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Zimphire · May 24, 2005, 09:55 PM

It's been in there since before the Public Beta, and as far as I know, they have never used it in any outside external builds.

Someone once mentioned in documents that weren't saved, it would have this window button instead of the regular one noting said document wasn't saved.

I've heard other stories too. The story above actually sounds like a good idea.

Anyone know the truth?

digitaljames · May 24, 2005, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Zimphire

It's been in there since before the Public Beta, and as far as I know, they have never used it in any outside external builds.

Someone once mentioned in documents that weren't saved, it would have this window button instead of the regular one noting said document wasn't saved.

I've heard other stories too. The story above actually sounds like a good idea.

Anyone know the truth?

Yes, it's used for an altered document or file but yet unsaved.

dru · May 24, 2005, 10:05 PM

Isn't PURPLE the "single-window mode" button, demoed when AQUA debuted at MacWorld, that was replaced with the toolbar pill?

Zimphire · May 24, 2005, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by dru

Isn't PURPLE the "single-window mode" button, demoed when AQUA debuted at MacWorld, that was replaced with the toolbar pill?

Yeah I think that was it. Anyone have a screenshot?

Originally Posted by digitaljames

Yes, it's used for an altered document or file but yet unsaved.

Yeah it already does that now.. which makes me think that that isn't what it does.

I forgot ALL about it doing that too.

Good GUI idea.

Zimphire · May 24, 2005, 10:11 PM

Found it

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/1q00/...s-x-dp3-5.html

Single Window Mode Off

Single Window Mode On

Too bad it doesn't come with this anymore.

esXXI · May 25, 2005, 02:59 AM

There are loads of "old" resources in there, like an "X" checkbox (instead of a tick). As well as some grey aqua elements (I think there's a grey, not disabled, checkbox).

Zimphire, wasn't those Appearances for Classic? One made the menubar and menus Aqua whilst the other turned them Platinum styled?

smeger · May 25, 2005, 04:06 AM

Interestingly enough, all of the Apple Platinum resources are still embedded into the AppKit framework (or at least, they were in Panther, haven't checked in Tiger). There's no way to use them, but they're still there.

And in Panther, it's possible to force the Apple logo to show up in the center of the menubar like it did in the Public Beta.

Zimphire · May 25, 2005, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by esXXI

There are loads of "old" resources in there, like an "X" checkbox (instead of a tick). As well as some grey aqua elements (I think there's a grey, not disabled, checkbox).

Zimphire, wasn't those Appearances for Classic? One made the menubar and menus Aqua whilst the other turned them Platinum styled?

There are platinum appearances , but not in the Extras.rsrc.

It's in a whole other file. I really don't even think it's relevant anymore.

RevEvs · May 25, 2005, 07:11 AM

i liked it when you could get the NeXTStep UI in the early Betas...

Zimphire · May 25, 2005, 07:20 AM

Yeah there was three different GUIs for OS X at first. First it was the NeXT look, then it had a modern platinum, then came Aqua.

roosta · May 25, 2005, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by smeger

And in Panther, it's possible to force the Apple logo to show up in the center of the menubar like it did in the Public Beta.

how?

gautch · 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by Zimphire

Yeah there was three different GUIs for OS X at first. First it was the NeXT look, then it had a modern platinum, then came Aqua.

Hmm.. does any one have screen shots or know where we can get them? Some themes might be in order.

smeger · May 25, 2005, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by roosta

how?

Looks like it's finally gone in Tiger and I don't have a Panther box to re-find it on.

qnxde · May 25, 2005, 05:24 PM

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSInterfaceStyle nextstep

Zimphire · May 25, 2005, 09:16 PM

Too beeeiig

mugget · May 26, 2005, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by qnxde

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSInterfaceStyle nextstep

that's how to get the Apple icon in the middle of the menubar in Finder?

or are you just playing silly buggers...?

SLam · May 26, 2005, 11:04 AM

that's how to turn on the old NeXTSTEP interface. I think it only works with 10.0 and 10.1.

tiffer17 · May 26, 2005, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Zimphire

Too bad it doesn't come with this anymore.

If I remember correctly, that was not used to control the appearance of OS X, it was for the classic environment. You could either choose a traditional platinum look or a slightly Aqua-ized look for classic applications. (pinstripes in menus, etc)

dru · 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by tiffer17

If I remember correctly, that was not used to control the appearance of OS X, it was for the classic environment. You could either choose a traditional platinum look or a slightly Aqua-ized look for classic applications. (pinstripes in menus, etc)

(CORRECTED) It did cause pinstripes in menus and menubar. Both styles, at least in the DP, did put the classic close, zoom and windowshade titlebar buttons in the AQUA locations which changed later in time for final release.

Single-window mode is an option available to users of ASM. You can set it so when you switch to an app all other windows are hidden automatically--I do that for Photoshop to hide distractions. I'm sorry Apple axed that idea.

qnxde · May 27, 2005, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by mugget

that's how to get the Apple icon in the middle of the menubar in Finder?

or are you just playing silly buggers...?

Nah in older versions of OS X it would make the interface revert to the old NeXT look. Pretty cool, but I can't find any screenshots unfortunately.

tiffer17 · May 27, 2005, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by dru

(CORRECTED) It did cause pinstripes in menus and menubar. Both styles, at least in the DP, did put the classic close, zoom and windowshade titlebar buttons in the AQUA locations which changed later in time for final release.

Yeah, that's what I thought. It's been a while since I've used OS X Beta...

Jasoco · Jun 3, 2005, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by qnxde

Nah in older versions of OS X it would make the interface revert to the old NeXT look. Pretty cool, but I can't find any screenshots unfortunately.

I really wanted to try this out, so I hooked up my iMac 333 Heather, but now I can't find any of my older OS X discs.

Someone please take a picture of this if possible.

smeger · Jun 3, 2005, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

I really wanted to try this out, so I hooked up my iMac 333 Heather, but now I can't find any of my older OS X discs.

Someone please take a picture of this if possible.

Here's the only picture I could find. Pics at the bottom of the page.

version · Jun 4, 2005, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

I really wanted to try this out, so I hooked up my iMac 333 Heather, but now I can't find any of my older OS X discs.

Someone please take a picture of this if possible.

I just tried it there in 10.0 - nah, didn't seem to work. Is there anything else I need to do?

What I would like, is the ld Rhapsody Platinum look. I loved that.

Zimphire · Jun 4, 2005, 10:38 AM

This was in the pre-public beta days version.

version · Jun 4, 2005, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Zimphire

This was in the pre-public beta days version.

Ah, ok. So would this work in DR3? I've got that lying around somewhere.

Zimphire · Jun 4, 2005, 10:49 AM

I believe it did in DR3 yes.

Jasoco · Jun 4, 2005, 05:34 PM

If it really does revert to Rhapsody, I must see a picture. I don't care what OS it's on.

version · Jun 4, 2005, 07:08 PM

Have you seen this page, jasoco? Ton of screenies.

http://www.shawcomputing.net/resourc...res/index.html

http://www.shawcomputing.net/rhapsody/system.html

Edit: I forgot, it's Next stuff you need.

Zimphire · Jun 4, 2005, 08:53 PM

They should have really stuck with that dark grey Platinum theme. But polished it up a bit.

That was sweet.