Re: [Osx-nutters] iTunes 7, yet another look‽

[Mark Smith]

On 15 Sep 2006, at 09:26, Google Kreme wrote:

> On 15 Sep 2006, at 00:38 , Mark Smith wrote:
>> On 15 Sep 2006, at 07:29, Google Kreme wrote:
>>> On 14 Sep 2006, at 18:52 , Matthew Healey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Resolution independent interface.
>>>
>>> Yep.  Bring it on.  However, the new scrollbars ARE fugly, and  
>>> they don't work right.  And HOW they don't work is just bizarre.
>>
>> That's not the scrollbars per se.
>>
>> I disagree with the fugliness. They *look* much better than the  
>> aqua blobs. I've hated those since the pre-release days.
>
> Not a big fan of the bright aqua blobs either, but I the itunes  
> bars are...
>
> Well, they remind me of working on a Solaris Sparc station aeons  
> ago.  Or maybe some X windows monstrosity.  I mean, they are flat  
> and dull and kinda fuzzy looking, somehow.
>
> I guess I don't like the flatness of them

Look around you. Everything is getting flatter. OK, not everything,  
but many UI components are getting flatter. This is definitely where  
the train is heading. My thoroughly amateur perception is that the  
flattening of the UI helps *content* with "depth". This might be  
particularly relevant for e.g. the coverflow view in iTunes. Thats a  
lot of "behind the UI depth", for me, this works better with minimal  
UI "topography", but I guess its become apparent already that I only  
dabble in design.

Another throwaway - the iTunes 7 UI seems to me to work better on  
glossy screens. OK, I prefer glossy anyway, but somehow this new look  
particularly benefits from them. Or is it just me ?

mark.
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