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I know I'm in a minority with brushed metal but I really liked it, yes its official usage guide was vague and it probably was abused a bit but from a purely aes
by BoxOfRain 5y ago
I know I'm in a minority with brushed metal but I really liked it, yes its official usage guide was vague and it probably was abused a bit but from a purely aesthetic point of view I liked it, like a lot of things in Aqua of that era it made things feel very tangible. I'm one of the apparently few people on HN who actually liked the touch bar (but not the lack of a physical escape key) on the MacBook Pro as well so take my opinion with a pinch of salt!
- xattt 5y agoBrushed metal worked because you were already touching a surface that was a similar texture as the UI.
- SllX 5y agoOnly on a MacBook Pro or PowerBook. Not accounting for 3rd party accessories: iBooks, MacBooks, Apple’s Mice & Pro Mice, Mighty Mice, Apple’s Pro Keyboards, Apple Keyboards and Apple Remotes were all plastic at the time, and mostly white or translucent plastic with a couple of exceptions. The aluminum stuff all came about just immediately prior to (about one or two month’s prior) or after Leopard’s release, but Tiger’s era (and Brushed Metal didn’t start on Tiger) was dominated by plastic input devices.
- SllX 5y agoThat’s fair, but I found it grating in any app I looked at for a decent length of time, like web browsers. I think brushed metal with stricter usage guidelines (followed by Apple) that wasn’t per App but per Window-type could have stuck around. Having some way to distinguish Apps and window types in Exposé isn’t that worst thing in the world and was about the only redeeming aspect of Apple’s Lion theming choices. Anyway, I used Firefox and Camino around that time.