| Monday, December 23, 2002 |
17:53 - Still spit-shinin'
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In the Mac OS X 10.2.3 update which was released a couple of days ago, one odd little silent change was in iChat: reworked window control buttons.
They're recessed now. Instead of protruding out from the title bar's surface, the three colored buttons are now countersunk into the texture of the window.
Looked awfully weird at first, but I'm starting to like it now. It's the same kind of migration as the newly tightened and crispened form-action buttons, which used to have the same "floaty" effect but now have sharp edges and more of a glassy shine.
This OS started out its life better-looking than just about anything else on the market, and they're still not satistfied.
UPDATE: Kris has pawed around and discovered that most of the built-in "brushed metal" theme apps have the new look, like Calculator and Address Book; but not iTunes or iPhoto. The theory is that Apple has updated the default "brushed metal" theme and all the utilities that use it have implicitly been updated; but iTunes and iPhoto "roll their own" interface widgetry, so they don't look any different yet.
Oh, and Mike has a peal of wisdom from the hot-rodder community. Thanks!
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