4 ms·

Seriously... Only three? That makes very consistent interface then. How is three good? Why are we applauding that, when, last week, Apple had two styles? I

by pclark 16y ago

Seriously... Only three? That makes very consistent interface then. How is three good? Why are we applauding that, when, last week, Apple had two styles? I don't use Windows much but I'm pretty sure 99% of all the applications use the same window elements and style (this one: http://media.arstechnica.com/images/windows7/Peek%20-%20Before.png http://media.arstechnica.com/images/windows7/Peek%20-%20Befo...) Back buttons are there, you know, to get back. Very common usage pattern. Contextual drop down? Not that common. Even Safari does not have it. Neither does Opera on OS X. It isn't right click, its click and hold. Same difference. Safari has it. App store doesn't. Jus like on every web page? Does not cause much trouble though. Lets compare Safari to App Store in terms of distance... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20635/Screenshots/1bwg.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20635/Screenshots/1bwg.png

pmjordan 16y ago
Aperture (and probably the other pro tools) has yet another style (greyscale), actually, but that only reinforces your point. The various different teams within Apple seem to be pushing their UIs in wildly different directions recently. iTunes was one of the first with weird UI (the back button in the iTMS is horribly broken); iPhoto '11 behaves quite differently to iPhoto '09, and unlike any Apple app before it. Now the App Store.
sausagefeet 16y ago
99% of Mac apps use the same window elements and style too...
- achompas 16y ago
  We're talking about Safari and iTunes--two of Apple's most frequently used apps. They might represent 1% of the app space, but they represent a large majority of the app usage space.
rimantas 16y ago
Lets compare Safari to App Store in terms of distance... Not sure what are you comparing there. I was talking about navigation on the web page, which can be anywhere and its distance from browser's back and forward buttons. I wouldn't be surprised if iTunes store and now Mac App Store views are indeed rendered by WebKit.

by pclark 16y ago

pmjordan 16y ago

Aperture (and probably the other pro tools) has yet another style (greyscale), actually, but that only reinforces your point. The various different teams within Apple seem to be pushing their UIs in wildly different directions recently. iTunes was one of the first with weird UI (the back button in the iTMS is horribly broken); iPhoto '11 behaves quite differently to iPhoto '09, and unlike any Apple app before it. Now the App Store.

sausagefeet 16y ago

99% of Mac apps use the same window elements and style too...

achompas 16y ago
We're talking about Safari and iTunes--two of Apple's most frequently used apps. They might represent 1% of the app space, but they represent a large majority of the app usage space.

rimantas 16y ago

Lets compare Safari to App Store in terms of distance... Not sure what are you comparing there. I was talking about navigation on the web page, which can be anywhere and its distance from browser's back and forward buttons. I wouldn't be surprised if iTunes store and now Mac App Store views are indeed rendered by WebKit.