On 09/04/10 19:40, [email protected] (Macs R We) wrote:
On Sep 4, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Cyril Niklaus wrote:
Oh, and btw, does anybody knows why the corners had that wedge
thing? Why not leave them blank? For a long time I was wondering if
it was a limitation of the screen until I noticed that when it
booted up it had no such problems…
Rounded corners on the menu bar were a Macintosh design element up
through Tiger. My G4 iMac still sports them, in OS X, but my MBPro no
longer does. Guess I'll have to hoist one tonight to the demise of
another classic Apple product identity element, like I did for Happy
Mac and the Two-Faced Guy.
Not to mention the rainbow apple logo, which was the first, or
one of the first, to go. It's ironic that when Macs only had
black and white monitors the logo was multi-colored, but after
they got color the logo went monochrome.
To stay on the topic of the thread, this discussion about iTunes
10 seems to me like a tempest in a teacup. Overall, it looks
much the same to me as previous iterations. While I did see the
differences, none of them really struck me as anything major. I
certainly don't have any trouble finding my way around. Yes,
things are grayer and a bit of color does help to differentiate
elements, but I already know where things are and most things
haven't moved, so I can still go right to what I need when I
need it. Personally, I don't like a lot of eye candy and I
certainly don't want to lick any interface. Too flashy can be
distracting and just as hard to use as too plain. In short, I
_like_ minimalist interfaces as long as they really do meet the
minimum requirements to serve their function. For me, the new
iTunes falls well within an acceptable range on a continuum of
functionality, ease of use, attractiveness and consistency with
past iterations.
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Christopher Bort
<[email protected]>
<http://www.thehundredacre.net/>
Skype: topherbort
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