Yeah, just like when they used brushed metal on the MacOS interface, remember? Or the glossy drops of water/crystal during the Aqua era… they went to a neutral-grey interface for all this years, and I guess frosted glass is the new prominent material.
Not gonna lie, I started using macOS (Snow Leopard) when brushed metal was nowhere in the interface, and always missed being able to “put it” on the windows bezels and borders… because just grey looked too bland. But with the release of Mavericks and the first retina MacBooks, they gave the “grey material” sort of A subtle, grainy texture, like it was made of some sort of elegant polymer. Obviously, they eventually removed this texture to the grey, and in Big Sur wasn’t perceivable anymore.
But, yeah, it will be interesting to see a new “material” taking the stage in the new operating systems.
Well, for my personal taste they look a bit exaggerated for today’s standards, but yes, a bit of texture will be very much appreciated, either as glossy glass or matte glass (which will probably be the chosen one).I personally think brushed metal and aqua buttons still look good
So you want cpu and GPU resources to used for the interface rather than available to other software? Vista did that and we all know how it went.What’s the point of all these powerful chips if companies don’t use them to their full potential? I actually think that these chips are wasted rendering flat designs.
macOS has successfully been utilizing the GPU for interface rendering since 2001 when hardware acceleration was introduced with Mac OS X' Aqua. That situation hasn't changed with macOS Sequoia and I doubt it'll change with the next macOS, so this point is pretty moot 24 years after the fact.So you want cpu and GPU resources to used for the interface rather than available to other software? Vista did that and we all know how it went.
It really is. I had the chance to use it for a couple of weeks by taking advantage of the return window.To be honest yeah i love the VisionOS too it’s so unfortunate that the price of that thing overshadowed everything else cause the Vision Pro it’s a unbelievable piece of technology but again the price is ridiculous.
The thing is the first Mac os x were very slow for that, and I'd rather squeeze every cpu and GPU power for other things than eye candy...but hey it's just me.macOS has successfully been utilizing the GPU for interface rendering since 2001 when hardware acceleration was introduced with Mac OS X' Aqua. That situation hasn't changed with macOS Sequoia and I doubt it'll change with the next macOS, so this point is pretty moot 24 years after the fact.
Microsoft was late to the party because of the ongoing issues with Windows Longhorn, offered poor backwards compatibility and wasn't transparent about what system requirements were in place for Aero. New PCs were sold with Windows XP but were labeled as "Window Vista ready" as late as 2006 and turned out to be incapable of running the new interface. Hence the need for Basic, which disabled hardware acceleration (and with it all the fancy effects) and handled interface rendering the old fashioned way through the CPU.
Those times are long gone. Pretty much since 2006 when the first Intel Mac came around. The lag dissipated by then. I seriously doubt the interface has much of an impact on any Apple Sillicon Mac today. But I guess the only option for you is a bare boned Linux-distribution with command line. To each their own.The thing is the first Mac os x were very slow for that, and I'd rather squeeze every cpu and GPU power for other things than eye candy...but hey it's just me.
I remember the first OSX and they were dog slow opening a menu.
In 2025 we can do much kore, but to me Is wasted in pure eye candy for the sake of it.
I really, really hope I won’t have to say that again. Catastrophe already happened in 2013, I hope Apple have learned on their failures and made something that is made for humans. I mean, I need just a little bit of skeuomorphism in my life, my eyes cannot stand this ugly minimalism for TWELVE YEARS in a rowCan’t wait for all the “this is the worst design ever” posts.
Wouldn’t touch Linux with a stick, OS X it is, but, that doesn’t mean I like a good balance between look and speed.Those times are long gone. Pretty much since 2006 when the first Intel Mac came around. The lag dissipated by then. I seriously doubt the interface has much of an impact on any Apple Sillicon Mac today. But I guess the only option for you is a bare boned Linux-distribution with command line. To each their own.
I have no reason to suspect that’ll change. The new look of OS X Yosemite didn’t cause any noticeable performance drop on my 2015 MacBook Pro, nor did macOS Big Sur on 2017 MacBook Pro so I’m pretty sure the next iteration of the macOS interface won’t cause that either on my MacBook Pro M4 Pro. But you can continue worrying all you’d like I guess?I think we have a nice balance of resources / look now, they can make it slicker without pushing too much on gpu / cpu power.
True. My 2020 model year truck was built in 2019.No different than what car manufacturers do. They call 2025 released models 2026 editions.
I loved Aero on Windows Vista and then Windows 7. Still think it’s the best look of all the Windows themes.I was thinking the same - from that animation it could be more 'Aqua 2.0' than the dull grey of VisionOS. I'm a little worried about legibility though. Dare I say Microsoft tried to go full-glass with Vista and quickly regretted it. Hopefully Apple learnt some lessons from their failures.
Yeah sorry my bad, it's the other way around. Enabling Increase Contrast also triggers reduced transparency.Do you have examples? Because I don't see that. Increase contrast is a different toggle, you can leave that off when turning reduce transparency on.
That said Basic and Classic looked pretty terrible on Windows Vista and 7.
Yah don’t do that it’s terrible.Yeah sorry my bad, it's the other way around. Enabling Increase Contrast also triggers reduced transparency.
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