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> I don't use a Mac, but I've always wondered why some apps in Mac have > brushed metal, some are smooth white-ness, and GarageBand has that weird > wooden interface? The Metal apps were originally going to be "multimedia" or "real-world analog" applications, with Aqua for applications that were more browser or editor like. Now that Safari and Finder are Metal, of course, they've clearly completely lost the plot. > What are the reasons for different interface styles? I'm guessing "looks > cool" I think it looks stupid, myself. I use tools that disable as much of the metal as possible... for properly written Cocoa apps it's easy: it's just a flag in a property list. For Carbon apps that emulate the metal look you're pretty much out of luck. > but I was wondering if there was some kind of purpose, like the > windows behave differently or such. Metal windows can be dragged from any point that isn't in an active widget, Aqua windows can only be dragged by the title bar.There's stuff above here
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