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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. 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: 5, Funny

    OS?

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

  6. *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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  7. Re:Aero? by alexhard · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know we're supposed to RTFA You must be new here..
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