I also turned off windowshadex and the computer is much much snappier.

I like the uno look and no problems with 10.4.9.

Uno is great. aside from making the apple and the spotlight icons a little smaller, which is nothing, really, the only issue I had was when I uninstalled it.

I had to remove iTunes from the system and reinstall it.

A pain, but only if you install uno and decide later to take it out (which you may consider when Leopard comes out)

Though this was an older version of Uno, not the current one.

I've been using it for weeks with no problem. I like the iTunes 7 interface so I haven't applied the UNO look to it, but have to everything else. Goodbye brushed metal and hello UNO.

I've used UNO for months and have never had a problem with it.

I've never really understood the big deal that so many people make over OS X's interface inconsistencies.

It's not like it's a stumbling block to getting things done. Not in the slightest. And by comparison to the wacky world of Windows software, OS X offers a paragon of interface consistency.

Meh.

Downloaded it, installed it using UNO themes across the board, logged out, logged in – damned if I can see any difference except in iTunes. Firefox and Thunderbird still look the same. I must be really dense.

10.4.9
iMac G5
I didn't notice any huge difference, the Mac just "feels better". The subtle appearance change makes the experience in using the mac a bit more coherent. I can't point to any one thing that has changed but I like it.

I don't care what an app's window looks like so much - in fact, it's one more thing to differentiate one app on my desktop from another. As for folders, I use Aqua for everything in my home, and brushed metal for everything else (it helps to differentiate between /Library and ~/Library, for example). So having more than one look is actually beneficial to me. And I don't prefer Uno's look enough to install it.

Is there a program like this, but for the functionality of the Aps so all are consistenat in OSX? The red button quits some aps but leaves others open. The green button reme

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Is there a program like this, but for the functionality of the Aps so all are consistenat in OSX? The red button quits some aps but leaves others open. The green button reme

Red button quits some apps? Which ones?

DVD Player, for one. Also System Preferences.

Oh!

I always run DVD player full screen and quit it with the keyboard. As for Sys Prefs, I don't regard that as an application. To borrow an old school reference, I regard Sys Prefs as a desk accessory and expect it to terminate on closing the window.

That's why the statement surprised me.

Anyways... why would you want Sys Prefs to behave any other way?

Calculator. That one closes with the red button.


Seriously. Coaten is right on this. It's just nitpicky. I don't think there's anything wrong with being nitpicky, but these complaints have NOTHING to do with the performance of the system, which is the strength of OS X.

Obviously everyone has the right to be nitpicky where and whenever they want, but let's just keep things in perspective.


- Jon

iPhoto also quits on Red-buttoning, and that is an app, no question about it.

What always irritates me with OSX is the lack of consistency for zooming in and out. Sometimes it's command = sometimes it's command shift = (+) sometimes it's command . or command shift . (>)

C'mon guys make it simple.

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Oh!

I always run DVD player full screen and quit it with the keyboard. As for Sys Prefs, I don't regard that as an application. To borrow an old school reference, I regard Sys Prefs as a desk accessory and expect it to terminate on closing the window.

That's why the statement surprised me.

Anyways... why would you want Sys Prefs to behave any other way?

Those were just two I happened to have up at the time. I agree that Sys Prefs isn't really an app, but it is an example of something that does close in a "non-standard" way on the Mac. It would be nice for it to all be consistent, but I don't view it as a major deal, just a minor annoyance.

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Those were just two I happened to have up at the time. I agree that Sys Prefs isn't really an app, but it is an example of something that does close in a "non-standard" way on the Mac. It would be nice for it to all be consistent, but I don't view it as a major deal, just a minor annoyance.

What about this distinction: if one closes a document, it shouldn't close the application. If the application, itself, is a window (e.g., System Preferences), then closing the window is tantamount to quitting the application. Don't widgets quit when you close their windows? There are some exceptions, where the application runs in the background continuously and one opens the window to do something, like WeatherDock or CopyPaste.

Hopefully Leopard will havw a consistent look and feel. Three different looks in one OS? Not a detail you'd expect Steve to put up with, for several years in fact, unless they were spending the money on a much improved UI designed to put Vista to shame. Of course the delay in Vista and the dissapointment of Vista will only make such a releasr all that more exciting!

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Those were just two I happened to have up at the time. I agree that Sys Prefs isn't really an app, but it is an example of something that does close in a "non-standard" way on the Mac. It would be nice for it to all be consistent, but I don't view it as a major deal, just a minor annoyance.

What about this distinction: if one closes a document, it shouldn't close the application. If the application, itself, is a window (e.g., System Preferences), then closing the window is tantamount to quitting the application. Don't widgets quit when you close their windows? There are some exceptions, where the application runs in the background continuously and one opens the window to do something, like WeatherDock or CopyPaste.

Well, comments can be made about consistency but I believe Apple prefers to designs actions according to what the user expects to happen, even when this apepars to be inconsisten. We expect Sys Prefs to terminate when the window is closed. We expect widgets to terminate when we exit Dashboard (although I believe Dash maintains some RAM in idle but that's another issue), and so on...

DVD Player? Well, no, I wouldn't expect it to quit when I click the red dot but then how else should it work? If you didn't want to watch the current DVD, then you would press eject, swap discs, press play. I suppose this is inconsistent. It's a subjective matter.

But whatever the case may be in this consistency debate... I never find myself wondering "what will happen if I do this?" I may be just so accustomed to OS X that I don't need to think about it. Or, possibly, Apple got it (mostly) right when they made decisions about certain elements terminating, Windows style, when you close the last remaining window specific to the application.

Whatever the case may be, I still don't understand what there is to whinge about.