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Sounds sexy...we'll see.

...but wait - how will Oreo, I mean Aero, from Microsoft be able to keep up? Not fair! Not fair!

If it looks like M$'s teh Shiny®, I won't be happy.

Ohh! no, Redmond took 5 years to copy the aqua interface and now there is a new one? Poor microsoft....

ok this move on apples' part to keep us waiting for 'top secret' features is totally unfair.

28 days and counting. . . . . . . . .

its times like this i wish i was run over by a car and was in a coma for 27.5 days

The NeXT GUI is back !!

I laways admired the clean, elegant and grey NeXT Step graphical user interface:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXTSTEP

I think, it's time now to switch from Aque to a NeXT Step like GUI.

i guess they are better names than KDE and Gnome

I dunno. I like Aqua. I hope this isn't "change for changes sake".

Did someone say GREY would be the dominant color in the Leopard GUI??? NOT gonna happen!

Black gloss? Ugh.

Apple's New UI Guidelines:

"Eh, whatever."

ErG4000. Right on. Apple Computer today is really NeXT Computer. Its like NeXT bought Apple a few years back.

I'm suprised that Apple doesn't sue MS for copyright infringement. Vista is a flat-out rip-off of OSX.

Hi Jake:

Just have a look at iTunes 7 (rollbar) and you will have a sneek preview on Leopard ! It's clean, aesthetic and it's GREY. Aqua is history...

The GUI of the Operating System shouldn't dominate the application UI.

I see....Vista, Media Player,etc have lots of black. Apple will try to launch Leopard before Vista just to say they copied them?

Firday is my favorite day of the week.

Yes Dion, MacOS X is based on the NeXT Step. The NeXT still lives on in Steve Jobs' heart and one day there will be a real reincarnation of the black NeXT Cube with it's clean hardware design and GUI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT

Hi, Erg4000.
That only works for iTunes, and even something similar in iPhoto, because in those programs there are bright and colorful icons as a contrast (i.e., album covers and photos). Without such a contrast, it would be terrible. At least, IMHO.
Cheers.

"Apple [on Firday]

Comes after Thrusday.

Why not brown gloss?

Oh, zune has that patent.

Carlo - I was in a coma. You don't want to be in one. They're not fun...

I hope they are referring to the Default look. Apple would be smart to allow theming natively in OS X's next commercial build (Leopard).

From the MacShrine article:

"TextEdit also features support to export and open new Word 2007 documents"

Assuming this is correct, what are we to make of MBU's claim that translators for Office 2k4 are a major pain and betas won't be ready until spring at the earliest?

I'm not a technical person, but it seems to me that if Apple -- Mr. Softie's sworn enemy -- can make translators in a month, that a unit of Mr. Softie should be able to make them happen even faster.

Am I missing something?

The grey in iTunes 7 looks like complete crap.

Have not been on here i a while

No way will they put out a whole new interface in 10.5

They gonna save that for OS 11
When you change the whole interface, it doesn't keep the same designation.

And Firday comes right before Saturnday.

Oh man, those were the days--I wanted a NeXT cube so bad I could spit. I was learning VAX/VMS assembly at the time *lol*

I remember finding a dealer in Austin, and the whol kit and kaboodle was mine for a mere 10k or so

It an effort to keep up with Apple, Microsoft renames its OS interface from Aero to Aeronimous...

Lets see some damn pictures.

"Grey is Wretched"

Agreed--Am I the only one who thinks that it looks like you could scratch it with a hard stare? And it's not even real (wtf?)

Peterson, pass the lithium, please...

MW: floor. Too easy.

I had an opinion once.

ok, so i know a mojority of people hate it, but i for one really hope that all of leopard looks just like itunes 7

I am very glad to hear about a potential redressage of the Aqua interface style. It was acceptable once the pinstripes disappeared, but I for one will be most glad for a new look. Shape Shifter has been a very handy application for me over the last several years.

Regarding MS's propensity for duplicating the creative efforts of others - A few "eternal truths" have struck me in my relatively short time on this Earth and one is, What Goes Around Comes Around. The more MS copies the ideas of others while simultaneously shutting out any real competition (legally and otherwise), the deeper the hole gets under the foundation of their organization, or should I call it an institution...

Please, no more interface changes, Apple! It's fine the way it is!

um...?

http://www.desudesu.com/FI/designtest.html

iTunes 7 is ugly and reminded me of MP3 sites from 5 years ago. I'm sorry to see such a beautiful thing go south. I get to look at gray all day on my work PC too!...wonderful. I'm tellin ya iTunes 7 looks like death. I'll definately spend less time on my Mac.

Yes, please give us some GUI options. The old GUI is far too childish. Time for a professional looking UI. The Pro apps look far better than the iLife apps. I don't want candy buttons for kids. I want a serious UI.

I can't wait to see Leopard. It's gonna need to blow Vista away. Make MS look STUPID Apple.

In related news, Microsoft today announced that the next generation of UI to be seen in Vista 2.0 (due 2017) will be called A r e o l a.

It is widely assumed this move is to consolidate Microsoft's tenuous hold on the teenage male gamer market.

Blue Steel?

Lots of black gloss huh? I think I've seen that somewhere before!

If this is true, it will truly make Apple look bad. I don't want my GUI have the look and feel of Vista.

BTW, where the heck is all that grey in iTunes 7 you keep talking about? Them scrollbars are blue! Not just traditional glossy shiny Aqua blue.

MDN MW: "leave" as in "leave my neat Aqua GUI alone, Steve!"

People, please read the Monster ad carefully:

"to conceive, design and develop future enhancements to Aqua, the dynamic user interface for Mac OS X."

It says enhancements, not replacements. And as far as that goes, well duh. I HOPE Apple is continually evaluating and refining their products, including UI's. That's how you win.

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That said, I've always found Aqua too "washed out", with too much white space. I use a custom display profile with a dark gamma and white point; the standard ones are just too bright.

So IMO Aqua could use some darkening up, or at least an option to darken UI elements. Maybe we'll get that with resolution independence.
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I'm suprised that Apple doesn't sue MS for copyright infringement. Vista is a flat-out rip-off of OSX.

Vista is to Windows what breast implants are to a psycho old bitch.

Let MS copy all they want, she's still the same ugly old Witch Windows underneath. The fight will be the same, Vista just gives you something different to look at.

> ...Please, no more interface changes, Apple! It's fine the way it is!

Unless You Can Make It Better. I Feel Ill.

... "Not Luminous" Holy crap, is there no English major on the staff of MDN?

as in, "Not a chance" that this moronic post is correct.

MDN, it's really NOT necessary to post every idiotic, imbecilic rumor that crosses your paths.... or that you scrape off the bottom of your shoe.

Aquaman is not happy.

I was fortunate enough to have been in the audience to watch Steve demo his NeXT computer many years ago. It was amazing. I remember the 3D graphics looking so incredible at the time. All I could think was "Wow! He's done it AGAIN!"

Hwy MDN: That texas ad doesn't work properly in firefox (Linux). It blocks all of the user comments along side it, and it actually killed this comment entry on a previous story (trying to remember which one).

I think that Apple should just buy shapeshifter and allow users to make their machine look any color they want. I would like to have more dark colors personally, I like the soft shiny black that is in iTunes, but I want to be able to choose elements for each application. That is one of several things Linux has on OSX, complete customization built right in.

Has anyone thought that maybe the finder will be replaced with a front row style environment? You cycle through your folders and application just like front row, with added core animation effects like Time Machine. Windows and applications have a black glossy look when opened? Who knows, it would be a whole new way to use a computer. Maybe they would even integrate it all with a Moble OS for the iPhone or iPod. It would also work with iTV. It would be a simple and elegant system for anyone to use. Just food for thought.

" I don't want my GUI have the look and feel of Vista."

When Apple completes stage 2 of it's WinTel switch program, it's only a matter of time before your GUI is Vista.

Steve will probably do an intermediate version of Mac OS X that looks a lot like Vista to ease the transition for you all. Then you'll be able to claim that it's OK to move to Vista because it looks just like Mac OS X.

I HATE the new scrollbar in iTunes 7! There is no depth to it. No 3-D.

And, ChrissyOne, don't you mean that you're favorite day is "Furday"?

"Illuminous" is not a word, therefore that makes it easier to copyright!

I would really like to see a light AND dark version of the new interface, but have them use universal elements so that they can be switched between easily...even per app. The HUD window concept could work well with some things like QT, Preview, iCal, Address Book, Font Book, etc. I really envision them using windows a bit more like well designed Widgets...which use html and css for styling. That alone would kick ass.