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> "[We are] flattening surfaces, removing reflections, and scaling back distracting gradients." That sounds nice. I think the Mac OS is a little bit too shiny

by starwed 14y ago

> "[We are] flattening surfaces, removing reflections, and scaling back distracting gradients." That sounds nice. I think the Mac OS is a little bit too shiny as well. And I never liked the fat+rounded style Ubuntu has. I don't use Windows, but if the theming is any good, hopefully other systems will take cues from it. >"There is no evidence that people want to use [mice]" (John C. Dvorak, San Francisco Examiner, February 19, 1984). I didn't realise this guy had been making terrible predictions for so long!

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jrockway 14y ago
I don't want to use a mouse. It takes up space and destroys my tendons. It's just that focus-follows-brain doesn't work very well yet.
- InclinedPlane 14y ago
  Use a trackball if you have problems with mice destroying your tendons.
  - jrockway 14y ago
    Actually, using a mouse doesn't hurt me at all. It might have something to do with the fact that I can twist my arm around one time completely, or the fact that I can't sit still long enough to do any real damage. I was mostly speaking for other people :)
bluthru 14y ago
>I think the Mac OS is a little bit too shiny as well What's shiny about OS X anymore? The only thing I can think of is a glass panel in iTunes and the stoplight window controls. It's a very subdued, minimal, content-focused GUI.
- underwater 14y ago
  The dock has that reflective surface.
- redthrowaway 14y ago
  "Shiny" could be metaphorical, here. Ever since Lion, OSX has been far too eager to show the world that it exists. Too many gimmicky interfaces, too many half-baked UI structures.... I don't care. Let me do what I want and get the fuck out of my way. I have a limited number of pixels available to me. If you're a GUI designer who thinks I should give those pixels to you, then you are mistaken. Apple seems to have forgotten that recently (although Snow Leopard is pretty great).

by starwed 14y ago

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jrockway 14y ago

I don't want to use a mouse. It takes up space and destroys my tendons. It's just that focus-follows-brain doesn't work very well yet.

InclinedPlane 14y ago
Use a trackball if you have problems with mice destroying your tendons.
- jrockway 14y ago
  Actually, using a mouse doesn't hurt me at all. It might have something to do with the fact that I can twist my arm around one time completely, or the fact that I can't sit still long enough to do any real damage. I was mostly speaking for other people :)

bluthru 14y ago

>I think the Mac OS is a little bit too shiny as well What's shiny about OS X anymore? The only thing I can think of is a glass panel in iTunes and the stoplight window controls. It's a very subdued, minimal, content-focused GUI.

underwater 14y ago
The dock has that reflective surface.
redthrowaway 14y ago
"Shiny" could be metaphorical, here. Ever since Lion, OSX has been far too eager to show the world that it exists. Too many gimmicky interfaces, too many half-baked UI structures.... I don't care. Let me do what I want and get the fuck out of my way. I have a limited number of pixels available to me. If you're a GUI designer who thinks I should give those pixels to you, then you are mistaken. Apple seems to have forgotten that recently (although Snow Leopard is pretty great).