New GUI For OS X Leopard?

Ooooh... shiney....

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News

In the world of Operating System User Interfaces, Apple has long been considered king of the hill when compared against Microsoft Windows and various Linux and UNIX distributions.  Aqua, the GUI introduced with OS X has long served Apple and helped to keep the company ahead by having the "cooler" interface.  But Aqua is starting to grow a bit old.  Sure it gets tweaks and additions now and then, but we've had Aqua as long as Windows XP has been out, and with Vista moving to the new (in some cases very mac-like) Aero UI, maybe it's time for Apple to give its system a facelift.

That facelift is exactly the rumor being kicked around the Apple Rumor Mill online as speculation starts to ramp up in advance of the January Macworld 2007 conference, where Leopard (OS 10.5) will be shown off in its near-final form.  Speculation currently points at a new, flatter, black glassy UI to replace the bright whites, greys and blues of Aqua.  This would keep with the recent GUI changes to applications like Aperature, iTunes and iPhoto which have moved to a darker, sleeker look.  They're calling the new GUI, "Illuminous."

Will this mean a new default look for Macs in 2007?  We won't have to wait long to find out.

devin5801
Reply #1 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:43 PM
Mabey it's because of the c++ gui book PC got Mac for Christmas on the new mac commercial
Fourth Letter
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:55 PM
I really hope they make a lovely new design , but glass ? GLASS? isnt Aero glass ? ok dark glassy surfaces still I'm sure the GUI will look excellent. And don't forget Core Animation will be a part of Leopard so it may have numerious more tricks up its sleeve than Vista.
Astyanax
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:59 PM
Who is ripping off who now?
rkadowns
Reply #4 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:38 PM
Poor Xerox Parc.
tonnam
Reply #5 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:43 PM
JJNOLA
Reply #6 Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:38 AM
i can't wait to see all the new (wanna be mac illuminous) window blinds coming in after this.
Jafo
Reply #7 Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:16 AM

Who is ripping off who now?

Who is ripping off whom now? .....Spell checker

Maybe it's that bunch "where ripping is legal...." ....

Astyanax
Reply #8 Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:53 PM
Maybe it's that bunch "where ripping is legal...." ....

Or maybe an admin so out of touch with the communities he should keep his nose where it belongs?

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