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> OS UIs should avoid "style" because these things aren't fashion shows, and > they end up looking old and silly after a while (even the aqua buttons in > OS X are looking old-hat now!). Kinda like when Windows 95 came out, > everything had gray 3D buttons and such, even Windows 3.1 apps which were > starting to look REALLY cluttered. The thing is that on OS X all of that is handled by a theme in the OS, so you can completely change the look of the OS and all applications just by sticking different image files in the right place... EXCEPT for the damned metal-emulating Carbon applications like iTunes. I have my desktop set to Milk, which is much flatter and less overpowering. Problem is, Apple refuses to make the theming mechanism public so you need third-party hacks to set it up, and each new release requires a new theme engine. Why? Because they think the OS theme is an important part of the brand. :-PThere's stuff above here
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