[OT] Mac UI (Was: UnCommon Web intro video)

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:49:29 +0200, Ulrich Hobelmann <u.hobelmann@xxxxxx> wrote:

> I would say, the contrary. It's more about functionality. If I
> wanted flashing lights I'd be using nicy-bubbly-colory XP.

On Windows XP you can get back the pretty unobtrusive "Classic"
(i.e. more or less Win2k) look with one mouse click. This is usually
the first thing I do on a new machine. I wish that would be possible
for OS X as well. (No, I don't mean the superficial changes you get
if you use the "Graphite" look or whatever it's called.)

> The Mac interface/GUI is about the cleanest I've seen for what it
> does (except for really terse Unix window managers).

I completely disagree. I think the Mac OS 9 GUI was /very/ nice
w.r.t. being clear, clean and aesthetically pleasing. IMHO the OS X
GUI is mostly about eye candy and it uses way too much screen real
estate as well.

Cheers,
Edi.

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