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Apple's Illuminous (Aqua v2) to Compete with Aero

Posted by Hemos on from the the-rumour-mill-starts-twitching dept.

tovarish writes "According to Apple Gazette Apple will replace Aqua with a new name (and hopefully looks) called Illuminous. Is Jobs scared of Aero?, does it make sense to go for a new UI now?, has Aqua run out of steam? The answers will probably come later next month(year)."

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  1. New Name by DLG · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe the new name is really going to be Nullity.

    Or maybe Aquality.

    Or Aquainess.

    This could be the least content of any story I have read.

    1. Re:New Name by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      This could be the least content of any story I have read.

      You must be new here.

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    2. Re:New Name by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Funny

      iQua gets my vote.

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    3. Re:New Name by dalerb · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe they'll go with ADEQUITE.

  2. Pinstripes by ahknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    NO MORE PINSTRIPES!!! For the love of Steve, PLEASE kill them. And brushed metal. Dead, dead, dead.

    Oh, how I hope it's true...

    1. Re:Pinstripes by SydBarrett · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just make everything transparent. Windows, scrollbars, pointer, and fonts. All transparent.

    2. Re:Pinstripes by hullabalucination · · Score: 5, Funny

      NO MORE PINSTRIPES!!! For the love of Steve, PLEASE kill them. And brushed metal. Dead, dead, dead.


      The new look will be translucent fur.

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    3. Re:Pinstripes by jbrader · · Score: 3, Funny

      Huh, but then wouldn't you just be looking at the inside of the monitor?

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  3. Running scared! by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is Jobs scared of Aero?, does it make sense to go for a new UI now?, has Aqua run out of steam?

    Faced with the prospect of being "boring and unoriginal" compared to OLPC vaporware, Steve has decided to one-up the "View Source" button and make XCode the new interface.

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    1. Re:Running scared! by LaminatorX · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bah! Emacs users have been doing that for ages.

  4. Illuminous by jimmichie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely you mean iLuminous.

    Anyway, how about a weekly round-up of Apple rumours rather than individual stories?

  5. Re:Aero? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Do a Google search if you do not know the meaning of the technical term you encounter while reading Slashdot. That would be more productive than bitching. Thank you.

  6. Re:Aero? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    OS?

    Enough with the technical terms, Pointdexter.
    Just say its the clicky thing that lets you do stuff on the whatchamahoo.

  7. DZ by ElephanTS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep, Blue Steel is just one look. Where's Magnum?

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  8. *whoosh* by darkwhite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you hear that sound, Mr. Cloricus? That is the sound of inevitability. That is the sound of a joke flying over your head.

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  9. Re:Aero? by alexhard · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know we're supposed to RTFA You must be new here..
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  10. Illuminati to battle Aero? by Prototerm · · Score: 2, Funny

    WTF, I've been wondering where those guys have been hiding all this time. I've got this mental image of guys in hooded robes fighting a bunch wearing Buck Rogers rocket packs.

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  11. Re:Is Jobs scared of Aero? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I love mac fanboys. You sit their circle jerking that mac os is so superior.
    Soon joe public will chose macos after all 2007 is the year of the linux desktop!

  12. Re:Aero? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot also assumes a completely unconfirmed rumor from a site with a low historical accuracy is front page news.

    The last thing Apple is afraid of is the abortion of interface design that is Aero and its five different menu styles and embarrassing shut down menu--only Microsoft could spread out "turn off computer" into nine or so redundant menu options.

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