I can’t believe people are still trying to defend that old excuse ‘metal is for utilities’ and ‘metal is for single window apps’ when Safari, iChat, iPhoto, iCal, iTunes, iMovie, iSync and Font Book all have it, yet Preview (like iPhoto?), Garage Band, Image Capture (single window utility), Terminal, and Mail don’t.ĭistressingly, they show no signs of attempting to unify the look and interface of the different utilities and applications. Whilst the metal is too obtrusive (and dark), I find the aqua striped backgrounds unnecessary and distracting – what are those stripes in menus supposed to hint at, writing paper? On a menu? If they could choose something smooth and unobtrusive, and apply it to all windows, I think it would make a lot of people happy – It would make a lot of sense to create a new look for 10.4, to set it apart from everything that has gone before, rather than going with metal, aqua, or a mix. Well they should decide on one look and then go with it for the new operating system. single window UI’s, but brushed metal for the Keychain app? What’s the point? I also wish they would update metal windows to something more subtle and less bulky. I like metal on iTunes and “utilitarian”, i.e. I wish they would stick to the Aqua look whenever possible.
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