Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Sep 2005 10:46 UTC, submitted by Jonathan Hohle
"Until yesterday, there were 4 different variations of the Aqua theme used by Apple for OS X: the standard Aqua theme, the new Platinum theme, the much distained Brushed Metal theme, and the funky Woody theme. Commentators have pointed out on more then one occasion that while Apple's Human Interface Guidelines has guidelines for which theme to use where, even Apple disregards those rules and uses whatever theme some unknown source in the company chooses."
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RE[2]: I don't see what the fuss is all about
by on Sat 10th Sep 2005 02:35
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've never figured out why anyone cared that apple used different themes in different apps.
Probably because one of the advantages of the MacOS used to be a consistent look-and-feel across applications. And it might be seen as a bit hypocritical, as Apple has a history of threatening legal action against people who making themes/theming programs for OS X.
Besides, most of the time I am using firefox or other thrid party products so I wouldn't get this vaunted consistancy anyway. At least the variation in themes makes for a consistantly heterogenous enviornment rather than makeing my other apps stick out and look strange.
I'm not so sure if consistent inconsistency is a good thing.