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appleinsider.com - 1/14/2009

Apple's Snow Leopard may arrive with unified 'Marble' interface

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With the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple may be planning to rid its flagship operating system of the various user interface inconsistencies that have materialized in recent years, according to a pair of reports.

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macrumors.com - 1/14/2009

Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface?

— macrumors.com — Last year, Apple announced that they will be releasing the next major revision of Mac OS X... (10.6 Snow Leopard) in 2009. The focus of Snow Leopard has been on performance and quality of the underlying codebase rather than introducing new end-user f... (more) Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying 'Marble' User Interface?

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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 1/20/2009

Spotlight on Apple’s hidden revenue stream

— apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — On Wednesday, when Apple announces its fiscal 2009 first-quarter earnings, the business press will rush to report... the key metrics: number of units sold for Macs, iPods and iPhones, as well as overall company sales, earnings, and gross margins. But ... (more) Spotlight on Apple’s hidden revenue stream

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osnews.com - 1/8/2009

PsyStar Claims Apple's Mac OS X Copyright Is Invalid

— osnews.com — Icon The legal back-and-forth between PsyStar and Apple is slowly but surely moving into the twilight zone.... Not too long ago we had Apple going all black helicopter on PsyStar claiming people and/or companies other than PsyStar are involved in the ... (more) PsyStar Claims Apple's Mac OS X Copyright Is Invalid

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'Marble' to be the next look-and-feel for Mac OS X?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Rumors, Snow Leopard Snow Leopard, the next major version of Mac OS X, will include minor tweaks to the user interface, according to MacRumors' Arnold Kim. "The new theme will likely involve tweaks to the existing design and perhaps a 'flattening' of Aqua in-line with Apple's iTunes and iPhoto interface elements," Kim writes. AppleInsider's Kate Marsal posted a screenshot of some controls purported to be part of the new interface, dubbed "Marble." It's unclear where the screenshot came from, as Kim writes that ...

Snow Leopard may include tweaked UI codenamed ‘Marble’
Boy Genius Report — ... Fireball with regards to a tweaked UI had lost steam for a while but sources close to MacRumors now claim the rumor was pretty spot on. The new UI will supposedly be more consistent across applications and will have a darker, flattened look compared to the current OS X theme, Aqua. The overall look, illustrated by the mockup above, will be more in line with the current schemes seen in iTunes and iPhoto. What do you guys think - yea or nay on the rumored theme tweaks? [Via AppleInsider] Read

Jailbreak: What iPhone OS 3.0 Means for Jailbreaking [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... . The user interface plays such an important role in user experience that it is an area Apple will never relinquish control of. The sheer amount of ugly themes created by users for WinterBoard, let alone those for other mobile platforms that freely allow theming, should be proof enough. Changing the wallpaper is about as far as it goes…or Snow Leopard’s rumored ‘Marble’ interface at some point in 3.x. But theming? Don’t hold your breath. ...