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Apple's Snow Leopard may arrive with unified 'Marble' interface
Apple's Snow Leopard may arrive with unified 'Marble' interface
With the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple may be planning to rid its flagship operating system of the various user interface inconsistencies that have materialized in recent years, according to a pair of reports.
Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface?
Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface?
macrumors.com — Last year, Apple announced that they will be releasing the next major revision of Mac OS X... (10.6 Snow Leopard) in 2009. The focus of Snow Leopard has been on performance and quality of the underlying codebase rather than introducing new end-user f... (more) Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface?
Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit security
appleinsider.com — In addition to the benefits detailed in previous articles in this series, the move to 64-bits in... Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will enhance Apple's efforts to secure its operating system. (more) Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit security
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'Marble' to be the next look-and-feel for Mac OS X?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Rumors, Snow Leopard Snow Leopard, the next major version of Mac OS X, will include minor tweaks to the user interface, according to MacRumors' Arnold Kim. "The new theme will likely involve tweaks to the existing design and perhaps a 'flattening' of Aqua in-line with Apple's iTunes and iPhoto interface elements," Kim writes. AppleInsider's Kate Marsal posted a screenshot of some controls purported to be part of the new interface, dubbed "Marble." It's unclear where the screenshot came from, as Kim writes that ...

Jailbreak: What iPhone OS 3.0 Means for Jailbreaking
TheAppleBlog — ... . The user interface plays such an important role in user experience that it is an area Apple will never relinquish control of. The sheer amount of ugly themes created by users for WinterBoard, let alone those for other mobile platforms that freely allow theming, should be proof enough. Changing the wallpaper is about as far as it goes…or Snow Leopard’s rumored ‘Marble’ interface at some point in 3.x. But theming? Don’t hold your breath. ...

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