Comments on: Leopard is Fugly http://powazek.com/posts/738 Hi, I'm Derek. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Partners in Grime http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1650 Partners in Grime Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:27:17 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1650 Hide the Dock if you don't want to look at it all the time. :) Also, there's quite a few third-party Dock replacements cropping up. Hide the Dock if you don’t want to look at it all the time. :) Also, there’s quite a few third-party Dock replacements cropping up.

]]> By: George http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1413 George Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:45:39 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1413 There was an App I loved for Tiger that would darken everything except the foreground window. On poblem was it screwed up drag and drop. Wish Apple would add such a thing. There was an App I loved for Tiger that would darken everything except the foreground window. On poblem was it screwed up drag and drop. Wish Apple would add such a thing.

]]> By: George http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1412 George Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:43:46 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1412 I think the foreground background concept is high contrast / low contrast. Rather than make the background windows looks grey and dingy, Apple chose to make them low contrast white with a large foreground window shadow. I actually think leopard is toned down and classier than Tiger. Apple made the menubar transparent just for marketing so windoze switchers would know that Leopard has transparency like Vista (not to mention they had it in 2001). Thank god JObs didn't bring it back to everything. Vistas transparent bars are hideous. I think the foreground background concept is high contrast / low contrast. Rather than make the background windows looks grey and dingy, Apple chose to make them low contrast white with a large foreground window shadow. I actually think leopard is toned down and classier than Tiger. Apple made the menubar transparent just for marketing so windoze switchers would know that Leopard has transparency like Vista (not to mention they had it in 2001). Thank god JObs didn’t bring it back to everything. Vistas transparent bars are hideous.

]]> By: Crunch McGee http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1410 Crunch McGee Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:44:10 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1410 One of my least favorite features is the folder implementation in Stacks - the way they change appearance based on their content is INSANE ... I agree with you re. the Menubar and Dock - I've already hacked both of those and I've hacked the startup default desktop so I don't get the tired Space theme at all - I'm currently looking for a way to hack my folder icons so I can recognize them at a glance, NOT have to spend 10 seconds working out which is which ... I'm hoping the under the hood improvements outweigh the superficial cosmetic changes, but this is the first Apple OS I've instantly felt I had to hack to make it bearable. Cheers. One of my least favorite features is the folder implementation in Stacks – the way they change appearance based on their content is INSANE … I agree with you re. the Menubar and Dock – I’ve already hacked both of those and I’ve hacked the startup default desktop so I don’t get the tired Space theme at all – I’m currently looking for a way to hack my folder icons so I can recognize them at a glance, NOT have to spend 10 seconds working out which is which … I’m hoping the under the hood improvements outweigh the superficial cosmetic changes, but this is the first Apple OS I’ve instantly felt I had to hack to make it bearable.

Cheers.

]]> By: Brooks Seymore http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1409 Brooks Seymore Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:52:31 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1409 To resurrect the rounded corners, the folks behind Butler came up with Displaperture. http://www.manytricks.com/displaperture/ To resurrect the rounded corners, the folks behind Butler came up with Displaperture.

http://www.manytricks.com/displaperture/

]]> By: Tim http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1408 Tim Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:56:24 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1408 I agree on one point, the folders... they feel like they should used in Windows, not on the Mac. Very ugly. I agree on one point, the folders… they feel like they should used in Windows, not on the Mac. Very ugly.

]]> By: andrea http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1407 andrea Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:01:36 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1407 Hmm..think I'll be waiting till there's a way to kill some of that stuff. Here's a fix for the dock: http://www.jackilyn.com/2007/10/27/how-to-get-rid-of-the-glass-dock-in-leopard/ Hmm..think I’ll be waiting till there’s a way to kill some of that stuff.

Here’s a fix for the dock: http://www.jackilyn.com/2007/10/27/how-to-get-rid-of-the-glass-dock-in-leopard/

]]> By: Elan http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1406 Elan Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:51:13 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1406 Yeah, the constant attempt to take these 2D screens and make them seem 3D is a bit much. It's not a real physical object. Our eyes and bodies already know it. That said. There is a way to leave the dock at the bottom and keep the side-like visuals. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007101815375480 Yeah, the constant attempt to take these 2D screens and make them seem 3D is a bit much. It’s not a real physical object. Our eyes and bodies already know it.

That said.

There is a way to leave the dock at the bottom and keep the side-like visuals.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007101815375480

]]> By: Weili http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1405 Weili Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:38:35 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1405 "Finally, a Mac user who can critique Apple without seeming like he lost his religion." You make it sound like he's the ONLY one... --------- I agree with most of your complaints and I've already found fixes for some of them myself. I'm sure soon people will start to release hacks as they have always done. “Finally, a Mac user who can critique Apple without seeming like he lost his religion.”

You make it sound like he’s the ONLY one…

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I agree with most of your complaints and I’ve already found fixes for some of them myself. I’m sure soon people will start to release hacks as they have always done.

]]> By: John http://powazek.com/posts/738/comment-page-1#comment-1404 John Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:23:29 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/738#comment-1404 I agree with you on almost all of your points (I can't really see the white drop shadows you're talking about). I have to disagree on the blue/white alternating backgrounds in list view. This is quite useful when you have a list of names and other file attributes. With a plane white background it's easy to get lost when your eyes go across the row. This is why accounting paper has the same style of background. Notice that it's not used in column view, because you only one pice of information on each file (the name). I agree with you on almost all of your points (I can’t really see the white drop shadows you’re talking about). I have to disagree on the blue/white alternating backgrounds in list view. This is quite useful when you have a list of names and other file attributes. With a plane white background it’s easy to get lost when your eyes go across the row. This is why accounting paper has the same style of background. Notice that it’s not used in column view, because you only one pice of information on each file (the name).

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