How to bring back rounded screen corners in Leopard!

[Wayfarer]

I stumbled upon this...

Apple Macs have had rounded corners since their inception. Mac OS 7.6, released January 7, 1997, did away with the rounded corners on the bottom (along with the "System" moniker).

"Displaperture," from developer Many Tricks, brings back rounded screen corners to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Users can decide which corners they wish to be rounded off, choose their radii, and enjoy their Macs the way Macs were meant to be.

Download here: http://www.manytricks.com/displaperture/

 

[Dany M]

Do people really want this?

Its just a corner people.

 

[unity]

Really is silly. But in some ways I understand. As a LONG time Mac user I hate to see things disappear.

Now nothing in the OS is as it was from teh start. The smily Mac, gone. The cursors have drop shadows. The corners are square on all systems now. Zooming rectangles gone.

But I do want to add that since system 8 for sure, maybe 7.6, rounder corners were gone when installed on a PowerBook.

 

[NJPitcher]

I like the lack of rounded corners.

 

[dacreativeguy]

How do I remove the rounded corners from the top?

 

[phytonix]

I love rounded corner, although there is nothing wrong without it.

 

[tivoboy]

mine are

my corners seem to be already round, browser windows, etc. is there something I am missing?

 

[adrianblaine]

my corners seem to be already round, browser windows, etc. is there something I am missing?

The actual corners of the screen.

I think it would drive me nuts personally. I wasn't a heavy Mac user back then so it holds no nostalgic value to me.

 

[Warbrain]

The actual corners of the screen.

I think it would drive me nuts personally. I wasn't a heavy Mac user back then so it holds no nostalgic value to me.

Even though I've used nothing but Apple computers my entire life, I found those rounded corners to be obnoxious. I'm glad they're gone.

 

[unity]

Well according to Apple lore they were there for one reason only. I think it was a Steve Jobs thing, but it was to match the rounded physical corners of the CRT display.

With LCD displays, thats no longer the case.

 

[Wayfarer]

I'm just putting this out here for those who are interested...

If not, then get out!

 

[kolax]

How do I remove the rounded corners from the top?

Leopard doesn't have rounded corners at the top.

 

[Cloudane]

Upbeat crowd on this forum isn't it

I for one loved the characteristic rounded corners. Thanks

 

[benspratling]

I like the round corners, and I want them back. It's a design thing. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

 

[Consultant]

Tiger has very subtle rounded corner on the top right and top left, but full corners on the bottom.

All 4 non-rounded corners are too windowish for me.

 

[Makosuke]

I haven't bothered to install this yet, but I agree that having the ones in the menu rounded was nice--it makes the menubar look a little "softer" to me.

I fully agree with their older decision to drop the bottom rounded ones, but at the top that area really isn't doing anything--it's just decoration on the menubar and in absolutely no way affects functionality.

Anyway, I appreciate the desire to have it back, though it's really pretty minor either way.