'Marble' Interface to be Revealed in Next Snow Leopard Seed?
AppleInsider claims that Apple will be revealing a major user interface overhaul in the next developer build of Snow Leopard.
All developer seeds to date have carried the same general user interface elements from the current version of Mac OS X Leopard. In January we reported that Apple was working on a unified user interface codenamed "Marble":
All developer seeds to date have carried the same general user interface elements from the current version of Mac OS X Leopard. In January we reported that Apple was working on a unified user interface codenamed "Marble":
Based on our sources, however, Apple will apparently use Snow Leopard's release to tweak the overall user interface for Mac OS X and unify it across applications. Exact details of the theme changes have not been made public, as the current developer seeds for Snow Leopard still retain Apple's existing Aqua theme. The new theme will likely involve tweaks to the existing design and perhaps a "flattening" of Aqua in-line with Apple's iTunes and iPhoto interface elements.
According to sources "familiar with the matter", Apple could introduce these dramatic changes in the next version of Snow Leopard and have a final preview at WWDC 2009. Apple is then expected to release Snow Leopard to customers within two months of WWDC. The exact dates for WWDC, however, have not yet been publicly announced.Top Rated Comments
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38 months ago
Nice, the Aqua scroll scroll bars bug me. Also, in some applications like Photoshop and Firefox, sometimes the loading icon is the Mac OS Classic timer which is really weird. What else could they change though?
38 months ago
Aqua is dead already, 10.4 i work with only has brushed metal and grey. The reintroduction of aqua in 10.5 was cool looking but not better, glad Apple will change it back.
38 months ago
This makes a lot of sense, with Apple's new displays re: the black borders. Apple loves design continuity. Aqua fit in well with the colored plastics and then the brushed metal. Now that we have a black look around the screen, a darker UI will make it blend more seamlessly into the border, further enhancing the border's original objective of making the screen seem larger. (the MBA is an anomaly).
P.S. isn't black and sliver (albeit for apple's defense, anodized aluminum) the color scheme that has been used for consumer electronics for decades. Sure it may be a 'new look' for apple, but doesn't it just bring it in line with every other consumer electronics company. I fear that as time goes on and Apple physically switched from white and clear or aluminum, it will also be a metaphorical switch to products that are just, well, more like everything else.
P.S. isn't black and sliver (albeit for apple's defense, anodized aluminum) the color scheme that has been used for consumer electronics for decades. Sure it may be a 'new look' for apple, but doesn't it just bring it in line with every other consumer electronics company. I fear that as time goes on and Apple physically switched from white and clear or aluminum, it will also be a metaphorical switch to products that are just, well, more like everything else.
38 months ago
OS X is going on ten years old... I would like to see a change to s smoother, duotone look. I always change my theme to graphite immediately after installation. I would kinda like an elegant, modern version of NextStep. How cool would that be?
38 months ago
This makes sense, considering they're gradually trying to move to an all-vector GUI.
38 months ago
Sounds like it'll be pretty nice! I just hope they take the time in this UI update which is sounds like they are to get rid of any inconsistencies that the UI still has left over from the other older OS's.
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