I would also commend 10.4 for being at the sweet spot of UI chrome. Just enough to keep things separated from the bland and boring Linux and Windows of those da

I would also commend 10.4 for being at the sweet spot of UI chrome. Just enough to keep things separated from the bland and boring Linux and Windows of those days, but not over-the-top like it was in previous releases. The UI in 10.8 is far too flat for my tastes. In this era of advanced graphical processing and processing, I would expect the trend to go the opposite way. Oh well; guess we have to do what Apple tells us we want; otherwise we'd have to go to Linux and break compatibility with a LOT of apps.