 DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | [X] Wired article on altering the OS X interface... Interesting.
»www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61441,00.html
Supposedly, this app doesn't lead to instability; if that's true, you have to wonder if trying some of these themes along with the stuff recommended by the Apple HCI designer might make the OS X experience much better.
Thoughts?
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 ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
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kudos:4 | I don't care for skinning.. I usuallyl like what Apple puts there, and it keeps it unified. I can go to any Mac and know exactly how everything I want looks, where to look for it, and how the UI works. Waste of time, imo. OS X looks crisp, clean, and simple.. That's the way I like it.
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DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | reply to Daniel
Re: [X] Wired article on altering the OS X interfa It's not just skinning though, it's interface modification.
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 X Man0Turn On Tune In Drop Out
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DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | reply to Daniel
Well, the HCI guy who used to work for Apple and countless others would disagree with you. These other interfaces and third party apps that speak to navigation and such are supposed to address some of the issues he brought up.
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DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | reply to Daniel
I'll take 2 things from your replies:
1. You didn't read his article.
2. You have utterly no chance of changing your mind.
I suggest you take a peek at the article. He didn't bash anything, and he isn't used to XP -- he's a Mac guy. He's employee #66 at Apple, dude.
Think different.
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| I read the article, and I agree in part with it, but overall I'm pleased with the Mac OS X interface just as it is. Those of us that had to endure Mac OS 10.0, then 10.1, 10.2, and now 10.3 can really appreciate the way Panther has evolved. Used to, whenever I would install OS X, I would go out and install all kinds of haxies, interface mods, custom icons, etc. but these days I'm just pleased with a stock install. Go figure. |
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 hyperjoePremium
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Re: [X] Wired article on altering the OS X interface... OSX is all that is needed. Im more concerned about performance and actually using the dam machine... Besides, skinning, or whatever one calls it, is Too mcuh like the world of windows.
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Dar al-Harb | reply to Daniel
Hey man, don't knock SS!  |
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Gates Mills, OH | Gengar, I love ya like a brother, but that is HIDEOUS. lol |
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 JohnnyPremium
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Atlanta, GA
kudos:1 | reply to Daniel
I'd never put any skins on my OS. If you have a problem, the first thing you would have to do is take off the skins. And you'd have to do it manually, not using the un-installer provided. It would be a huge pain. Unsanity's Kaleidoscope was the biggest rats nest of bugs I ever put on my OS 9 system - it stayed there about 5 minutes I think. If you read the "skinner" web sites about a year ago, where all these OS X skinner guys were having to reverse-engineer it to hack the skinning, you'll see that it wasn't designed to have UI stuff just dropped in -- a lot of that is hard-coded and requires very deep hacking into the data structures of the UI.
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said by hyperjoe:
Gengar, I love ya like a brother, but that is HIDEOUS. lol
Not only hideous, but unusable too. I tryed that eylo skin and the light blue on dark blue menus are near impossible to read. |
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 ahendyPremium
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Thanks but no thanks. I have always liked things the way APPLE made them. Nice... clean... professional looking. Im sure there a lot of you out there that don't really like the OS X theme but... for me, its works just beautifly. Personally, with 10.3... OS X has never looked so good...:D
Thanx for the link... its interesting
Andy
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HomunculusPipsquackPremium
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Dar al-Harb | reply to hyperjoe
said by hyperjoe:
Gengar, I love ya like a brother, but that is HIDEOUS. lol
If only I liked my themes like I liked my women!
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DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | reply to ahendy
Re: [X] Wired article on altering the OS X interfa said by ahendy:
Thanks but no thanks. I have always liked things the way APPLE made them. Nice... clean... professional looking. Im sure there a lot of you out there that don't really like the OS X theme but...
Ok, again, this isn't all about look. It's about functionality as well.
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rjacksonPremium,Mod
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kudos:1 | Not to just totally dog your thread or anything, but what's functionally different about these skins? |
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DanielPremium,MVM
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San Francisco, CA | said by rjackson:
Not to just totally dog your thread or anything, but what's functionally different about these skins?
Well, if you notice, it's not just a different look, there are additional interface elements involved. Same as the other tools that the HCI guy was recommending. He was promoting the idea of supplementing the interface to make it more functional. The look is secondary; OS X already looks great. All these arguments revolve around efficiency.
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 prwoodPremium
join:2001-09-04
Danvers, MA | reply to Daniel
Re: [X] Wired article on altering the OS X interface... Hey Homunculus  , OS 9 called, it wants Kaleidoscope back! |
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 DoLeMiTeMy Dixie WreckedPremium
join:2001-01-11
New Kensington, PA | reply to Daniel
I happen to like some of the themes that you can use with with ShapeShifter. I think it is nice being able to use different themes instead of using a theme Steve Jobs wants me to use.
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