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Aqua (Mac OS X)
Aqua is the graphical user interface, design language and Theme (computing), visual theme of Apple Inc.'s macOS and iOS operating systems. It was originally based on the theme of water, with droplet-like components and a liberal use of reflection effects and translucency. Its goal is to "incorporate color, depth, translucence, and complex textures into a visually appealing interface" in macOS applications. At its introduction, Steve Jobs noted that "... it's liquid, one of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it". Aqua was first introduced at the 2000 Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Its first appearance in a commercial product was in the July 2000 release of iMovie 2, followed by Mac OS X 10.0 the following year. Aqua is the successor to Appearance Manager, Platinum, which was used in Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and developer releases of Rhapsody (operating system), Rhapsody (including macOS Server, Mac OS X Server 1.2). The appearance of Aqua has changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac OS X Public Beta
Mac OS X Public Beta (internally code named "Kodiak") was the first publicly available version of Apple Inc., Apple Computer's macOS, Mac OS X (now named macOS) operating system to feature the Aqua (user interface), Aqua user interface. It was released to the public on September 13, 2000, for US$ 29.95. Its release was significant as the first publicly available evidence of Apple's ability to ship the "next-generation Mac operating system" after the Copland (operating system), Copland failure. It allowed software developers and Diffusion (business), early adopters to test a preview of the upcoming operating system and develop software for it before its final release. It is the only public version of macOS, Mac OS X to have a code name not based on a big cat until the release of OS X Mavericks, 10.9 Mavericks in 2013. The US version had a build number of 1H39 and the international version had build number 2E14. Successor OS The Public Beta succeeded Mac OS X Server 1.0, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appearance Manager
The Appearance Manager is a component of Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 that controls the overall look of the Macintosh graphical user interface widgets and supports several themes. It was originally developed for Apple Computer, Apple's ill-fated Copland (operating system), Copland project, but with the cancellation of this project the system was moved into newer versions of the Mac OS. The Appearance Manager is also available free as part of a downloadable Software development kit, SDK for System 7. The Appearance Manager is implemented as an abstraction layer between the Control Manager and QuickDraw. Previously, controls made direct QuickDraw calls to draw user interface elements such as buttons, scrollbars, window title bars, etc. With the Appearance Manager, these elements are abstracted into a series of APIs that draw the item as a distinct entity on behalf of the client code, thus relieving the Control Manager of the task. This extra level of indirection allows the system to supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |