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OS X 10.10 Mockup Shows Off 'Flat', iOS-Inspired Design
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How about no.
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You didn't see the last topic did you? Where everyone explained the difference between software decimals and math decimals.
Software verison decimals can go to 10.13049230 for all they care.
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You didn't see the last topic did you? Where everyone explained the difference between software decimals and math decimals.
Software verison decimals can go to 10.13049230 for all they care.
Thats because the second number is a major release, third number a minor/
update release... etc
So 10.10 is not the same as 10.1
The nice thing for me about OSX is the design elements. The dock in particular is lovely to look at. So much care and effort has gone into everything. This flat look is what a toddler would draw.
Good design never ages, never goes out of fashion.
Could be my last apple purchases if this continues. May as well goto linux
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It only competes with content when you get bored and then its eye candy, welcome eye candy. It also competes when you first look and is eye candy, welcome eye candy.
This flat look is missing the point. Pleasing the user, making them feel good even when they aren't looking at it and are concentrating on content its there out of the corner of their eye making them feel good.
Apple flat look = fail because it doesn't induce any warm fuzzy feelings. Its robotic and cold.
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This
I turn off translucency on my iPhone and the pull down notification centre looks way better in all black. I know exactly where I am. All this translucency and removal of buttons and design elements mean we have to read everything. Its like the designer is a reader, they read the world and now they want us to join them. I don't like it. I don't want my door handles etc to be words, I like knobs and buttons.
Others I know feel the same.
Good design never ages, never goes out of fashion.
Could be my last apple purchases if this continues. May as well goto linux
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It only competes with content when you get bored and then its eye candy, welcome eye candy. It also competes when you first look and is eye candy, welcome eye candy.
This flat look is missing the point. Pleasing the user, making them feel good even when they aren't looking at it and are concentrating on content its there out of the corner of their eye making them feel good.
Apple flat look = fail because it doesn't induce any warm fuzzy feelings. Its robotic and cold.
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This
I turn off translucency on my iPhone and the pull down notification centre looks way better in all black. I know exactly where I am. All this translucency and removal of buttons and design elements mean we have to read everything. Its like the designer is a reader, they read the world and now they want us to join them. I don't like it. I don't want my door handles etc to be words, I like knobs and buttons.
Others I know feel the same.
Not this again! Version numbers do not equal actual numbers. 10.7.2 for example makes no sense mathematically.
That looks terrible. Half assed, half finished. Thats what flat design says to me. I drew the boxes. I coloured them in. I got stuck at the next step....breathing life into them.
It does not look that bad from the design perspective.
I fear that this could actually be in one of the next releases.
But seriously. I don't like this trend. Google does it, Windows does it, now iOS does it. I am all for an unified interface but this ist just not it. It feels cheap. There are decent gray tonish, light blueish, baby-milk-feelish lines and boxes everywhere and it is confusing. There's no indication of what is important and what is not. The colors are all fuzzy, there is WAY too much white. Too many icons, symbols and little gizmos. And everything is round. Not just rounded, plain round. It's the wet dream of a science-fiction designer from 1990. But we are not in 1990 anymore. The text hovewer ist just plain black on white in a font which is just not made for fast reading.
I would go for a complete new idea. And as strange as it sounds, the star treck UI still beats the current trend: Plain clear text on boldly colored flat shapes. Not more not less.
Strip down the images. Humans do not recognize images very well. They are confusing. Especially I don't want to look a the faces of my email contacts.
I fear that this could actually be in one of the next releases.
But seriously. I don't like this trend. Google does it, Windows does it, now iOS does it. I am all for an unified interface but this ist just not it. It feels cheap. There are decent gray tonish, light blueish, baby-milk-feelish lines and boxes everywhere and it is confusing. There's no indication of what is important and what is not. The colors are all fuzzy, there is WAY too much white. Too many icons, symbols and little gizmos. And everything is round. Not just rounded, plain round. It's the wet dream of a science-fiction designer from 1990. But we are not in 1990 anymore. The text hovewer ist just plain black on white in a font which is just not made for fast reading.
I would go for a complete new idea. And as strange as it sounds, the star treck UI still beats the current trend: Plain clear text on boldly colored flat shapes. Not more not less.
Strip down the images. Humans do not recognize images very well. They are confusing. Especially I don't want to look a the faces of my email contacts.
Yup, the whole sidebar is basically useless without colours. Also, I hate how the coloured flags for files are now just dots...it used to highlight the entire file name, but now you need a Finder window a mile wide (in List view, I mean). So dumb.
Windows 8 looks brilliant compared to this.
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It won't be. It was announced last year that 'California-themed' names would feature for "the next ten years" in OS X releases.
I wouldn't go that far!
True, I'll save the freak out for when they unveil it on stage...
Oh well...update the Mac Mini, all is forgiven.
Version numbers don't work like decimals. 10.10 is different than 10.1. And until there's a real need, I personally think it should remain OS X until they have completely rebuilt the operating system. I seem to recall Steve Jobs saying that OS X would be around for the next 20 years when it was announced. Seems legit. Not to mention that it had existed for a decade before that as the Next OS.
I didn't thought, that the concept idea from a 2 days work, would be discussed so much. I just updated the title bars and removed the white translucent background and changed it back to a gray one. As for the blueish colors: Check the Notes & Contacts App on Mavericks. I hope nobody thinks it look like Windows now. Will do a bigger update later. So thanks for all your feedback and opinions. It's really interesting to see that there is a tiny balance between people who like it and people who hate it.
As for the version number: I guess they will go for OS X 10.10 as OS X is almost a brand like iOS. Even it's weird. But I don't think it's that important, how the final version number will be. OS X 10.10, OS XI, OS X 11. As far as you can find it in the internet, it says 10.10. We'll see.
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As for the version number: I guess they will go for OS X 10.10 as OS X is almost a brand like iOS. Even it's weird. But I don't think it's that important, how the final version number will be. OS X 10.10, OS XI, OS X 11. As far as you can find it in the internet, it says 10.10. We'll see.
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