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Which era of Aqua are we talking about here? I generally group Mac OS X design into four broad buckets: • 10.0 - 10.4 • 10.5 - 10.9 • 10.10 - 10.15 • 11+
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
Which era of Aqua are we talking about here? I generally group Mac OS X design into four broad buckets:
• 10.0 - 10.4
• 10.5 - 10.9
• 10.10 - 10.15
• 11+
- danaris 4y agoWasn't only the first of those actually called Aqua? I don't recall exactly when Apple officially retired that designation, but it was well before the current era.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoInternally, even the current UI is referred to as Aqua. Or more specifically, aqua and darkAqua, depending on if dark mode is desired. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsappearance/name https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsappearanc...
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoI don't know, but I've seen some people use "Aqua" to refer to the design through 10.4, through 10.9, or through the present day.
- colanderman 4y agoI was referring to the earlier iterations, with "shiny" buttons, lots of gradients, etc. 11+ to my eyes has more of a "timeless" potential. It's a bit more utilitarian, less showy and particular.
- giantrobot 4y agoThe early Aqua look and feel was informed by the industrial design of the Macs running it. Consumer Macs were very colorful up until about 2003 and had a lot of the texture effects the Aqua L&F was emulating.