I must admit...
I'm a little jealous of those people who already have Leopard. Especially those who are running the GM build. It makes me a little anxious to get it myself.... although I can't afford to buy it right now and like I said I would like to get it when theming is available for it. But it looks awfully nice as it is right now.
From the last screenshot I linked to showing delicious library it looks like they didn't actually replace brushed metal... what they did is they changed the skin and added an out of focus state to it.... at least to the window background anyway. They probably did that for compatibility reasons.
The new Quicktime in Leopard looks really nice. I was imagining one time how Quicktime would look if they redesigned the UI the way they did with the finder, itunes, etc. to make it look more border-less and this is the result. I must say, I approve.
There's a nice collection of screenshots here.
One last comment though.... even though it looks good in screenshots I tire of the grey unified color that was introduced in iTunes and when I theme Leopard that is going to be the first thing that goes... sorry Steve. I mean it does look good with the new titlebar widgets and everything but overall it feels kind of meh to me combined with the new menubar and stuff. Although I am ok with it in themes like Aqua Inspirat. But it's not something I would want to use for long periods of time. I sort of like the out of focus look like in the first screenshot I linked to better. So one possible theme for me would be to keep that but change the in focus color to perhaps a brighter white. I know I would also like a pro theme to start off with as well.
From the last screenshot I linked to showing delicious library it looks like they didn't actually replace brushed metal... what they did is they changed the skin and added an out of focus state to it.... at least to the window background anyway. They probably did that for compatibility reasons.
The new Quicktime in Leopard looks really nice. I was imagining one time how Quicktime would look if they redesigned the UI the way they did with the finder, itunes, etc. to make it look more border-less and this is the result. I must say, I approve.
There's a nice collection of screenshots here.
One last comment though.... even though it looks good in screenshots I tire of the grey unified color that was introduced in iTunes and when I theme Leopard that is going to be the first thing that goes... sorry Steve. I mean it does look good with the new titlebar widgets and everything but overall it feels kind of meh to me combined with the new menubar and stuff. Although I am ok with it in themes like Aqua Inspirat. But it's not something I would want to use for long periods of time. I sort of like the out of focus look like in the first screenshot I linked to better. So one possible theme for me would be to keep that but change the in focus color to perhaps a brighter white. I know I would also like a pro theme to start off with as well.