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Satin Ribbon

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In general, I prefer minimalism and subtlety. I wanted to think past the contemporary use of glass controls and translucent windows and imagine what would come next after the appearance of OSX had grown as old as System 7.x and Vista users admitted that invisible windows are counter-productive.

The concept provides a nearly flat window interior, bordered on top and bottom by bars with a subtle gradient creating a satiny sheen and a sense of depth. Indeed, the title and bottom bars are like the rolls of a scroll, separated to reveal the flat paper between. The title and bottom bars should appear as two satin ribbons that are slightly closer to the view in the center.

The menu bar is shadowed by the title bar overhead. The idea is not to suggest that the title bar is rounded in any way but to reinforce the flatness of the interior and the dimensional aspect of the title bar. In keeping with the slight depth cue the title bar provides, the selected menu header and attached menu appear above the plane of the window interior, at the same perceived plane of title bar. Thus, the selected menu header is not shadowed by the title bar. The selected menu header and menu appear as one continuous object with a slight sheen propagating towards the lower right-hand corner, as a wide satin ribbon would appear when viewed flat.

To create a softer appearance, borders between elements are formed with drop shadows or brown lines only a few shades darker than the surroundings. To enhance the legibility of the title bar text and window controls without harshness, a darker brown outer glow is used instead of outlines.

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I like it -- Jm55 DateTime(2007-11-28T01:18:15Z)Jm

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