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> You miss that special "concrete gray and primary blue" feel? Compared to aluminium-gray-and-no-blue OS X? I don't think mainstream UIs have much to boast ab

• mangecoeur 11y ago
  There's a lot of subtlety in choosing colours and feels, not all greys are the same. I mean think of how many premium devices come in grey aluminium finish - there's lots and they look great. No one has ever made a "concrete finish" device, because that would be horrible. Likewise, you can't put OSX and win95 next to each other and say "they're both grey, therefore they are basically the same" because that's obviously rubbish - the shading, layout, spacing, and shapes of osx are much more pleasing because they benefit from years of refinement by people who are visual designers rather than engineers.
  • crucini 11y ago
    > No one has ever made a "concrete finish" device, Most hand-held plastic devices of the 80s/90s were hair-cell finish, emulating the texture of leather. Engineers knew that smooth plastic will scratch and show scratches. Also the hair-cell feels better to hold. Think of a Motorola pager for instance. Hair-cell is kind of a micro-concrete.