Aqua To See Leopard Refresh? [Updated]
While we don't know much about Apple Gazette's accuracy, LoopRumors has made mention of a "streamlined theme" which would include additional UI enhancements (transparency, animated icons, etc). LoopRumors has had a mixed rumor record in the past, but has recently had claims of a iChat AV (videoconferencing) version of the iPhone corroborated by AppleInsider (note: we're not so sure the unit will see the light of day anytime soon, as AppleInsider's source had mentioned that a working prototype was not seen).
In February of this year, Monster.com had advertised a job posting with Apple's Mac OS X User Interface Group seeking a senior visual interface designer "to conceive, design and develop future enhancements to Aqua."
Update: Historically unreliable MacShrine recently noted that according to their sources, an internal Apple build of Leopard has seen the growing presence of a black glossy look to the interface. The description is perhaps similar to Time Machine, and (gasp) Microsoft's Vista user interface (Glass/Aero).
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Apple Gazette has received a tip from an apple insider that the Mac OS Aqua User Interface will be replaced with a new UI named Illuminous.
The source goes on to say that we will see a demonstration of Illuminous at Macworld 2007.
The gensis for this rumor started earlier this year when Apple posted a position on Monster.com seeking a senior visual interface designer “to conceive, design and develop future enhancements to Aqua, the dynamic user interface for Mac OS X”.
This is the first time a name for the supposed Aqua replacement has been given.
What will Illuminous look like?
That’s anybody’s guess at this point, but we might be seeing some hints of what Illuminous holds in the recent release of iTunes.
We will keep you posted as more information becomes available.
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The first signs of this may even be included in the latest build:
Apple yesterday seeded a new version of Leopard (build 9A326) to internal Apple employees. This latest build is reported to have fixed bugs from the last build (9A303) such as Quicktime crashing, printing problems and issues with .Mac such as iDisk synching. Apple continues to gloss over the interface, refining it even more and there is an overly presence of black gloss.
but we might be seeing some hints of what Illuminous holds in the recent release of iTunes.
oh my.
I, for one, was glad to see the UI go a little flatter, a little more subtle, a little less obviously glossy and highlight-y with the "unified" look. I like the "deep" 3D effects in some apps, but I'd like the basic OS X interface to stay easy on the eyes.
i dono..if it does have all the black gloss..then vista has it in their taskbar and that doesnt look too good..
I thought that as well... hmmm... lets hope not.
However, I likes me some of iTunes 7, so lets go with that.
Even crappy windows 3.1 had that, though there wasnt a single use for it besides adding to the horror.
Id like to be able to create my own stuff and edit the look of OSX, with the "consent" from Apple in that its not a 3rd party add on.
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