Brushed metal (interface)
Brushed metal is a discontinued graphical user interface, design language and visual theme of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. The first Apple application to use this was the QuickTime Player released as part of QuickTime 4.0 in 1999.
Apple also released a Pro theme used in its video, music and image production and editing software.
The brushed metal design has a few functional differences differing from Aqua, another theme introduced by Apple in 2000. Brushed metal windows can be moved by clicking any part of the window background which is not occupied by an element; Aqua windows can only be moved by clicking within the title bar.
Brushed metal started to get replaced with the Aqua theme in Mac OS X v10.4 and was fully replaced in Mac OS X v10.5.
Background[edit]
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines state that the brushed metal interface should be used for programs that mimic the operation or interface of common real world devices (skeuomorphism).
Criticism[edit]
Brushed metal was met with criticism by user interface purists,[1] who pointed out that Apple frequently violates its own rules for the use of the brushed metal interface, and that Apple's guidelines for the use of brushed metal are inconsistent.[2] The most notable of the supposed violations are of Safari and the Macintosh Finder. In Mac OS X v10.3, Apple updated its list of acceptable uses for brushed metal to include windows that navigate lists of information.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Interface Hall of Shame: QuickTime 4.0 Player". Interface Hall of Shame. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010.
- ↑ Gruber, John. "Brushed Metal and the HIG". Daring Fireball. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)
.svg)
 | This computer science article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
This article "Brushed metal (interface)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Brushed metal (interface). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
