Star Aqua To Be Replaced with Illuminous?
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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Not unexpected
by eivind on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:28 UTC
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2005-11-09

The Aqua interface has been around for a while. When it came, it was revolutionary, and over the last few years it has gone through necessary revisions.

I am not surprised that Apple wants to leap ahead Windows Vista and present us with the next generation GUI at this time. It only seems logical. This is good news for future competition!

Somehow Apple seems to always be one step (or five) ahead of Microsoft in the usability department.

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RE: Not unexpected
by twenex on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:35 in reply to "Not unexpected"
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2006-04-21


Somehow Apple seems to always be one step (or five) ahead of Microsoft in the usability department.

Apparently not in the design department, though - I mean, Vista's black, so OS X should have been black three years ago!

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RE[2]: Not unexpected
by rferrel on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:41 in reply to "RE: Not unexpected"
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2006-03-21

vista has the look of the apple dashboard widgets so YES they are always ahead

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RE[2]: Not unexpected
by eivind on Mon 11th Dec 2006 23:42 in reply to "RE: Not unexpected"
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Apparently not in the design department, though - I mean, Vista's black, so OS X should have been black three years ago!

That's not right... Black iPods, black MacBooks, now black GUI. It seems that black is the new white.

Colors aside, there's no doubt that the major GUI changes would be more than a re-skin. Anything else seems silly. My guess is - even sleeker, even easier to use and sexier than ever. It will be a Vista killer.

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RE: Not unexpected
by helf on Tue 12th Dec 2006 04:15 in reply to "Not unexpected"
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2005-07-06

"When it came, it was revolutionary..."

How the heck was it revolutionary? I mean, honestly, how? It was an updated 'Mac' interface. With technologies from NEXTSTEP and some new stuff.

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RE[2]: Not unexpected
by Wowbagger on Tue 12th Dec 2006 08:42 in reply to "RE: Not unexpected"
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2005-07-06

Considering the big slump in UI developement, probably that already counts as revolutionary?

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RE: Not unexpected
by BluenoseJake on Tue 12th Dec 2006 13:27 in reply to "Not unexpected"
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2005-08-11

"I am not surprised that Apple wants to leap ahead Windows Vista and present us with the next generation GUI at this time. It only seems logical. This is good news for future competition!"

If the rumours are true, that means they are staying ahead of MS by copying MS, seems pretty hypocritical, considering Jobs' remarks about photocopiers at redmond

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