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My pet theory about this is that 10.0's look was as much as about setting a clear distance between itself and the old Classic as it was about real innovation. (
by nanairo 16y ago
My pet theory about this is that 10.0's look was as much as about setting a clear distance between itself and the old Classic as it was about real innovation. (I'm talking only of the UI look).
When Aqua was presented people loved it people hated it but nobody could ignore it. The first time you installed Mac OS X made you feel like you were in a whole new world.
Of course it wasn't that practical and funnily most of it has reverted back... before they pinstripes got faded, then we got the metallic grey, and now just a nice subtle grey.
All that is left from those old days are the traffic light buttons, the gem-blue scroll bars, and the standard button look.
- blahedo 16y ago> ...funnily most of it has reverted back What are you talking about? The pinstripes date all the way back to System 1. The modern OS X looks different from 10.0 but a lot more like 10.0 than like System 9.
- nanairo 16y agoAre you referring to the strips on the old title bar? True, but they were a _lot_ nicer. I remember at the time people complaining a lot about OS X look, including the stripes, and wanted the old look back. So I guess most of us don't feel like they are really the same. But I get your point. As for the look of Snow Leopard vs. MacOS 9 and MacOS X 10.0 I'd say a lot has reverted back. The old one in particular used a lot of greys, which OS X at the beginning was trying to get away from ("Look, it's all colourful!"). So yeah, maybe I exaggerated when I said most of it, but you've got to admit that the look has moved back to the more subtle ways of Classic than the flashy ways of 10.0, no?