INFNITE Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 i'm expecting a smooth gray interface with flatter (and smoother) buttons w/ grayish blue elements (like iTunes). Also, there will be alot of shiny black transparent elements. This is consistent with the interface of the iPhone as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-365677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacVertigo Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Yuck.. I don't like that at all.. its too dark.. and it looks like vista. and I'm anti vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-365959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070514/35334_id.html?.v=2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DravenJ Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Have you guys heard of looking Glass by SUN Microsystems? Apple is borrowing a lot of ideas from SUN lately, maybe Apple is going to borrow ideas from Looking Glass. Check out looking Glass, it was before Beryl. http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml late Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Borrowing what ? Looking Glass is one of the most useless interface in the world. 1. It's not finished/usable like beryl 2. All effects are useless (who need to rotate it's windows ?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jvpiter Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I am sure that Leopard UI won't look like this. It too ugly for OS X! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DravenJ Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 You guys only care about shiny objects. Would you have looked at NeXT and thought that would be a killer GUI? Yet everytime you use OSX you are using a polished NeXT GUI. Now the concepts seen in Looking Glass for a 3D environment are before Beryl, and Microsoft. You guys should watch the video demo on the website it shows some great concepts of the GUI besides the screenshots. And yeah Apple has borroweed ideas from SUN, a couple knowns are Zetabyte File System, and Zones (Apple calling them "Spaces"). James Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Vista doesn't have very much in the way of window effects and movement. It would have to be more like: (*cough* Beryl *cough*). Yes, but im talking about the glowing effects and the flipping windows chooser. But beryl is another good example of too much movent and activity. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I like the idea of Project Looking Glass Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-366904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 You guys only care about shiny objects. Would you have looked at NeXT and thought that would be a killer GUI? Yet everytime you use OSX you are using a polished NeXT GUI. Now the concepts seen in Looking Glass for a 3D environment are before Beryl, and Microsoft. You guys should watch the video demo on the website it shows some great concepts of the GUI besides the screenshots. And yeah Apple has borroweed ideas from SUN, a couple knowns are Zetabyte File System, and Zones (Apple calling them "Spaces"). James Please don't speak about what you don't understand. Solaris Zones is a technology for virtualization, nothing to do with multiple desktop like spaces. And Apple didn't borrow anything: ZFS is open source dude, everybody can use it. PS: I already USED this interface, it's a lot more than just looking at this video. You can't do anything with looking glass, there are too few applications and they are ugly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-367652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I thought the GUI looked pretty cool. Itd all depend on the resources it ate though. I love my Vista, and damn, it loves RAM! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-369395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3mur Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070514/35334_id.html?.v=2 Now thats an article that makes me so impatient till WWDC07 from the tip of my toes to the top of my head! Core Animation = New what we call "desktop" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-369464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo0019 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I think it dosent look like a Mac theme at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-374386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tried Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 could be impoved upon. if one mac theme could satisfy all users, shapeshifter wouldn't sell now would it? i guess its just personal preference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-375414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPPC2289 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I really hate the dark look. Its too gloomy, I much prefer the aqua look to that concept, my guess is, apple wont make the UI so dark and if darkness is implemented, it wont be so overpowering and it certainly wont be everywhere. Itunes 7 already has a 'dark' streak to it on the navigation panel on the left, and I dont particularly like that either, it looks very vista-ish. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-375431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacX Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Apples new theme is less metal and more clean than anything that the beta's i have tried. Look at all their current apps they are putting out. NO metal. That skin is ugly, looks vista ( eww) and does not look macish at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-376223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Is it only only me that has noticed, but I really thing that the new iWork'08 Trial Window looks a lot like Illuminus. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-442854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 The programs like iwork that use core image for overlay menus have always looked like that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-443253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I could make a WindowBlinds skin out of this (with permissions and PSDs of course ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-443273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I'd like that. I need a dark theme for OS X. I'm disappointed this isn't available. I had the XP Silver theme in OS X for a while. Yeah, I got tired of it, but it was a nice change, and I had missed ye-olde-Graphite. People can hate Vista, but anything anyone makes for OS X strengthens the platform. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-443286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yup a dark theme like this would be great for OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-443358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylluxiun Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Yes, indeed it is unfortunate that that theme is not integrated into Leopard. We should have a night and day theme for Mac OS X. Personally, yes, I need a dark theme as all of the appearances of Mac OS X have driven me a little nutty. I'm a software developer that stares into the lcd/monitor all day and most of the night and dark themes are necessary. In TextMate we have some very good themes that help when I'm editing in there, but the overall system needs it terribly. It sounds like we'll get some very nice dark ones from the theme'ing scene with Leopard due to the upcoming changes in ShapeShifter 3. That's about the only solace I have right now as I don't think Apple quite understands our needs as far as this goes and I've pelted them with radar requests again and again over the last few years. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-444455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyman Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I really don't know why the developer of Illuminous hasn't released this theme. It looks fine! I also don't understand why you cannot choose your own GUI style by default without running software like UNO or ShapeShifter, I mean having the choice between Blue and Graphite is not very satisfying. Apple should also let the user decide about opacity of the Menu Bar or any windows - that is the only critics I have about Aqua/the OS X GUI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-444599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 It is not possible to create a theme exactly like that on OSX currently. Though there is a theme like that, named Illuminous Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-444814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy12 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 The themes are really good and looking very cool... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/50890-mac-os-x-illuminous/page/2/#findComment-1463317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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