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flamingmenudo · 31-10-2007, 13:26

I was upset with some of the design choices in Apple's new release of OS X, so I threw this youtube video together to call them out.

Watch it at: YouTube - OS X Leopard Makes Me Puke

steveb · 31-10-2007, 13:38

It's called progress. Things are improved to the point of impracticality. E.g. mobile phones started off big enough so you could actually use a finger to punch the buttons. Now you need a pointed fingernail tip. Microwave ovens used to have a dial like an eggtimer - they were on for n minutes and that was it. Now you never get food heated the way you want on the first attempt. Car engines were understandable and fixable by the owner. Now even service center dignostic computers can't locate some problems.

Transmogrify · 31-10-2007, 13:53

I LOVE the new leopard! Ok, the folders do suck and there's a few other issues that you outlined your video I agree with (the drop shadows are massive) but the 3D dock is cool as! You can change the colour of the dock, so I went for leopard skin colour!

flamingmenudo · 31-10-2007, 14:12

Transmogrify, that's a cool big-pimpin' dock.

I guess you can change dock to the flat style too. I just don't like mandatory bells and whistles. Especially when I'm trying to get work done.

Do Gooder · 31-10-2007, 14:48

aye. you can knock it flat with very little tweaking.

which is what i will be doing on the studio macs no doubt.

think i will leave the home mac with the default star-trek the next generation stylee

Hunch · 31-10-2007, 19:55

The only thing that I really don't like so far (and given the universal derision I can see Apple fixing pretty damn quickly) is the docked folder icons. That really is a "what were they thinking" showstopper.

samuelcotterall · 09-11-2007, 06:50

With the 3D dock it reminds me of the early 90's, when operating systems were starting to be designed with real-world metaphors.

Dragging something to the recycle bin was as arduous a process as it was in real life - it was much easier to hit the delete key. So, with the dock they are doing it again, emphasising that shelf metaphor (with it now looking 3D, rather than a UI element) and I don't think it's positive step.

A computer is a computer, a desk is a desk.

31-10-2007, 13:26	#1 (permalink)
flamingmenudo Registered Dordler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 130	OS X Leopard makes me want to puke. I was upset with some of the design choices in Apple's new release of OS X, so I threw this youtube video together to call them out. Watch it at: YouTube - OS X Leopard Makes Me Puke

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,175	It's called progress. Things are improved to the point of impracticality. E.g. mobile phones started off big enough so you could actually use a finger to punch the buttons. Now you need a pointed fingernail tip. Microwave ovens used to have a dial like an eggtimer - they were on for n minutes and that was it. Now you never get food heated the way you want on the first attempt. Car engines were understandable and fixable by the owner. Now even service center dignostic computers can't locate some problems. __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

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Transmogrify Rough Creep Arse™ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,894	I LOVE the new leopard! Ok, the folders do suck and there's a few other issues that you outlined your video I agree with (the drop shadows are massive) but the 3D dock is cool as! You can change the colour of the dock, so I went for leopard skin colour! __________________

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Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,335	aye. you can knock it flat with very little tweaking. which is what i will be doing on the studio macs no doubt. think i will leave the home mac with the default star-trek the next generation stylee __________________ anti social marketing

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samuelcotterall Interactionist Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Manchester Posts: 174	With the 3D dock it reminds me of the early 90's, when operating systems were starting to be designed with real-world metaphors. Dragging something to the recycle bin was as arduous a process as it was in real life - it was much easier to hit the delete key. So, with the dock they are doing it again, emphasising that shelf metaphor (with it now looking 3D, rather than a UI element) and I don't think it's positive step. A computer is a computer, a desk is a desk. __________________ itssamuel.com, a tumblelog

31-10-2007, 14:12	#4 (permalink)
flamingmenudo Registered Dordler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 130	Transmogrify, that's a cool big-pimpin' dock. I guess you can change dock to the flat style too. I just don't like mandatory bells and whistles. Especially when I'm trying to get work done.

31-10-2007, 19:55	#6 (permalink)
Hunch Grumpy old man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Japan Posts: 1,469	The only thing that I really don't like so far (and given the universal derision I can see Apple fixing pretty damn quickly) is the docked folder icons. That really is a "what were they thinking" showstopper.

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