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?"
Looking at iPhoto right now and wondering what it would look like if all the iPhoto icons and buttons lost all their color and refinement. Would be interesting to see iPhoto in drab ... K _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
