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Re: Future AmigaOS GUI
« on: June 08, 2003, 12:09:54 PM »
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meerschaum wrote:
MOS looks modern... this mockup it looks modern...the AOS4 shots? the icons are old fashioned...the should hire a graphics designer to make them some icons...


I'm gonna be blunt here.

MOS by default looks ####.

The icons are overstyled overrendered rubbish.  I spent 5 mins trying to work out what the hell some of the icons on MOS were trying to be when I tried a Pegasos out.

In fact the best looking Ambient screenshot I've yet seen has ripped MacOS X icons.

Matt Chaputt and Mason have created some beautiful, practical icons over the years, that's why I'm glad Glowicons has stayed in here (and Mason has provided icons for AROS)

But then again lets face it:- It's AmigaOS to you just HAVE to slag it off.
 

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Re: Future AmigaOS GUI
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2003, 12:16:25 PM »
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alx wrote:
Can everyone remember that the big changes in the GUI will be coming in later versions of the OS - but the features already in (ie the gradient/bitmap skinning) are great.  


I can recall a little while ago people cooing over the latest MUI shots with the gradients.  Making out as if this made MUI the most beautiful GUI in the universe.  Well guys AOS 4 has it by default too. (and Zune got it like a day later :-) )

BTW speaking of MUI did anyone else notice in the pic with the MUI prefs there was somthing that looked like a windows style menu within the window? That ain't right!!!
 

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Re: Future AmigaOS GUI
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2003, 12:41:18 PM »
Hello SimoAmi,

Looking great as always :-D  It'd be nice if you could provide some graphical sparkle to AOS.

Just a little constuctive critisism :-) :-

The screen titlebar is way too cluttered, it should be simpler maybe just a clock and a screen gadget.  OS X keeps it's menubar very simple with only a couple of items for example

I'm sorry, but I don't like the icons too much, although they are much nicer than the ones posted before.  It'd be cool if you could hook up with Matt or Mason and throw some ideas about.  I love glowicons, but there is always foom for that little extra sheen. :-D

I don't think that HTML shell would be a good idea.  This may sound old fashioned but, fixed-width clear font is the way to go.

The gadgets are just amazing :-) However, the tabs don't look like they are connected to the object they are tabbing.  Also the window scrollbars look out of place compared to everything else.  Replacing them with the scrollbars used on the other gadgets would solve this.  I'd also have a continuous progress bar as well as the range on non-continuous progress bars you have designed (if only for the sake of compatibilty)

Also don't forget that OS 4.0 is a limited release and some of the concepts here would require a lot of re-working (and would also probably break older software- for example stuff that expects window borders)

Otherwise it's amazing.  Although everytime I look it does remind me of winXP slighty and I'm not sure why.
 

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Re: Future AmigaOS GUI
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2003, 12:43:24 PM »
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zacman wrote:

That's nothing new. That's just a MUI 3.9 feature and
known for over two years now (if you had installed
the MUI PPC version for MorphOS 0.4 two years ago).

You can attach the menu where ever you want to the
window and if you don't like it you can turn it off.


Ah cool, although not something I'd ever use.
 

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Re: Future AmigaOS GUI
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2003, 08:27:29 PM »
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unchartered:

About your footnote.. yes it was on the Music for the Jilted Generation (which ROCKS) but the sample actually came from LAWNMOWER MAN!



Are you sure? All my videos are in storage ATM so I can't check, but I don't remember that bit.  It doesn't really sound like Pierce Brosnan in the sample.