Developer's Visual Comparison of macOS Catalina and Big Sur Offers Closer Look at Apple's UI Redesign for Macs

[return2sendai]

An iMac that can do this sure would be nice:

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Apple made it so that you can use a trackpad effectively with their touch interface already, so a horizontal surface for input would also not out of the realm of possibility (i.e. Pencil support on Magic TrackPads).

Interstellar quantum teleportation is in the realm of possibility but don’t pack your bags just yet.

 

[throAU]

Kind of make you the yearning of when macOS was still in the days of Aqua.
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Or this.
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That Mail icon is by now around 20 years old.

Nah, really it doesn't.

 

[Catman8976]

Nah, really it doesn't.

Would you prefer macOS to look like this (minus the Windows wallpaper).

 

[throAU]

Would you prefer macOS to look like this (minus the Windows wallpaper).
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No, I'd prefer the way it looks NOW to early-mid 2000s.

Brushed aluminium/striped title bars/window content backgrounds look... tacky.

Personally I think apple have done a good job with refining the look of macOS over the past 20 years. Transparent menu bar excepted.

 

[Catman8976]

No, I'd prefer the way it looks NOW to early-mid 2000s.

Brushed aluminium/striped title bars look... tacky.

Eh older OS UI look better and have more character then flat look of now.

 

[throAU]

Eh older OS UI look better and have more character then flat look of now.

Look better is subjective.... but the whole point of UI chrome is to be clear and minimalist - the content you are working on is the important bit.

The more un-necessary clutter you add, the harder it is for people to see (especially if vision impaired), and the quicker it will age as whatever random fluff you add goes "out of fashion".

Random colours/patterns/etc. that have no FUNCTION are just useless clutter than cause fatigue.

 

[Catman8976]

Look better is subjective.... but the whole point of UI chrome is to be clear and minimalist - the content you are working on is the important bit.

The more un-necessary clutter you add, the harder it is for people to see (especially if vision impaired), and the quicker it will age as whatever random fluff you add goes "out of fashion".

Random colours/patterns/etc. that have no FUNCTION are just useless clutter than cause fatigue.

Then maybe you would enjoy the command line environment of Apple DOS then.

 

[throAU]

Then maybe you would enjoy the command line environment of Apple DOS then.

Maybe you should stop making assumptions on things you know nothing about.

 

[Catman8976]

Maybe you should stop making assumptions on things you know nothing about.

Maybe you should realize people have different opinions not complain about them.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Interstellar quantum teleportation is in the realm of possibility but don’t pack your bags just yet.

Maybe not, but having an idea of what to pack could be useful...

 

[PickUrPoison]

Maybe you should realize people have different opinions not complain about them.

I didn’t see any complaint, just an alternate opinion. To which you responded with a non-sequitur about command lines.

If you’re going to post your opinion on a forum, don’t be surprised when someone else replies in disagreement 🤷‍♂️

 

[Catman8976]

I didn’t see any complaint, just an alternate opinion. To which you responded with a non-sequitur about command lines.

*Shrugs* Humans always complain about the opinions of others.

 

[PickUrPoison]

*Shrugs* Humans always complain about the opinions of others.

Yeah he didn’t complain though 🤷‍♂️

And there you go again with the non-sequiturs.