Re: GUI - Brushed Metal
Re: GUI - Brushed Metal
- Subject: Re: GUI - Brushed Metal
- From: Joe Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:03:25 -0800 (PST)
Thanks. I guess I need to read through the HIG.
--- Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden> wrote:
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On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 03:18 pm, Joe
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Smith wrote:
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> It does look cool, but is this something that is
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> reserved for a specific kind of app or utility, or
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> maybe only an iApp from Apple?
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According to the HIG:
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Mac OS X version 10.2 provides developers with a new
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"textured" window
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appearance (see Figure 5-4). This window style has
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been designed
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specifically for use byand is therefore best suited
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toapplications
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that provide an interface for a digital peripheral,
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such as a camera,
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or an interface for managing data shared with
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digital peripherals, such
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as the Address Book application.
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This appearance may also be appropriate for
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applications that strive to
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re-create a familiar physical devicethe Calculator
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application, for
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example. Avoid using the textured window appearance
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in applications or
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utilities that are unrelated to digital peripherals
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or to the data
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associated with these devices.
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(see
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<
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/
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AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGWindows/Textured_Windows.html>)
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> Is this specific to 10.2, or will it work with
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> previous version of 10?
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It will only work in the new keyed archiving nib
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format in 10.2. On
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10.1, your windows will have the standard Aqua
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appearance.
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We use textured windows in our new app, PodNews,
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which you can see over
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at http://www.clichesw.com/podnews, but since some
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people have
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complained bitterly we're going to make it a
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preference in the next
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version.
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-- Finlay
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