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OS X 10.10 Mockup Shows Off 'Flat', iOS-Inspired Design
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I attempted that argument once - had a MR come down on me like the fury of a thousand storms...
How dare...I say, how DARE I compare the mathematical decimal system to a version number! We shall have NONE of that!
Call it "Windows 8".
I agree with others; it looks like a mockup.
Aqua's best iteration was with 106.6, with the stylized screen buttons and unique freshness, and the slider bar (though the thinner, plainer version grew on me to an extent)... 10.9 is squarish but I do like the more refined maximize/minimize/close titlebar buttons.
I agree with others; it looks like a mockup.
Aqua's best iteration was with 106.6, with the stylized screen buttons and unique freshness, and the slider bar (though the thinner, plainer version grew on me to an extent)... 10.9 is squarish but I do like the more refined maximize/minimize/close titlebar buttons.
Gah NO. Not Transparency! I turned that off in Windows 7 at work because it gave me a headache. There would have to be an option to turn it off.
I agree.
They "fixed" iTunes by making it progressively more bloated and removing basic functionality like column browser for devices and then forcing the utterly useless (for everyone apart from commerical music loving pop-tards) album view as the default for all library searches.
They "fixed" the Finder in Mavericks by removing smart folders from the sidebar which in turn, removed them from load/save dialogues.
They need to stop "fixing" things
Here's the real flat redesign (insider info):
Finder (notice the on-screen keyboard... touch interface???)
Launchpad (now with tabbed interface!)
Finder (notice the on-screen keyboard... touch interface???)
Launchpad (now with tabbed interface!)
Stop using poorly supported software.
In the world of technology time marches on. If you have an application that doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.9 then it's not Apple's fault, it is the fault of the developer that stopped supporting the application you purchased. Talk to them. They're to blame, not Apple.
In the world of technology time marches on. If you have an application that doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.9 then it's not Apple's fault, it is the fault of the developer that stopped supporting the application you purchased. Talk to them. They're to blame, not Apple.
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Very very ugly design. Remind me of Windows but I wouldn't trust Jony Ive to have a chop (software-wise) to NOT doing this!
Whatever the new interface will be, it will be uglier than the current one. It will be iOS transformation being replay again. Look at the Calendar app now. It will be a LOT worse when the whole things are changed.
Sad days ahead.
Whatever the new interface will be, it will be uglier than the current one. It will be iOS transformation being replay again. Look at the Calendar app now. It will be a LOT worse when the whole things are changed.
Sad days ahead.
Agreed. I really don't see what is driving the movement to "flat" icons. To me they just aren't as nice.
A couple of things are pushing for flat, and they're both able to be labeled "mobile".
Yea, I'm prepared for not-upgrading. But I think there is a good chance that they won't overshoot it and still come up with something that doesn't look and feel cheap and lousy.
He didn't make a mistake. You've fallen to what I like to call, Mob mentality... someone out there told you it sucks, so now you go around telling people it sucks, when it in fact does not.
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Gah NO. Not Transparency! I turned that off in Windows 7 at work because it gave me a headache. There would have to be an option to turn it off.
I don't think that the wallpaper should bleed through but the images and text within the app should. Feels like it would be cleaner to me. But also... the whiteness and thinness of everything seems... too thin and makes it hard to focus on content.
Something like this:
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Welcome
OS X needs to look better and younger than the current version. Let's be honest, put iOS 6 apps side by side with iOS 7 apps.
iOS 7 looks 20 years younger. OS X is the same.
My only problem is that Devs won't support those (welcome) changes so fast on OSX, especially if Apple keeps the yearly refresh rate.
Something must be done to enforce those changes. Perhaps a special Mac App Store section where optimized apps have the deserved relevancy to the regular user? Extended beta testing?
Heck, look at apps like Office 2011. They look 200 years old.
OS X needs to look better and younger than the current version. Let's be honest, put iOS 6 apps side by side with iOS 7 apps.
iOS 7 looks 20 years younger. OS X is the same.
My only problem is that Devs won't support those (welcome) changes so fast on OSX, especially if Apple keeps the yearly refresh rate.
Something must be done to enforce those changes. Perhaps a special Mac App Store section where optimized apps have the deserved relevancy to the regular user? Extended beta testing?
Heck, look at apps like Office 2011. They look 200 years old.
Gah NO. Not Transparency! I turned that off in Windows 7 at work because it gave me a headache. There would have to be an option to turn it off.
Agreed with you
to give users rollback to the actual look and feel and a tweak like a darken feature for this Flat white design
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It's like saying that "Gangnam Style" sounds 40 years younger than "Abbey Road".
I don't want the haute UI design of OS X to be replaced by something flat/cool/trendy.
Flat UI is a boon for developers, so I won't worry about that.
I beg to differ.
Flat UI is a boon for lazy developers. It is a bane for developers who actually want to make good stuff.
I find it is much, much more difficult to come up with new and innovative UI widgets now that we don't have the aspect of depth in iOS 7. Everything looks the same, all the time now. There's no wiggle room to do things differently, unless you make the decision to skin your entire app and avoid Apple's iOS controls entirely- but then that lands up being more work, not less.
That being said, I've found that the majority of my iOS 7 apps (the ones I want to look good, anyways) now take considerably more time and effort to pull off, because there's no semi-generic textured foundation to stand on. You have to do everything yourself, unless you actually *want* to make an iOS 7 styled application.
-SC
Apple are to blame. Developers only support the OSs that they need to support, the ones that Apple continue to support. Because Apple ditch OSs onto extended supoort as soon as they release its successor, new App updates are often only provided for the newer OSs. Microsoft however support their OSs for a much longer time, allowing consumers a lot more time with older hardware.
That is why iTunes 11 requires Snow Leopard (2009) to run. But in the Windows world, the minimum is XP (2001). This will not change until Apple pledge to support their older software for longer.
Agreed with you
Yeah, I mean I guess as long as they don't do it in an annoying way like Microsoft did. I guess it would'n hurt if it were pop-up/slide-down menus and things like that, but the way Windows does it you never know which window is what and I always found myself clicking on the wrong one. VERY annoying. I guess if there were something like MissionControl it wouldn't be so bad... But it's Windows...
What an absolute abomination. Looks like some hideous child of Windows, anyone who supports this train wreck should never be allowed near anything Apple again.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if that was designed in Windows, look how terrible the fonts look
I actually wouldn't be surprised if that was designed in Windows, look how terrible the fonts look
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