Fri - September 9, 2005The new guyThat doesn't even have a name yet
![]() ![]() If you really are into Macintosh user interface, you'll dig Daring Fireball's new piece — The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme. It's hilarious.
[...] Mike: No, they got someone new. Brushed Metal: New? Mike: Yeah, and he’s hot. Very hot. He looks like Unified with a tan. Brushed Metal: Beige?! Mike: No, not tan colored. Like suntanned. He’s like Unified but darker. His color is a lot like yours, but smooth and shaded like Unified. And thinner. No borders. It’s a very chic look. Reminds me of you, back in the day. Brushed Metal: Back in the day? This is the day. This is still my day. I can do thin! What the fuck. What’s this guy’s name? Mike: (laughs) Man, he doesn’t even have a name. How’s that for bad-ass? Brushed Metal: I’m the bad-ass theme. I’m the one who flouts the Human Interface Guidelines. Mike: This guy trashes the HIG the way Johnny Depp trashes a hotel room. He even sports a custom radius on his window corners. No other window on the system has a shape like this. It’s wild. Just wait until the HIG zealots get a load of this guy. [...] Long story short: iTunes debuts a new OS X theme, which will gradually replace brushed metal theme, presumably. But that's details. The big picture being that Apple devotes incredible attention and energy to the design of its graphic user interface. And when you're using a Mac it certainly feels. Posted Fri - September 9, 2005 at 02:33 PM Back to | | Feedback: | Read posts: | |
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