What I think happened to Mail
"I have a theory about what happened to Mail’s toolbar. Human Interface Guidelines on Toolbars.
Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines page about toolbar icons shows examples from the pre-metal Finder and the pre-Tiger Mail.
Each toolbar icon should be easily and quickly distinguishable from the other items in the toolbar. Toolbar icons emphasize their outline form, rather than subtler visual details. All the icons in the new Mail are clearly designed to de-emphasize unique shapes.
Of Apple’s apps that come with Tiger or with a new computer, I can’t think of any whose toolbars emphasize unique shapes. (And then there are apps that don’t have a standard customizable toolbar, such as iTunes and iCal, that I’m not counting.)
My guess is that, simply, Apple changed its mind about the unique shapes." (Via inessential.com)
Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines page about toolbar icons shows examples from the pre-metal Finder and the pre-Tiger Mail.
Each toolbar icon should be easily and quickly distinguishable from the other items in the toolbar. Toolbar icons emphasize their outline form, rather than subtler visual details. All the icons in the new Mail are clearly designed to de-emphasize unique shapes.
Of Apple’s apps that come with Tiger or with a new computer, I can’t think of any whose toolbars emphasize unique shapes. (And then there are apps that don’t have a standard customizable toolbar, such as iTunes and iCal, that I’m not counting.)
My guess is that, simply, Apple changed its mind about the unique shapes." (Via inessential.com)
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