Mac OS X Interface Tweaks?

The new logo (gray Apple with shaded region) was on the outside of some iMac boxes at my Univeristy's computor store about 1 hour ago.

Sounds great, but I really think that the best improvement at this point would be to add the ability to switch the themes of the finder. I, for one, like the metal theme but I am sure that I will eventually get sick of it. Of course, I do not really expect apple to change their "metal finder" that they so proudly announced at the wwdc. oh well.

The animations, of course will be cool to see :).

Darker and smoother? Hmmmmm....reminds me of the Apple logo on the side of my PowerMac G4. Although that really isn't brush metal now is it?

I am excited to see a few more animations in Panther. Those are always nice.

Originally posted by MOM
The new logo (gray Apple with shaded region) was on the outside of some iMac boxes at my Univeristy's computor store about 1 hour ago.

OOOH, that logo does look pretty spiffy :o. I think it is an improvement over the solid colored one on the startup of jaguar, but I personally prefer the X on the "about this mac" screen. Things change I guess.

Bout damn time, lets get some all shiny jaguar aqua finally, and if the new brushed willl look like the new QT in 10.3 build i'm hella pumped!

Here's a link to the new logo in case anyone who hasn't seen it was wondering (like me)

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091441/www.wired.com/news/images/full/about_mac_f.8954.gif

If that doesn't work, the article is here:

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,60597,00.html

Very cool design :)

Originally posted by MOM
The new logo (gray Apple with shaded region) was on the outside of some iMac boxes at my Univeristy's computor store about 1 hour ago.

My iMac just arrived via Fedex and the new logo is on the box. But on my box the dark part is on top and the shiny part is on bottom.

Originally posted by RajK
My iMac just arrived via Fedex and the new logo is on the box. But on my box the dark part is on top and the shiny part is on bottom.

Turn the box over.

(Couldn't help myself.)

Originally posted by cnladd
Turn the box over.

(Couldn't help myself.)

:p :D

I don't know if you guys feel the same, but I really think that Apple needed to get a more professional looking OS: less eye-candy, a bit less jaguar-fur like. You know, a bit grayer or something (I know it's possible to choose the graphite look in Jaguar, but that's not enough).
I they manage to keep the oh-so-sleek look at the same time (seems to be the case, if the new logo is any indication), then I guess they will have an easier time trying to sell Panther to corporates.
Just a thought.


edit: spelling