Ari Haviv wrote:
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:35 AM, kallisti5 <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:lol.. I do really like what John did with it. He really didn't go nuts and kept the BeOS feel while making it look more updated. Quite a few commenter also agree that they like it. There are some in the thread that say the use of rounded corners will take extra cpu time but most of us have more then enough cpu to spare ;)A few rounded corners and shadows can make a big difference. I think the UI is still too flat and could stand out a bit more, like Mac OS 9. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Mac_OS_9_screenshot_2.png I didn't see any shadow around the menu...maybe that would also be a nice touch. I think that the top right corner of the menu should be straight so that it is aligned with the bottom of the menu bar.
The simpler the better in my opinion. I turned off the animations and other bells and whistles in my XP. I liked BeOS's simplicity. I don't *want* Haiku to look "Mac-y". I don't think it needs to look "modern".
I don't think we need to try to attract mainstream desktop users; they will prefer Windows or Mac no matter what we do. We don't need to evangelize Haiku; it should speak for itself. I saw a guy in the next cubicle using BeOS and asked him about it, downloaded Personal Edition and was hooked within a week.
Rounded corners and shadows and all that stuff is nice eye candy, but if Haiku goes that way, I want the option to turn it off - especially since I will likely be running it on an older machine where every cycle counts.
(Not that I don't think the mockup looks nice - it certainly does. But if that's what I wanted, I probably would be sticking with Windows or Mac, not eagerly awaiting R1.)
