Metal Look to Software Update

[KershMan]

I just ran software update to get the combo-drive update for slot-loading drives. I was shocked to find that the software window is metal.

See attached. I guess Panther might be metal all around!

[KershMan]

This is the firmware update window

[KershMan]

And lastly the restart window

[vniow]

Originally posted by KershMan
See attached. I guess Panther might be metal all around!

For the love of gawd, say it isn't so!

[King Cobra]

Finally! Apple has gone badass on their own interface. It's about time.

Aqua is slow and boring. and I'm not talking about the movie "Hours". My math teacher saw some of it and slept through the rest. :rolleyes:

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Finally! Apple has gone badass on their own interface. It's about time.



I never knew what was so 'badass' about the metal look, it gives the app more of a flat look which is well....boring, for my eyes at least...

[King Cobra]

Have you checked out the MacRumors OS X theme? Pinstriped, but plain.

Plus the metal has a more modern look, which is what I want in a theme.

I don't want MS DOS unless I'm using MS DOS.

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Have you checked out the MacRumors OS X theme? Pinstriped, but plain.


Mmmm...yesss...every day, I don't think I could go back to the default one, its just so..dull.

[kylos]

Kershman, are you sure you didn't just edit a few nib files. Apple didn't do that.

[mnkeybsness]

Originally posted by Kyle?
Kershman, are you sure you didn't just edit a few nib files. Apple didn't do that.

or he could have run "metallifizer" the software update application can be found at /System/Library/CoreServices

[kylos]

Yeah, but I'm a geek, so metallifizer doesn't count in my book. And if you know where to find SU then you probably know about nibs.

[KershMan]

I DID NOT mess with these what-so-ever. They are the windows that came up from the Comba-Drive update. All I did was use Grab to capture the screens and then drag them into iPhoto to export as JPGs so they would be small enough to post (originals were rather large TIFFs).

I am sure I have not been the only one to get these. Anyone that has needed to install the slot-loading combo drive update should have seen this.

[kylos]

I wouldn't be suprised if the textured/non-textured option is represented by a 1-bit toggle in the nib file. If so, it might have been miswritten causing your windows to appear as they do. But I really doubt Apple metalifized SU. We'll see, though, what other people have experienced since I don't have a combo drive.

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Finally! Apple has gone badass on their own interface. It's about time.

I enjoy a nice balance. Graphite Aqua all the way! ;) :p

[Wardofsky]

The firmware software button/text/picture placement seems a bit weird.
They look too seperated.

[richie]

And the third pic.. that's meant to be a sheet... kinda bizarre. hehe

[kylos]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
The firmware software button/text/picture placement seems a bit weird.
They look too seperated.

What? Are you insinuating that this is a photoshop?!?:p :D :)

[macguymike]

I did the slot/combo update as well. While my software update was still aqua, the updater was indeed metal. I took screenshots, though I don't have anywhere to host them at the moment.

[job]

Originally posted by macguymike
I took screenshots, though I don't have anywhere to host them at the moment.

You can attach them to your posts. :)

[macphisto]

Remember there is a difference between the software and the firmware update. Updating your firmware may just launch another metalized app interface that steps you through the firmware update.

If the software update window was updated, it would have to have been in x.2.6, and I have not seen it on my computer, nor any of the other computers that I work with. But I will check with my friend. He is in charge of a Apple lab.

Just my 2¢.

[macguymike]

Didn't realize I could attach them.. should pay more attention to the post reply page I guess. :)

Anyway, here's my software update..

[macguymike]

And the firmware update:

[King Cobra]

Originally posted by job
I enjoy a nice balance. Graphite Aqua all the way! ;) :p

Well, [c]hitman, just make sure you eat your Special K cereal in the morning. :D

If in fact you did not install a metal theme on your computer, then that is the true pic.

But guess what? Apple has been leaning towards the metal interface since iTunes 1 and even Quicktime. And since Apple's apps have completely spanned the horizon of a metallic theme, their interface may do the same.

I take it that there's a dead horse around the corner anyways.

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Well, [c]hitman, just make sure you eat your Special K cereal in the morning. :D

You speakin' to me?

I'm afraid I don't know who this [c]hitman, or hitman, as it were, is. Can you please include some more detail? ;) :D :D :D

Get bent Queenie ;) :p :D

But guess what? Apple has been leaning towards the metal interface since iTunes 1 and even Quicktime. And since Apple's apps have completely spanned the horizon of a metallic theme, their interface may do the same.

I don't mind it too much, but I wish the metal wasn't as harsh. Aqua is easier on the eyes.

[Huked on Fonick]

I hate the brushed metal look, thats why i edited my nib files:) i also dislike the aqua look to.... and i gota skin for itunes since the nib doesent change that