Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:03 UTC
Mac OS X Apple website Apple Gazette is reporting rumouring that Leopard will come with an all-new interface, supposedly with lots of black glossy things (similar to Vista, indeed): "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." I have never heard of this website, so I cannot make an assessment of its reliability, but suffices to say that it is highly debatable. Interesting nonetheless. Update: More info.
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That would not be very surprising..
by NicolasRoard on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:22 UTC
NicolasRoard
Member since:
2005-07-16

Frankly, considering that the current developer release doesn't sport a new UI, I think I'm not alone to have thought during the last keynote that they were preparing a completely different UI, but were hiding it until the final release next year (and vista would be a good enough reason to do so...)

After all, they did exactly the same thing with rhapsody -- the API were the same than OSX, but the UI profoundly changed (aqua).

Perhaps we'll simply have a slightly more refined UI theme with "dark gloss" as previously reported, but I would more expect something really different, not just a new theme. (and hopefully they'll trash the finder while they are here)

Tuishimi Member since:
2005-07-06

If they refactor the Finder I for one will be supremely pleased.

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zbrimhall Member since:
2006-08-21

Your argument doen't make sense. You suggest that the absence of changes to the UI indicate that...there will be changes to the UI. How is the absence of a thing evidence for its presence? And is the inverse true? If there WERE changes to the UI in the developer seeds, would that be evidence that the UI will be staying the same when 10.5 ships? You know, change things up in the previews to mess with the copycats in Redmond, and then leave everything the same in the final product.

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