I'm hoping for green monochrome for nostalgia.
I think in 10.8 we'll see the 16+ million colour palette replaced with either green or amber monochrome screens circa 1983.
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Change Lion Finder Sidebar icons to color version?
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I think in 10.8 we'll see the 16+ million colour palette replaced with either green or amber monochrome screens circa 1983.
I created an applescript application an added it to my login items.
Applescript contents as follows:
Applescript contents as follows:
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do shell script ("killall Finder")Actually the memory is not in my hand as they also moved the location of folders in the sidebar. For those that think we are a bunch of crybabies: 1) why mess with something if it works? I can't think of a compelling reason behind Apple's logic on this one (and that goes for a number of features in Lion), and 2) when you've gotten into a groove built up over years, it's no fun to have someone arbitrarily change it. If it's so not a big deal, why not just leave it alone?
3) I'm constantly searching, saving, and moving things in the finder. Media management is a large part of my job. It's not a lot harder, but it is a little harder. Enough to constantly annoy, and who needs more annoyance in their life?
hear, hear lehestro !
& anyway if color was such an hindrance to human performance, Nature, as the very best & most efficient resources user ever, would have gotten rid of it from our lives LONG AGO but no, on the contrary...
like it or not, color is one of the simplest & easiest ways of identifying & relating to the world around us, even objects we only get a glimpse off can be identified this way...
removing color AND going to such lengths to stop us getting it as we want it
is just plain stubborn & foolish..
& there lies the beauty of S.Leopard : those who wanted to get rid off color could do so & those who wanted to customize their icons to DEATH could also do it !
better yet, to prove the pointlessness of it, they go & color AddressBook & iCal - now THAT was REALLY necessary otherwise we wouldn't be able to identify those, right ?
no logic to it man, no logic.....
I'm a novice at Applescript. If I paste 'do shell script ("killall Finder")' into Applescript and then run it, I get the color icons. But if I add it to my login items, it doesn't work. Could you please specify exactly what your steps are once you paste the code into Applescript. Many thanks!
Login method
When you are in Applescript editor, after running the script, use File>save and check the option to save as an application. I saved to applications folder but I guess you can put it anywhere.
Then you can add it to the list of login applications. Go to System Preferences>Users and groups>login items and hit the +sign below the list. A file window will appear then navigate to where you saved the file and click on it.
I did this and tried a reboot and it worked fine. It took a fraction of a second to run the script.
Wheelbarrow please correct me if I have this wrong. It worked for me.
When you are in Applescript editor, after running the script, use File>save and check the option to save as an application. I saved to applications folder but I guess you can put it anywhere.
Then you can add it to the list of login applications. Go to System Preferences>Users and groups>login items and hit the +sign below the list. A file window will appear then navigate to where you saved the file and click on it.
I did this and tried a reboot and it worked fine. It took a fraction of a second to run the script.
NO, they all do NOT look identical. They are very easy to differentiate. Much ado about nothing! Having said that, it was pointless to get rid of the icon colors in the finder sidebar. I wholeheartedly agree with Apple's move toward making the user interface less distracting while web browsing. I want to concentrate on what's inside the window without my eyes being visually distracted by all sorts of eye candy on the interface. To this end, I totally agree with the washed-out look of the safari menu bar and traffic lights. However, I don't see any reason to remove the color from such things as the finder sidebar icons. To me, that seems like a totally pointless aesthetic move. Still, I don't find that it results in a great loss of productivity for me.
sorry my friend but what you're forgetting, as most who like the grey thingies seem to do, is that in S.Leopard you could taylor them any way you saw fit so :
- you want color ? do it !
- you want to REMOVE color ? do it !
changing icons, colors, shapes, whatever was as easy as stealing candy from a child, even to me a computer illiterate....
and THAT in my book IS a step forward
removing that possibility & writing code to actually stop users to shape things their way is DEFINITELY a MAJOR step back & a pointless at that because someone WILL find a way around it.....
Our iMac is the family computer and after updating to Lion, my dad hates the lack of color. He said it makes it look dull and that it takes longer to click on what he wants. To be honest, I want the choice to choose silver or not. It's ridiculous that Apple is forcing something which should be as simple as changing a color on its users. Here's hoping a mod comes out soon similar to the iTunes one.
does that answer in ANY way to the question of the original post ? then why waste your time ?.....& everybody else's ?
be happy & move on to a post that actually matters to you ;-)
Thanks (or mahalo as we say in Hawaii) are due to some of you here.
Thanks to Cougarcat for initially finding the solution and yes it works in TotalFinder
Thanks to ztrafe for the link to get SIMBL
Thanks to Orthorim for instructions on how to load it. This was critical for me as it was not automated by the package installers. We get spoiled by Apple.
Note to nuno1959: I ran the installer SIMBL-0.9.9.pkg and it made the empty SIMBL folder. You should have it if you download and open the zip file from ztrafe's second link and run the installer. The ColorfulSidebar.dmg has two items. You only have to move the ColorfulSidebar.bundle to the SIMBL folder. You can ignore the Source folder. If I can do it anyone can.
iVeBeenDrinkin'-you can stick with grey icons
*cough* .... forgetting someone?
why mess with something if it works?
If Apple were to live by the "if it works don't fix it" rule, we would have any of the great new products we have today. I'm sure that there will be third party tools soon that will let you tweak most of what you don't like in Lion. And I'll admit that I haven't read the whole thread, but it sounds like somebody already figured out a way to change the Finder even now.
I'm sure that if Snow Leopard had introduced monochrome icons and Lion had introduced colored ones that people would be complaining about it. "It looks cartoonish" Why did they mess with it?
Yes I did
I guess this shows that the good part of this thread was that many people worked to get it right. There has been some of the typical cynical sarcasm here but in the end several people pulled together on the solution.
Looked back and saw that cougarcat had quoted you.*cough* .... forgetting someone?
I guess this shows that the good part of this thread was that many people worked to get it right. There has been some of the typical cynical sarcasm here but in the end several people pulled together on the solution.
JEEZ, get a life !.....
my dear phpmaven
i don't give a crap if saying this makes me sound like a bully but
it pisses me off that you & SO MANY people like you post here, there & everywhere.. WITHOUT EVEN TRYING to address the OP's original question(s) & all that occurs to ask is : WHAT THE HELL FOR ? what's the point ? simply be smart alecks ?
if you are SO happy with the grey icons or whatever, GREAT !! move on, it's DEFINITELY NOT a thread addressed to you - got it ?
otherwise each time you post your mostly irrelevant personal opinion ( as far as the thread's purpose... ) you are wasting the time of those who ARE following it, trying to sort the problem because :
1 - we get notified someone has posted something hence 1 more email to delete
2 - we follow the link, thinking there's something actually interesting & all we find is something one couldn't CARE LESS about !!!? thus a resounding waste of time & effort
i'm OVER THE MOON that you like it & agree with the grey icons - bless you my dear - now could you find it in your heart to respect that some friggin' hate it & find them TOTALLY ludicrous ? do you have what it takes to do that ?
& another thing many of the ''i like as it is'' brigade INSIST ON MISSING is that S.Leopard allowed EVERYONE to have them in whatever way each wanted them, while in Lion a concerted effort was made to STOP people from doing that so ultimately THAT IS a big part of the real issue here
we all had choices before that NEVER interfered with anybody else's, to a point Lion still allows SOME of those changes but all of a sudden we have to do it according to someone else's vision of how it ''should be done'' - maybe a cousin of yours ?...
so my question is : what the hell is your problem if some people like them pink, blue, flat, fat or otherwise ? i'm not trying to force you to use my icons , so drop it, get out of my way - you're blocking traffic man, ever heard that one before ?
JEEZ, get a life
my dear phpmaven
i don't give a crap if saying this makes me sound like a bully but
it pisses me off that you & SO MANY people like you post here, there & everywhere.. WITHOUT EVEN TRYING to address the OP's original question(s) & all that occurs to ask is : WHAT THE HELL FOR ? what's the point ? simply be smart alecks ?
if you are SO happy with the grey icons or whatever, GREAT !! move on, it's DEFINITELY NOT a thread addressed to you - got it ?
otherwise each time you post your mostly irrelevant personal opinion ( as far as the thread's purpose... ) you are wasting the time of those who ARE following it, trying to sort the problem because :
1 - we get notified someone has posted something hence 1 more email to delete
2 - we follow the link, thinking there's something actually interesting & all we find is something one couldn't CARE LESS about !!!? thus a resounding waste of time & effort
i'm OVER THE MOON that you like it & agree with the grey icons - bless you my dear - now could you find it in your heart to respect that some friggin' hate it & find them TOTALLY ludicrous ? do you have what it takes to do that ?
& another thing many of the ''i like as it is'' brigade INSIST ON MISSING is that S.Leopard allowed EVERYONE to have them in whatever way each wanted them, while in Lion a concerted effort was made to STOP people from doing that so ultimately THAT IS a big part of the real issue here
we all had choices before that NEVER interfered with anybody else's, to a point Lion still allows SOME of those changes but all of a sudden we have to do it according to someone else's vision of how it ''should be done'' - maybe a cousin of yours ?...
so my question is : what the hell is your problem if some people like them pink, blue, flat, fat or otherwise ? i'm not trying to force you to use my icons , so drop it, get out of my way - you're blocking traffic man, ever heard that one before ?
JEEZ, get a life
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Petition
I found a petition started to let Apple know color is needed, I will wait to get Lion until this is addressed.
http://www.change.org/petitions/app...r-appearance-choices-in-os-x-lion-preferences
I found a petition started to let Apple know color is needed, I will wait to get Lion until this is addressed.
http://www.change.org/petitions/app...r-appearance-choices-in-os-x-lion-preferences
Reminds me of the slow death of Microsoft Outlook on Windows - Add bloaty ribbons, mute all colors...
I admit that the muted Greys look pretty and simple, but it is not worth the cost to our workflows.
I admit that the muted Greys look pretty and simple, but it is not worth the cost to our workflows.
Thanks for the solution! I wish it worked for the Open and Save windows, but this is certainly an improvement.
You know, this happened before with the translucent menu bar. Eventually Apple came out with an update to make it a user selected choice. I hope the same will happen.
BTW, as someone who actually studies color and its affect on usability, it does matter — a lot, especially if you're trying to do something quickly with just a glance. You can love or hate the decision, but it does remove a major part of a logical workflow. There is a definite reason for color coding. It might not be a part of everyone's workflow, but every source on better organization supports the idea. Color is useful to the eyes and not the hands, otherwise, braille would also be in color.
Maybe Apple was indeed trying to make the interface clearer and less distracting for Web browsing, but if Apple has decided that Macs are good only to surf the Web, I guess I had better learn Linux! And Jobs had better get along with Adobe's Flash team. I use my computer a lot more for work than I do for surfing. So, it's a working workflow I care about. I need a workhorse not a hobby horse (a toy).
The color coded Sidebar was actually a big benefit the Mac OS had over Windows. When I worked in IT, I had Windows users begging me for that one feature.
Again though, maybe over time, Apple with make this user's choice.
You know, this happened before with the translucent menu bar. Eventually Apple came out with an update to make it a user selected choice. I hope the same will happen.
BTW, as someone who actually studies color and its affect on usability, it does matter — a lot, especially if you're trying to do something quickly with just a glance. You can love or hate the decision, but it does remove a major part of a logical workflow. There is a definite reason for color coding. It might not be a part of everyone's workflow, but every source on better organization supports the idea. Color is useful to the eyes and not the hands, otherwise, braille would also be in color.
Maybe Apple was indeed trying to make the interface clearer and less distracting for Web browsing, but if Apple has decided that Macs are good only to surf the Web, I guess I had better learn Linux! And Jobs had better get along with Adobe's Flash team. I use my computer a lot more for work than I do for surfing. So, it's a working workflow I care about. I need a workhorse not a hobby horse (a toy).
The color coded Sidebar was actually a big benefit the Mac OS had over Windows. When I worked in IT, I had Windows users begging me for that one feature.
Again though, maybe over time, Apple with make this user's choice.