Is OS X Becoming Too Much?

[J.T.Blaylock]

All these interface ideas people have sound good, but remember any  
change implemented would have to be compatible with all existing apps  
otherwise Apple and the rest of the world would never go for it,  
including me.

J.T.
On Jul 26, 2004, at 12:30 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Ed:
>
> Ed Sutherland wrote:
>> Yes. Mac OS X was a major departure for desktop computing:
>> putting a friendly face on a Un*x-like OS. However, since
>> that time, updates have added nothing ground-breaking --
>> just marketing gimmicks and feeping creaturism. ;)
>
> I agree that there has been little in the way of ground-breaking  
> innovation in the Mac OS X interface since the early 1990s (and almost  
> none from any other operating system, for that matter). Most of the  
> "innovations" have been in the way of eye candy (oooh -- larger  
> icons!). That being said, Expose was a new and exceedingly useful  
> interface element that took me completely by surprise!
>
>> What would be ideal is a Linux distro which adds a bit of
>> the polish and insight into user interfaces. Some Apple
>> designers were involved in the Easel project and
>> contributed to the Gnome file manager, but that input has
>> stopped.
>
> Gnome talks the talk (user interface guidelines and application  
> consistency), but I want to see them walk the walk before I get on  
> board fully.
>
>> Wouldn't an OpenMac interface be great atop the OpenDarwin interface??
>
> Part of the lovely Mac OS X Quartz Extreme eye candy (transparency,  
> shadows, font smoothing, color control etc.) comes at the cost of  
> openness -- the only reason Apple can do this graphical magic is  
> because they have complete control of the hardware *and* the software.  
> Your "OpenMac" ideal could be achieved with an Open Software system,  
> but it would have to be on specified hardware (minimum CPU speed  
> recommendations, only supported graphics cards, and so on).
>
> But it would be cool!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
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