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Mac OS X Leopard 9a499 Visual Enhancements
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I concur. The way things look, Candybar and Shapeshifter will remain an integral part of the "Mac Experience" for me.
If you sign up for the Select membership online, do you get immediate access to the beta or do you have to wait for the kit to arrive in the mail? I'd like to know since I'd have time to install it this weekend on up to 3 machines. Once the workweek starts again, it will be hard to devote time to it.
Opinions?
Opinions?
I agree. The new icons look like System 7 or 8/9 icons. I actually liked the Aqua folders.
Still missing rounded corners in the menu bar.Only thing I miss...
I totally disagree. Those rounded corners have been around for so long that I haven't really noticed them in ages. But now that it's being changed it makes me actually think about them again, and I have to say the rounded screen corners look ridiculously antiquated. It makes your high tech LCD look like it's actually an old CRT TV monitor which used to have rounded corners simply because the technology couldn't do sharp corners.
When people were still afraid of computers, the round corners reminded them of a their TV sets and made the computer look more approachable. In 2007 where even TVs haven't had rounded corners for at least a decade, the rounded computer edges just look really old.
Try looking having a desktop background that shows the Orion Nebula, and see if you still like the blue dot/lights. Completely indistinguishable from stars.
To me, most of the desktop changes scream trying too hard. While the shelf metaphor for the dock works when it's on the bottom, what about when it's on the side of the screen? Have you ever known a shelf to behave like that IRL? I don't think so. Translucent menu bar... seriously, what's the point?
The Abbey Road separator is a nice touch though... doesn't take up any extra space. Maybe they can time the release of the Beatles catalog on iTunes with the release of Leopard.
The brown folders do look better than the blue. But at low resolution they still look like opaque, slightly distorted throwbacks to System 6, minus the ability to see that a folder is open.
Don't think much of the System Prefs icon, but it's no worse than the current one. Gears don't say preferences, gears say clockwork, behind-the-scenes. A bunch of knobs, buttons, and switches are a much better indicator. One switch, with a huge self-indulgent Apple logo, is just ambiguous.
To me, most of the desktop changes scream trying too hard. While the shelf metaphor for the dock works when it's on the bottom, what about when it's on the side of the screen? Have you ever known a shelf to behave like that IRL? I don't think so. Translucent menu bar... seriously, what's the point?
The Abbey Road separator is a nice touch though... doesn't take up any extra space. Maybe they can time the release of the Beatles catalog on iTunes with the release of Leopard.
The brown folders do look better than the blue. But at low resolution they still look like opaque, slightly distorted throwbacks to System 6, minus the ability to see that a folder is open.
Don't think much of the System Prefs icon, but it's no worse than the current one. Gears don't say preferences, gears say clockwork, behind-the-scenes. A bunch of knobs, buttons, and switches are a much better indicator. One switch, with a huge self-indulgent Apple logo, is just ambiguous.
There's two sets of default folder icons, one slate coloured and the other sand.
I personally love them(and have been using the blue set).
*****. Ugly.
Yeah, and the kernel panics that UNO causes every now and then is super pretty.
Speak for yourself
. UNO has NEVER caused me a KP
Huh... that's odd... connect.apple.com, where ADC members download stuff, is down for maintenance. I've never, ever seen it down for maintenance before; new downloads have always shown up spontaneously...
Oh yeah, Path Bar! I was wondering how long it was going to take the Apple engineers to realize that what's good for Spotlight is good for Finder...
I'm not a big fan of a lot of the GUI changes yet, but maybe it's just an innate fear of change. The Dock doesn't look like a flat table to me, it looks like the icons should slide off. I don't want blinkenlites on my Dock, I'd rather they darken the icon's that aren't in use. Do they fade the icons of hidden apps yet or will I need to keep using TinkerTool to make that one simple change?
I don't like the new folder icons-- there's not enough visual distinction between different folders which is going to make it hard to spot the one I want scrolling through the finder. Sand is nicer than blue though, methinks. I agree with whoever said the new SysPref icon clashes.
I still don't like the transparent menu, but I think I heard you could make it opaque so I won't complain here. Transparency is nice when it's used right, but it makes everything look kind of dirty and hard to read if it isn't...
I'm not a big fan of a lot of the GUI changes yet, but maybe it's just an innate fear of change. The Dock doesn't look like a flat table to me, it looks like the icons should slide off. I don't want blinkenlites on my Dock, I'd rather they darken the icon's that aren't in use. Do they fade the icons of hidden apps yet or will I need to keep using TinkerTool to make that one simple change?
I don't like the new folder icons-- there's not enough visual distinction between different folders which is going to make it hard to spot the one I want scrolling through the finder. Sand is nicer than blue though, methinks. I agree with whoever said the new SysPref icon clashes.
I still don't like the transparent menu, but I think I heard you could make it opaque so I won't complain here. Transparency is nice when it's used right, but it makes everything look kind of dirty and hard to read if it isn't...
I have always hoped that Apple would allow users to change the scroll bars to the colour of their choice.
Are these from Leopard, or where did they come from? They're very nice!
Yes I have many many more from Leopard also, infact my entire system is leopard default icons.
I agree completely but for the time being you could use this temporary Display menubar icon I made
http://artofadambetts.com/leopard.html
Except the iPhone... which may be more of a visual indicator (even hardware indicator) than some many realize.
Stay tuned.
It's not exactly immediate. Once you purchase your membership, you'll receive an activation code via e-mail in about 24-48 hours.
I've been thinking that for a while myself.
Possible we see this icon change by GM to maybe reflect the look of the next displays?
Spring-loaded dock folders
Anyone know if spring-loaded dock folders are in the current releases? I think this was announced last summer, but I haven't heard anything since.
Anyone know if spring-loaded dock folders are in the current releases? I think this was announced last summer, but I haven't heard anything since.
That certainly would be cool. Another choice I'd like in the scroll bar is an iTunes like one. Which I'm guessing will be there in the final product.