Make Aqua-like? Or not?

[sgharms]

Looking at the screenshot, I couldn't tell if you were consciously eschewing Aqua or want Aqua look-and-feel, but just haven't implemented it yet.

[probonopd]

Well. Good question. Toned down aqua-ish without being a clone is what I am looking for. Definitely not "flat".

[kyleblizzard]

I would completely support this initiative. In many ways this was the pinnacle of UI design and it’s been entirely abandoned for what was very likely political reasons. The opportunity to borrow heavily from it is right there, especially in the face of the modern UI we see everywhere. I see this as a key differentiation point without needing to reinvent the wheel due to the design language basically being abandoned yet right there to pull from.

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[sgharms]

I’m heartened by the discussion here. I’ve been thinking a lot about Aqua lately and how I might leverage Jon Sterling’s work around creating more Aqua UIs.

FWIW I found this project by trying to find a way to shorter boot up messages for FreeBSD…in an attempt to mirror Solaris — so I guess we’re all a mutual inspiration society ;)