Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michelle Steiner Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Yosemite Test Release Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:31:02 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: <200620141431027583%michelle@michelle.org> References: <200620141840352038%YourName@YourISP.com> <1lnk4go.sjc7ki1lvkyo0N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <200620141046268728%timstreater@greenbee.net> <53a499ef$0$47963$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8b819003531285591ae70ba618133493"; logging-data="14310"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18t/2Xqdy5TS/GbLhxxYo8hZUfxz3Qe9jI=" User-Agent: Thoth/1.9.1 (Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rT4HezDPTjqFzMn7nj00OEzVD9Q= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:61238 In article <53a499ef$0$47963$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei wrote: > On 14-06-20 15:24, Lewis wrote: > > > Actually, it is not. It is 1) subtle 2) distinguishes active and > > inactive windows 3) highlights content areas. It's good. It'll be > > EXCELLENT on a retina display. > > > Incredible. I don't think most Apple employees are convinced of this > translucency lunacy, yet, you manage to find some way to spin this as a > good thing. > > Are you related to Jony Ive per chance ? Seems to me it would be the > only explanation for you defending a feature that is not only unwanted, > but which actually hinders readability. There are a lot of people who are not adversely affected by translucency. I, for one, don't mind it, except in the menu bar, and I've turned it off there. I suspect that with other desktop pictures, I wouldn't mind having it, but not with the one I have now.