OmniWeb 5 buttons

[Mark Meredith]

	From: 	  mark.meredith at shaw.ca
	Subject: 	Re: OmniWeb 5 buttons
	Date: 	January 2, 2004 1:34:18 PM PST
	To: 	  neil at thenonsuch.com

> Le 02 janv. 2004, à 02:42, Eugene Lee a écrit :
>
>> They are compact,
>> and they help group buttons by related function.  I'd like to see the
>> same in OW5.  Compact buttons exist in OW5 as the plus/minus buttons 
>> in
>> the new Tab Drawer and the new Workspaces window.  Another example of
>> such tiny buttons show up in the toolbar items in OS X 10.3's Finder.

I have to disagree. I am still not even close to disliking the current 
non-brushed toolbar buttons. Until I have my 3D glasses and matching 
suit, I don't think I ever will be. I like the color and the freedom in 
button design. The artist can do anything he/she wants to convey the 
action. Likewise, I shuddered at brushed metal the second I saw it. 
Brushed metal has always seemed out dated to me. Maybe that is because 
when OS X was released there was more brushed metal in OS 9 so I 
effectively put it behind me. I came up with reasons for its departure 
in OS X: hard to fake a shiny surface in 2D, rough edges, dark, less 
design freedom. I also was certain that the only reason any metal 
remained was because iTunes, iPhoto, Sherlock etc... were still carbon 
apps, ported from OS 9... and surely they would soon be Aqua.

But I was wrong. And suddenly I need to put all of these new reasons 
that I came up with for why I dislike metal behind me. That is moving 
backwards.

I really like the new buttons because, for me, they are moving forward. 
The increased contrast is a new idea.

> First: please, for the love of god, do not implement brushed metal. :)

Amen!

> OW is, in my opinion (that word again), a "professional's browser". It 
> should look like one, too.

Who says business can't be fun? (that must be trademarked)

Mark.
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