AppleInsider posts a screenshot of Safari with an alternate interface -- no metal, but using a Panther-based Aqua theme. The version is "from an unknown origin".
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New Safari Interface?
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That's nasty. I wonder if it's real, I suppose seeing if Apple legal remove it will tell us.
Actually I doubt it is, how would those bookmarks work? Are they like super-bookmarks? Plus Safari is about one of the only applications that follows Apple's HID for metal.
I'm on Jag at the moment but I'm sure Panther's Safari is above v94.
AppleMatt
Actually I doubt it is, how would those bookmarks work? Are they like super-bookmarks? Plus Safari is about one of the only applications that follows Apple's HID for metal.
I'm on Jag at the moment but I'm sure Panther's Safari is above v94.
AppleMatt
Just install Metallifizer
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/metallifizer/
Just install it for free from Unsanity and you can make any Aqua app use Metallic windows and vice versa.
Hoodwinked again by the so-called "Appleinsider"?
http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/metallifizer/
Just install it for free from Unsanity and you can make any Aqua app use Metallic windows and vice versa.
Hoodwinked again by the so-called "Appleinsider"?
Re: Just install Metallifizer
the only thing different in that picture of safari is not only that is aqua themed but the tabs have changed into the way they are in some panther menus and I dont believe that hack would do that as well.
the only thing different in that picture of safari is not only that is aqua themed but the tabs have changed into the way they are in some panther menus and I dont believe that hack would do that as well.
The difference between this and a simple .nib file mod is the tabs.
Safari always used its own code for tabs, but this picture shows Safari using the standard Panther set of tabs.
That in itself is either good photoshop or some crazy InterfaceBuilder action.
EDIT: Bah. I get distracted, and someone beats me to my own answer...
Safari always used its own code for tabs, but this picture shows Safari using the standard Panther set of tabs.
That in itself is either good photoshop or some crazy InterfaceBuilder action.
EDIT: Bah. I get distracted, and someone beats me to my own answer...
i actually really like the look of that new interface, i hope it happens.
you know what apple should do is make like and on off switch for each application for changing form aqua to metal...then people could pick and choose. theres seems to be a ridiculous amout of criticism for both.
you know what apple should do is make like and on off switch for each application for changing form aqua to metal...then people could pick and choose. theres seems to be a ridiculous amout of criticism for both.
Re: New Safari Interface?
THIS IS WHY IT'S FAKE
Because when Apple introduced Tabs in Safari they said how it was different from the rest because the tabs went from left to right - intelligently. IE, not from the middle out like Netscape. This pics shows middle out, so must be wrong.
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THIS IS WHY IT'S FAKE
Because when Apple introduced Tabs in Safari they said how it was different from the rest because the tabs went from left to right - intelligently. IE, not from the middle out like Netscape. This pics shows middle out, so must be wrong.
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Fake. The last released version does not look like that. Also, note the title bar stepping down on the buttons? That was an effect from the metallifizer hack because Apple didn't create the window with a title bar in mind so the space is limited. So why would Apple redesign the tabs but not add a few pixels above the buttons? Simple. Because this is a fake.
This has got to be fake. It's probably just a screen shot from someone who flipped their Safari interface to Aqua and is also running Panther (or it's Photoshopped).
Just to clear up the whole "tab" thing: All tabs in Panther (Safari being the exception) look like "button tabs".
Just to clear up the whole "tab" thing: All tabs in Panther (Safari being the exception) look like "button tabs".
I prefer metal, myself. I agree that if there were some sort of "appearance theme"control allowing the user to switch from aqua/metal, it would be ideal. It seems that people either really love metal or really hate it. I just happen to be one of those who love it.
New search field
Have you noticed the search field on the top-right? It looks like you will be able to select the search engine just like the latest iCab. It is propably a fake but that is one feature from iCab I would like to see implemented in all the major browsers.
Have you noticed the search field on the top-right? It looks like you will be able to select the search engine just like the latest iCab. It is propably a fake but that is one feature from iCab I would like to see implemented in all the major browsers.
Why is "Microsoft Corporation" the first tab?
This must be a fake - why would Apple put Microsoft as the first Tab?!?
This must be a fake - why would Apple put Microsoft as the first Tab?!?
Re: New search field
It looks exactly like the current Google search field. The popup menu lists previous searches, not other search engines.
As has been noted, the tabs have no close button. They can't possibly be real. I didn't know Apple's position on tab starting from the middle (thanks gotohamish), but I agree that tabs should start from the left, and this is another reason it can't be real.
It looks exactly like the current Google search field. The popup menu lists previous searches, not other search engines.
As has been noted, the tabs have no close button. They can't possibly be real. I didn't know Apple's position on tab starting from the middle (thanks gotohamish), but I agree that tabs should start from the left, and this is another reason it can't be real.
Re: Just install Metallifizer
Only problem is that Metallifizer doesn't work in Panther, at least not yet.
Only problem is that Metallifizer doesn't work in Panther, at least not yet.
