Mac OS X 'Leopard'-related Discussion

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Glad to see Apple finally unified the interface, although I would have preferred it to be lighter. And it would also be nice if it added other colour effects besides Blue and Graphite. Maybe Black or Emerald could be good options for Apple, and they could use modifying some of the icons like the folders one (get rid of the pinstripes)!

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I'm with .Neo on this i dont think this new "aqua" looks good all together it looks too plain no way can they keep it like it is! I also think that it wont all be transparent black glass like in vista i hope it will only that on pop ups and palletes in designing software.

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I'm with .Neo on this i dont think this new "aqua" looks good all together it looks too plain no way can they keep it like it is! I also think that it wont all be transparent black glass like in vista i hope it will only that on pop ups and palletes in designing software.

Isn't one of the biggest draws of the Mac platform (among other things) the consistent and attractive UI? Aqua may be dated, but even after all these years, look at how widely imitated it is on Windows, Linux and other platforms. Obviously, it's still very popular among consumers, and that's the bottom line. I would imagine it won't be replaced or receive a major refresh until OS 11.

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Isn't one of the biggest draws of the Mac platform (among other things) the consistent and attractive UI? Aqua may be dated, but even after all these years, look at how widely imitated it is on Windows, Linux and other platforms. Obviously, it's still very popular among consumers, and that's the bottom line. I would imagine it won't be replaced or receive a major refresh until OS 11.

Apple gave Aqua a mayor refresh when Mac OS X 10.3 Panther was released. So I don't see why we wouldn't see another one with Mac OS X Leopard or a more future Mac OS X release.

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Hi everyone. I'm very intrested in the new Mac OS, thanks to the movies I've seen on the Apple site, but I want to know when it's coming out, if there is a release date set for it yet.

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In regards to the UI, I think we're going to see something similar along the lines of what we've seen on iPhone - more gloss, less gradients and more animation.

I bloody well hope not - I hate the lavishings of gloss in Vista. It used to be nice, but now it's just scary :|

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.Neo

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I bloody well hope not - I hate the lavishings of gloss in Vista. It used to be nice, but now it's just scary :|

I think Apple more than proved that they have a much keener eye for UI design than Microsoft does. Subtlety is something unknown to Redmond.

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Sssssh! Don't tell anyone but a little birdy told me Leopard's gui will look something similar to Apple's Final Cut 2 website.

http://www.apple.com./finalcutstudio/

Based on the screenshots released so far and iTunes 7, I don't think Leopard will be going for a dark design.

the new ui isnt perfect but at least it's consistent across the whole OS.....and i like that :)

I agree.

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.Neo

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Why couldn't they use the current unified Aqua to replace brushed?

There is no reason why Apple can't. They just choose to not do so.

Anyway I still have a bit of faith that the interface will not stay like this. You can also call it denial like all those people here when they first saw the final version of Aero. :p

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Anyway I still have a bit of faith that the interface will not stay like this. You can also call it denial like all those people here when they first saw the final version of Aero. :p

I do too, and I don't think it's denial. I think the new GUI will be similar to how it is now, but nowhere near exact. Remember, 10.5 is slated to ship in October... Lots of time between now and October for the GUI and features. :)

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The thing is that, honestly, I fail to see how they could improve Aqua. TOkay, they can unify it and add more colour to it (not just blue and graphite, and coloured buttons), but what else... honestly? They can update the UI in a couple of applications, but the GUI? Not sure what they can do with it...

For example, do you guys consider the iphone to have a nice GUI, or is it dated?

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.Neo

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The thing is that, honestly, I fail to see how they could improve Aqua. TOkay, they can unify it and add more colour to it (not just blue and graphite, and coloured buttons), but what else... honestly? They can update the UI in a couple of applications, but the GUI? Not sure what they can do with it...

For example, do you guys consider the iphone to have a nice GUI, or is it dated?

Apple has enough bright minds to come up with something new. They even posted a job offering for a new UI designer.

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I don't think it's going to me a major, radical change, more likely a smaller, incremental change, e.g. the test UI for Tiger.

I wouldn't miss brushed metal at all though, and a nice darker UI would be cool (only if pulled off correctly though, it's a very hard thing to do)

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.Neo

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I don't think it's going to me a major, radical change, more likely a smaller, incremental change, e.g. the test UI for Tiger.

Unified and most glossy elements were all in place since Developer Preview 1. The only thing Apple tweaked a few times was the Menubar and they added Mail's new toolbar buttons later on. But I'd hardly call that a 'test UI'. :/

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I wonder what Apple is working on right now for Leopard. They have to have something big up their sleeve if they're waiting until October. Sure, the releases now are buggy, but this much time is more than enough. At least, I hope...

I was looking forward to time machine this spring :( , even bought a 250GB external HD for it. Maybe Linux...

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