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Metal Interface on Mail?

Ugh.

Metal is OK for some simple apps, but putting it on EVERYTHING is not the way IMHO. Mail would be super-ugly with metal...
 
Isn't this what "Page Two" is for?

#1- The source is SpyMac
#2- It's about something that doesn't really matter much anyway.
 
Mail is the only Apple app with the Aqua interface. So that would have been expected to change.

I hope they add a formatting tool bar for composing emails.
 
metal blows

Jeez, with all the great design Apple has, I don't know why they keep screwin around with this cheezy metal crap.
 
Ick, this is what it'll look like:

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Dude,
I think that image looks sweet. I don't mind going against the grain - I like the metal brushed look. You know the windows users are just drooling over something that could unify their os as much as ours is. Go apple!
 
i really am starting to dislike the metal interface. It worked for quicktime, but now i'm starting to wonder why Apple came up with something as elegant as aqua just to cover it up with brushed metal textures.
 
I like brushed metal too ... In addition to its aesthetics (which set metallized apps apart from Windows nicely), I like being able to grab a window anywhere to move it.
 
ewwww!

Metal is for appliances like itunes and quicktime, address book and ichat and everything else is just too much for me.
 
I have an idea...

It's a little out there, but, has anyone considered that Apple might be turning Mail into an entry-level mail program? Think about it, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, all of these consumer-oriented apps sport the metal interface. Maybe there's more to this than what's on the surface. Perhaps Apple is working on a pro Mail app like Outlook and is planning to use the metal theme to separate the two...? It kinda fits with the rumors that Apple has been working on their own Office suite. Just an idea...

-- smashedapart
 
Originally posted by garyhoare
Does anyone else think that the metal appearance tends to slow down apps?
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If this was the case, then you would expect all of those skinable programs to also have a performance hit depending on the skin used. I have never seen this to be a factor in performance.
 
Originally posted by MacDuff
Dude,
I think that image looks sweet. I don't mind going against the grain - I like the metal brushed look. You know the windows users are just drooling over something that could unify their os as much as ours is. Go apple!
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I have stainless steel appliances in my kitchen, so this change is a natural extension of my kitchen motif.

They should have a toggle switch in the program to go between aqua and brushed metal.
 
I had a feeling this was going to happen sooner or later.

I think they're loosing the consistency with the OS look, I liked how Quicktime and the iLife bundle are all metal apps, but it seems they want to change all the apps.

What about Sherlock and Help? Should these become brushed metal as well, why not just convert all free apps. I don't like it how some are Aqua and the rest are brushed metal. They should think of something different, brushed metal been around for ages - it is so OS9 :)


James.
 
New machine style?!

I just had a thought ... Aqua's pinstripe style mirrored (in spirit) the physical design style of the iMac. With the metal look, is this a sign of things to come? Will all Mac's have a brushed metal "PowerBook" style to them?
 
Not again...

Apple is going WAAAAY overboard with the metal stuff. It looks good in simple apps that usually only have one window (i.e. iTunes, iCal, Calculator), but for apps like Safari, Mail, etc. I just have to go in there with Interface Builder and take the metal out...just means more work for me. Metal only looks decent if they leave some border room around the edge of the window.

Remember how strict apple used to be about interface guidelines? Now it seems they're swinging to the other extreme:mad: .
 
everyone please go send in a feedback note to apple to TONE IT DOWN WITH THE BRUSHED METAL!!

I just did it, And am sooo sick of it.

We all love all their apps, so we all have them open, it makes the great Aqua interface look like bruhsed metal, its terrible.

Not to mention that this breaks their Human Interface Guidelines:

Mac OS X version 10.2 provides developers with a new ?textured? window appearance (see Figure 5-4). This window style has been designed specifically for use by?and is therefore best suited to?applications that provide an interface for a digital peripheral, such as a camera, or an interface for managing data shared with digital peripherals, such as the Address Book application.

This appearance may also be appropriate for applications that strive to re-create a familiar physical device?the Calculator application, for example. Avoid using the textured window appearance in applications or utilities that are unrelated to digital peripherals or to the data associated with these devices.
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Go give them feedback here:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
 
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