking it. Personally, I love it! I'd be happy if Leopard looks like this.

It seems as if Apple is just putting out loads of different UI's and getting feedback on them, to see which will be the most popular for Leopard.

[stunna]

lol
why doesn't apple just allow different themes.
Everyone will be happy.
I bet they do in leopard.

[Frisco]

I think the iTunes 7 theme is dark and unappealing. It just doesn't smile with its usual brilliance :(

[Project]

+ The new Play/Rewind/FastForward buttons. Very nice
+ The colour of the scroll bar.
+ The colour of a selected field to sort by (real nice blue)

- The *texture* of the scroll bar
- All the SHOUTING in the Source. Thankfully its easy to change it back to lower case
- The change from green to blue in the icon
-Two toned selection highlight in the source pane
- Those flat, pencil drawing-like icons at the bottom of the app window. Yuck

It appears Apples design in OSX UI is taking the trend of their industrial hardware. The iMac with its transparent colours was groundbreaking at the time, as was Aqua and the lickable interface. But over the years Ive et al have shifted from the lickability of the old iMac to the more subtle, clean design hues of the PowerBook, iMac G4/5, Mac Mini and iBook/MacBook. On the whole, everybody thinks the newer ethos in hardware design from Apple is nothing but a success. The MacBook Pro looks eons better than the flashy light LED aplenty affairs of competitor notebooks.

But it appears to be the reverse in the OS... people seem to prefer the Aero Glass look. I can see why in some cases. Safari for instance is dull as dishwater when you have a tab menu and bookmark menu in your toolbar. Bordering disgusting.

But to me, Apple needs to find a mid ground in this area. I see apps like Podcast Maker which have quite drab hues mixed with subtle uses of colour and gradient and it looks superb.

http://www.potionfactory.com/podcastmaker/images/ss3.jpg

Its definitely an interesting ara of debate. One thing that worries me is that people are generally always envious of my Mac and OSX. They are wowed by touches like the genie effect, Expos&#233;, the Aqua interface etc. But these same people are more wowed now by Vista. I cant see Steve Jobs ever accepting defeat in a pure "gorgeous" contest (aside from UI issues) by Microsoft, but the general trend of Apple apps seems to suggest a marked return to the platinum days. Great for sentimental value, but the grey is incredibly drab.

[Fotek2001]

I get the feeling that this change in the UI has something to do with the forthcoming change to a resolution independent UI in Leopard. All the new UI elements and controls like the scroll bars will be easier to do using vectors than aqua currently is.

I can see the potential for Apple bringing back some options for colour hinting like the options for different coloured scrollbars in Mac OS 9.

[Frisco]

Scroll to the bottom
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60984


Found originally on digg (http://digg.com/apple/Alternate_iTunes_7_UI)

[swingerofbirch]

Scroll to the bottom
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60984


Found originally on digg (http://digg.com/apple/Alternate_iTunes_7_UI)
I like that A LOT more.

[decksnap]

Scroll to the bottom
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60984


Found originally on digg (http://digg.com/apple/Alternate_iTunes_7_UI)

Wow- with that color there you can almost see where they were trying to go with this before they %^&%ed it up royally.

And the iTunes icon is still green.

[Donz0r]

Aqua was great while it lasted, it was fresh, new, and young, it's still fun even today. But with the imminent release of vista, and its semi-ripoff of certain parts of aqua (like the Bubbly Blue color!) Apple has to move on and stay ahead of the game.

Personally I really like the fake 10.5 screenshot taht came out just before WWDC 06 with a picture of steve jobs kinda displayed on the background. In this screenshot it used the "Black" type theme that's seen in iPhoto in the editing panel for pictures and in other places around OS X. If you notice, Time Machine also uses a black type look.

http://guides.macrumors.com/images/7/72/Leopardtime.jpg

[flinstone]

I am a Mac user for over fifteen years now and i think it looks reeeaaally.

UGLY!!!!

And the icon than??? Is this for the Windows XP users or so?
Design for me is very important and so makes me happy if it's good.
But... Also makes me very unhappy when it stinks!

[JFreak]

why doesn't apple just allow different themes. I bet they do in leopard.

They already do; system preferences --> appearances has two flavors (aqua and graphite) to choose from, but the problem is, the appearances offer very limited function.

I think this is finally THE version that Apple unifies the look and feel of all applications. Choosing "graphite" from the appearance menu should do more than just change scroll bar color. They now have at least four usable themes; Aqua blue (10.0 and 10.1), Brushed metal (10.2 and 10.3), Plastic white (10.4 and 10.5) and this new "Something" black that they seem to be pushing to pro apps and 10.5 ---- and IMHO they should be able to force applications to follow the chosen appearance as they do with the buttons and scroll bar.

They must not be thinking 3rd party theme developers this much, must they? :p

[joshysquashy]

They already do; system preferences --> appearances has two flavors (aqua and graphite) to choose from, but the problem is, the appearances offer very limited function.

I think this is finally THE version that Apple unifies the look and feel of all applications. Choosing "graphite" from the appearance menu should do more than just change scroll bar color. They now have at least four usable themes; Aqua blue (10.0 and 10.1), Brushed metal (10.2 and 10.3), Plastic white (10.4 and 10.5) and this new "Something" black that they seem to be pushing to pro apps and 10.5 ---- and IMHO they should be able to force applications to follow the chosen appearance as they do with the buttons and scroll bar.

They must not be thinking 3rd party theme developers this much, must they? :p

I think they should keep aqua, white, black, gun metal etc as options, as themes for the new os, that way, everyone is happy, and nothing looks tacky and everything matches!

[decksnap]

Aqua was great while it lasted, it was fresh, new, and young, it's still fun even today. But with the imminent release of vista, and its semi-ripoff of certain parts of aqua (like the Bubbly Blue color!) Apple has to move on and stay ahead of the game.

Well score one for Microsoft if they're able to influence Apple to change their UI, and it turns out for the worse.

[decksnap]

Scroll to the bottom
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60984


Found originally on digg (http://digg.com/apple/Alternate_iTunes_7_UI)

It has been changed now.

[Much Ado]

How much longer can it be before some sort of UI App (iUI?) is released that gives you some basic UI templates and lets you easily change things (in the same way that iWeb made it easy to get pretty nice websites up and running with little effort)?

Seriously, in 10 years time we'll all have our own customised UIs in the same way that we can easily use our own icons today. Being forced into using the same UI will be like being forced to stick with the Aqua default background or screensaver.

But that's the future.

For Leopard, i expect to see some choice on the UI. I'd like to be able to swap between "bubbly blue" and "pro, shiny black" styles, for example. I don't mind iTunes 7, but i don't want to have to change a UI that works fine for me as it is right now.

My 2 cents.

[21stcenturykid]

I love the UI you get when you plug an iPod in. Thats fantastic.

Chuffin hell i see what you mean!!! its the first time ive plugged it in just now its amazing!!!:D GO APPLE :D

[VanNess]

this new "Something" black that they seem to be pushing to pro apps and 10.5


Some folks have made the comparison to the pro app look but I'm not biting. I wish iT7 looked as good as the pro apps, but it has none of the polish. iT7 (primarily all of the UI buttons and controls) just looks dark, dank, muddy and unappealing - especially the scroll bars and buttons.

And the big play and forward/reverse buttons look like a work in progress that's waiting for mostly...well, progress. And lots of it. It looks like something you might expect from a vintage ten year-old app on a machine with less-than-stellar graphics capabilities. In other words, it's Windows 2000-worthy.

Well if it's vintage you want...Ladies and Gentleman and Mac fans the world over, look in amazement and awe at this exclusive sneak peak of the Quicktime 8 UI:

http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/www/article/1999/0730/qt4j2.jpg

[Killyp]

Yeh, iTunes 7 is ugly.

Personally, I think that everything is currently a 'placeholder' for the new Leopard design (which I believe to be one of the top secret features Steve spoke about).

[Clydefrog]

iTunes 7 is ok, im just not a big fan the the blue color

[Project]

Yeh, iTunes 7 is ugly.

Personally, I think that everything is currently a 'placeholder' for the new Leopard design (which I believe to be one of the top secret features Steve spoke about).

I can only agree. I mean, this is Steve we are talking about. Id be astounded if he agreed to this being the UI for Leopard. Particularly those hideous buttons at the bottom of the Source menu (add, shuffle, repeat, browse etc).

He must know that Vista will get the wow factor pretty easily from the casual observer if things arent made to look more aesthetically pleasing. And that would represent a major about turn from OSX / XP. All I have to do is show Aqua to friends to get some of them to switch. It just wouldnt happen based on iTunes.

Roll on MacWorld. I can only wait and pray! lol.

[Shadow]

Yeh, iTunes 7 is ugly.

Personally, I think that everything is currently a 'placeholder' for the new Leopard design (which I believe to be one of the top secret features Steve spoke about).
While I wouldt say iTunes 7 is ugly (to me the differences between it and 6 are small-atleast in the looks department anyway), I really really really want Leopard to kick Vista right were it hurts-in the GUI. Where the WOW factor is. I've used Vista Pre-RC1, and it looks far better than OS X unfortunatley.

[FACT]

I'm very disappointed in the new itunes 7 look and hope to god that leopard doesn't look like it. It seems like those at apple have a good eye for style so hopefully they won't do something stupid

[Cougarcat]

It could have been a lot worse. Check this out, via daringfireball:

http://daringfireball.net/misc/2006/09/60984_5.jpg

What's scary is that since this got put on the KnowledgeBase, they must have changed it late. It looks like something straight out of XP.

[shrimpdesign]

Someone made mockups of the Finder and iPhoto based on the iTunes 7 GUI.

http://static.flickr.com/84/243619582_4a003613b9.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243619582/)

http://static.flickr.com/89/243686913_ea4881ea6b.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243686913/)


Personally, I don't mind the new iTunes 7 look. I like the smooth grey-dark-blue look. And I think people's comparison to Luna/Winows XP is unfounded. It's not like ficher-price. It's smooth.

Anyways, I bet the reason for changing the UI will be somewhat technical. They might change Leopard's GUI to be completely vectorized, and if they do that, Aqua would be time-consumming to re-create in a vector format.

[Cougarcat]

They might change Leopard's GUI to be completely vectorized, and if they do that, Aqua would be time-consumming to re-create in a vector format.

Not really, OS X is already resolution independent without creating a totally new GUI:

http://leopardthoughts.livejournal.com/758.html

Besides, Preview in Leopard matches Mail. Why introduce a new UI for the app if you're going to replace it with iTune's look? I think the most we can hope for in Leopard is the elimination of Metal in more apps than just iChat.

Cool mockups, though.

[VanNess]

Someone made mockups of the Finder and iPhoto based on the iTunes 7 GUI.

Thanks. There goes dinner :eek:

[Zwhaler]

Someone made mockups of the Finder and iPhoto based on the iTunes 7 GUI.

http://static.flickr.com/84/243619582_4a003613b9.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243619582/)

http://static.flickr.com/89/243686913_ea4881ea6b.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243686913/)


Personally, I don't mind the new iTunes 7 look. I like the smooth grey-dark-blue look. And I think people's comparison to Luna/Winows XP is unfounded. It's not like ficher-price. It's smooth.

Anyways, I bet the reason for changing the UI will be somewhat technical. They might change Leopard's GUI to be completely vectorized, and if they do that, Aqua would be time-consumming to re-create in a vector format.

Interesting. It doesn't look as great as I thought it would. But I still like it, and either way I don't care if we stick with aqua or move onto the iTunes 7 interface.

[Benjamin]

Here's a quick job I did on how I'd like to see iTunes 7.

To lazy to do the blue gradient but i have to agree with Lau the black on white looks a lot better. yellow.. idk about that Lau. Anyway I have redone my itunes to be a blueish color, like or hate it, thats ok. :)


http://www.dotquantum.com/gallery/images/images/blog_embedded/by78f9y2oi3bfviuasmall.jpg (http://www.dotquantum.com/gallery/images/images/blog_embedded/by78f9y2oi3bfviua.jpg)

http://www.dotquantum.com/gallery/images/images/blog_embedded/ni9g823o4ingwsmall.jpg (http://www.dotquantum.com/gallery/images/images/blog_embedded/ni9g823o4ingw.jpg)

[nifty_nigel10]

Someone made mockups of the Finder and iPhoto based on the iTunes 7 GUI.

http://static.flickr.com/84/243619582_4a003613b9.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243619582/)

http://static.flickr.com/89/243686913_ea4881ea6b.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/retro_x/243686913/)


Personally, I don't mind the new iTunes 7 look. I like the smooth grey-dark-blue look. And I think people's comparison to Luna/Winows XP is unfounded. It's not like ficher-price. It's smooth.

Anyways, I bet the reason for changing the UI will be somewhat technical. They might change Leopard's GUI to be completely vectorized, and if they do that, Aqua would be time-consumming to re-create in a vector format.

that doesn't actually look half as bad as i imagined, i might like it after all. given the choice to change the scroll bar i will love it even more!!