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I agree. Whenever the option to change icons to text labels is available, I will use it. It's a shame that Apple's finder is ostensibly shit when it comes to te

by jd3 11y ago

I agree. Whenever the option to change icons to text labels is available, I will use it. It's a shame that Apple's finder is ostensibly shit when it comes to text label support. No forward, no change/shadow when `pressed`, etc. It's been maddening trying to use most websites these days that load 20MB of javascript and abstract their interface elements behind incomprehensible picons and boxes. http://i.imgur.com/YyOYqxV.png http://i.imgur.com/YyOYqxV.png

Cyberdog 11y ago
I have no idea what that screenshot is of, but it sure as hell ain't the proper Finder. Maybe it's a look-alike skin for Gnome or something?
- jd3 11y ago
  I have skinned my OS X install with custom fonts[0], traffic lights[1], and icons[2][3]. [0]: https://github.com/dtinth/YosemiteAndElCapitanSystemFontPatcher https://github.com/dtinth/YosemiteAndElCapitanSystemFontPatc... [1]: https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine [2]: http://freemacsoft.net/liteicon/ http://freemacsoft.net/liteicon/ [3]: https://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/emaculation/Mac_Icons_and_Textures.sit.hqx https://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/emaculation/Mac_Icons_and_Te... as you can see, I'm obviously a SCARY elite hacker that should not be messed with ;) http://i.imgur.com/bl5hdAN.png http://i.imgur.com/bl5hdAN.png
  - flycaliguy 11y ago
    Do you experience any performance issues with a skinned OS X? I'm a graphical junkie and would love to start hacking away at my GUI.
    - jd3 11y ago
      Uh, no. Maybe if you use that awful flavours program that hooks into the system graphics API and swizzles all of the changes, but I patch the system files themselves (ThemePark, [S]ArtFileTool, ThemeEngine, whatever AZielenski comes up with next). In fact, the GraphiteAppearance and SystemAppearance.car files are /smaller/ than they were when I started. All you need to do is log out/back in, restart, or simply kill and restart the program for the changes to take effect. You probably need to disable that incredibly stupid rootless `feature` on 10.11 though

by jd3 11y ago

Cyberdog 11y ago

I have no idea what that screenshot is of, but it sure as hell ain't the proper Finder. Maybe it's a look-alike skin for Gnome or something?

jd3 11y ago
I have skinned my OS X install with custom fonts[0], traffic lights[1], and icons[2][3]. [0]: https://github.com/dtinth/YosemiteAndElCapitanSystemFontPatcher https://github.com/dtinth/YosemiteAndElCapitanSystemFontPatc... [1]: https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine https://github.com/alexzielenski/ThemeEngine [2]: http://freemacsoft.net/liteicon/ http://freemacsoft.net/liteicon/ [3]: https://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/emaculation/Mac_Icons_and_Textures.sit.hqx https://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/emaculation/Mac_Icons_and_Te... as you can see, I'm obviously a SCARY elite hacker that should not be messed with ;) http://i.imgur.com/bl5hdAN.png http://i.imgur.com/bl5hdAN.png
- flycaliguy 11y ago
  Do you experience any performance issues with a skinned OS X? I'm a graphical junkie and would love to start hacking away at my GUI.
  - jd3 11y ago
    Uh, no. Maybe if you use that awful flavours program that hooks into the system graphics API and swizzles all of the changes, but I patch the system files themselves (ThemePark, [S]ArtFileTool, ThemeEngine, whatever AZielenski comes up with next). In fact, the GraphiteAppearance and SystemAppearance.car files are /smaller/ than they were when I started. All you need to do is log out/back in, restart, or simply kill and restart the program for the changes to take effect. You probably need to disable that incredibly stupid rootless `feature` on 10.11 though