> No Mac user has ever thought "gee, this third party design is so much more tasteful than something that follows the HIG!" Apple stopped following the HIG a l

> No Mac user has ever thought "gee, this third party design is so much more tasteful than something that follows the HIG!" Apple stopped following the HIG a long time ago. Even Gruber admitted it back in 2011. http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/uniformity_vs_individuality_in_mac_ui_design http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/uniformity_vs_individualit... That article, by the way, is about a good counterexample to your point (Twitter for Mac).