[Mongrel]

I checked out my MacOSX News eMail from Apple today, which covered mainly the upcoming developer's conference and Jaguar preview. What raised my brow was the navigation buttons along the top (Apple Home, iDisk...). In every menu UI Apple has put out in the past couple years, the graphics were meant to represent a current product lineup. The Powerbook nav buttons look like the edge of the Powerbook, the G4 navs looked like the ridges of the G4, and evrything non hardware-related used AQUA buttons.

But the nav on THIS, my friends, is something totally different... nothing outrageous, mind you, but still it doesn't reflect anything we've seen from Apple... yet.

What if this is a reflection of a new UI option? I personally would dig nice, flat buttons like this over squished Liqui-drops scattered about my Photoshop interface, so here's to hoping!

[Brass]

I'd like to be able to see what you're talking about, but unfortunately, Mail.app doesn't seem to be able to display those messages properly for me. I just get plain coloured squares anywhere there's supposed to be a graphic. Does this happen for anyone else?

[Borborygmi]

A screenshot would be nice for those of us who don't have this e-mail to read. A picture is worth...

[dtriska]

I think this is what he's talking about.

[oranjdisc]

I, for one, would LOVE that as an optional "theme" instead of Aqua.

[robotmarkVIII]

Originally posted by Mongrel:
<STRONG>I checked out my MacOSX News eMail from Apple today, which covered mainly the upcoming developer's conference and Jaguar preview. What raised my brow was the navigation buttons along the top (Apple Home, iDisk...). In every menu UI Apple has put out in the past couple years, the graphics were meant to represent a current product lineup. The Powerbook nav buttons look like the edge of the Powerbook, the G4 navs looked like the ridges of the G4, and evrything non hardware-related used AQUA buttons.

But the nav on THIS, my friends, is something totally different... nothing outrageous, mind you, but still it doesn't reflect anything we've seen from Apple... yet.

What if this is a reflection of a new UI option? I personally would dig nice, flat buttons like this over squished Liqui-drops scattered about my Photoshop interface, so here's to hoping! </STRONG>

Weird... I saw that too, and I thought the same thing. I doubt there will be any cosmetic changes to the thing, maybe new features and faster...

[Xeo]

Originally posted by Brass:
<STRONG>I'd like to be able to see what you're talking about, but unfortunately, Mail.app doesn't seem to be able to display those messages properly for me. I just get plain coloured squares anywhere there's supposed to be a graphic. Does this happen for anyone else?</STRONG>

Mail Preferences &gt; Viewing &gt; Download all images, animations, etc

[Brass]

Originally posted by Xeo:
<STRONG>Mail Preferences &gt; Viewing &gt; Download all images, animations, etc</STRONG>

Nope, that ain't it. Already got that set. Are these images actually part of the email, or are they just HTML to another source? Maybe Mail.app doesn't play nicely with proxies.

Anyone else having this problem or is it just me?

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

Isn't that just the iTunes/quicktime look that has been around for years?

[Nonsuch]

There were theories like this thrown around when 10.1 was being cooked. People thought the new nav widgets on the Apple site indicated a new direction in Aqua. It didn't. It doesn't.

[Gavin]

Originally posted by Brass:
<STRONG>

Nope, that ain't it. Already got that set. Are these images actually part of the email, or are they just HTML to another source? Maybe Mail.app doesn't play nicely with proxies.

Anyone else having this problem or is it just me?</STRONG>

Could be a proxy thing. I've had people send my pix that weren't there when I got the email but did show up when I looked at the same message 2 days later. wierd. Like the pix were routed though some far off place like Tasmania or somewhere.

;-)

[mattstoton]

If I recall correctly, you can get Brushed and Musix from here: http://xthemination.maccustomise.com/themes/

Both look good

[Mrjinglesusa]

If you recall correctly? Isn't that the site you are *always* posting links to? And, don't you run it?

[walrusjb]

I've heard that the website is in the process of being rebuilt. Perhaps these are a tip-off to the revised look...

My question is if they kill the Aqua look in the corp image, how long before we'll be able to do the same in X?

[KidRed]

The Music theme is still Aqua and the brushed theme is plain ugly.

For the UI fell you are talking about, check out the them thread ChosenX in the software forum. This guy has a slick theme going that is similar in style to the buttons you showed.

[ARENA]

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
<STRONG>Isn't that just the iTunes/quicktime look that has been around for years?</STRONG>

I'd say it has nothing to do with the brushed metal interface from iTunes or QT.
An Apple 'manufactured' theme with that sort of plain gray look would be great.