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MacOS 10.5 was good, too: http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15.html http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15.html In both, just look at interface elements that are actuall
by illiarian 4y ago
MacOS 10.5 was good, too: http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15.html http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15.html
In both, just look at interface elements that are actually visible, and can be distinguished from one another. Buttons that look like buttons. Window chrome that looked like window chrome...
- kitsunesoba 4y agoLeopard/Snow Leopard were pretty good, but I have one gripe with them: the gray used for "metal" (titlebars, toolbars, bottom bars, etc) was oddly dark (only visible in the last of the linked screenshots, due to them being taken while windows were inactive). To me it was reminiscent of the gloomy grays of Windows 95/98 (which themselves were replaced by lighter shades in Win2K), and back when those OS versions were current I had a theme installed that replaced all the dark metal with the lighter white-gray gradients found in titlebars and "unified" toolbars in 10.4 Tiger. The most refined iteration of Aqua overall IMO is that of Mavericks, aside from its scrollbars. It still had plenty of dimension, color, shading, etc while also feeling a touch more sharp and professional than earlier versions.