I can tell how much attention went into the look & feel of OS X when the spa...

zimbabwe · on July 11, 2009

That and the gradients, the look of the graphite buttons, the folders, the log-out button where Spotlight ought to be (there's no launcher bar equivalent that could be themed to look like Spotlight?), the spacing on the dock, the theming on the dock, the glowy ball, the spacing of the scroll bar on the Finder, the unnecessary Finder chrome (for people who don't know, all side and bottom chrome on OS X Leopard is 1px unless otherwise specified, and I don't understand why some developers are stupid enough to re-add the chrome Apple did away with)...

It's not worth it to go on. It irritates me so much that people would make an attempt like this in the first place. Every small detail irks me.

randallsquared · on July 11, 2009

Hm. I've been an OS X user since 2003, and I didn't really notice that (in the conversion) until you mentioned it.

jrockway · on July 11, 2009

Do you ever actually use your computer, or do you just stare at the spacing between icons?

scott_s · on July 11, 2009

If a novice took over the layout of your favorite publication, offline or off, you'd probably notice.

Having a desktop environment where things "look right" is, to me, the same as working in a room that is clean and tidy.

access_denied · on July 11, 2009

People who are educated in micro typography (The field of Graphic Design distinguised between macro and micro typography), see this difference instantly and everywhere. It's like reading: onec learned you automatically process whe you see letters.