Apple, Cut Out the Brushed Metal
Please do not add the ugly look of brushed metal to the Finder, OR, if you must do so, please give us an easy way to turn off this monstrosity. continue reading »
"The adoption of brushed metal violates Apple's own interface guidelines, blurs the distinction between applications and the OS, and (in my opinion) is an aesthetic mistake. Please make it optional. Thank you."
"Bring back as much as pssoible of the good old Finder...for heaven's sake, when will you learn?!"
"Please...."
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"Allow alternate schemes!"
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"Metal ist grey, its OS-9, it is boring, old, stupid."
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"Please supply for a Theme Manager or similar at least if you plan to stick with the Aliminum (or a similar greyish) look."
"brushed metal is only one of many decorative devices of mimicry, as a modern operating system with mordernist hardware designs the last thing the gui needs is a realist mirror of the metal in the hardware; what the gui should seek to do is find a formalis"
"please allow us the interface fexibility we had in System 7 with Kaleidoscope, etc"
"Come on, Apple, at least give us a choice instead of making an arbitrary, unpopular decision."
"Amen."
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"Windows XP is the first version of Windows that's not embarrassingly ugly (except for the default oversaturated blue). The brushed metal look is the first software from Apple that is embarrasingly ugly. That's got to change."
"Let Finder retain standard Aqua window look"
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"Please please get rid of brushed metal."
"Is it Aqua interface?"
