[X4U] Let's start the FUD presses.

[DZ-Jay]

On Apr 15, 2005, at 16:10, Mike Panas wrote:

> I'll have to wait an see how things look before rendering an opinion. 
> In
> general, I do prefer a consistent look for .apps, and would not wan to 
> see
> Apple going to multiple looks for various .apps. It just seems sloppy 
> to me.
> The mailbox drawer does not bother me -- I don't get the objection. I 
> feel
> the flexibility to display or hide it is an option that makes my Mac 
> more
> uniquely mine than the "one size fits all" philosophy of Windows, 
> which Mr.
> Thurrot (?) seems to think of as more "professional."
> Mike

An therein lies my question:  did Apple really change the UI for 
Mail.app (and other apps)?  I personally like it the way it is now 
(Panther), but from what I saw in the screenshot that Mr. Thurrot 
offered of the new Mail.app in Tiger, the drawer is completely gone, 
and the buttons and toolbars are different (although I don't see them 
as "bizarre", like Mr. Thurrot claims), along with the new "plastic" 
look.

I'm not saying that changing the UI is inherently wrong; I applaud 
Apple for constantly trying to improve their designs.  But what I find 
strange is that Apple would change so drastically the UI of one app and 
not others.  Is this really what happened?

	dZ.