On Sep 6, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Christopher Bort wrote: > >> 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. > > Meh. It can be argued you should never rely on color cues due to color > blindness. It's not horrible the changes they did. The people complaining, > really if that is the worse you can come up with you should be damn happy. I > am not saying one should not comment but perspective is important. So I t > urned on ping, and am now all "what to do next?" >
I was happier with iTunes 9's look better that's all it was overall, easier for me to find things and more pleasant to look at K
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