• galaga

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  Most of the predictions were already pretty well-known. iLife/iWork were almost guarantees.

  Posted 1/14/2009 respond (flag)

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Apple's Snow Leopard may arrive with unified 'Marble' interface
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:00 AM EST 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. As part of his Macworld 2009 predictions earlier this month, Daring Fireball's John Gruber suggested that Apple was likely to demo a new build of the operating system at the conference that would "make old features look new, by updating the system-wide appearance theme." "I’ve made this prediction several times in the past and ...

RUMOR: Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to usher in unified ‘Marble’ user interface
MacDailyNews — ... appearance theme. I’ve made this prediction several times in the past and been wrong, but eventually I’ll be right: it’s time for the last vestiges of the original Mac OS X 10.0 'Aqua' theme to go. Scrollbars and push buttons, for example, remain largely unchanged since the Mac OS X public beta in 2000. My bet says iTunes-style scrollbars everywhere, darker window chrome, and a light-text-on-dark-background menu bar... The name I’ve heard for the new theme: Marble." Full article here .

'Marble' to be the next look-and-feel for Mac OS X?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Daring Fireball's John Gruber wrote that Marble was the codename for the new interface scheme in his Macworld predictions roundup, but said later he was wrong when it was not announced during the keynote. He wagered that the look would feature "iTunes-style scrollbars everywhere, darker window chrome, and a light-text-on-dark-background menu bar." ...