The complete Mail-like makeover
Speaking of the Rise and Rise of the Mail-like Look, the GUI hack UNO can bring the unified Toolbar/Titlebar and lighter metal look to all the windows in your system. UNO’s aim is “to enhance aqua interface consistency, by making all elements look and feel as one.”
Here it is with (from the back), Mellel, a word processor, Apple Mail (Mail 2.0 with the odd new buttons removed), ecto and Script Editor:
UNO can be installed and uninstalled by running it from the disk image. You can see more screenshots and download the hack from UNO’s website.
Tags: apple interface, brushed metal, GUI, hack, lighter metal, tip, unified toolbar, UNORelated posts
October 21st, 2005 at 11:02 pm
[...] I’ve added a link to the 139 different Apple Mail icons and to the interface hack UNO in the Interface Tweaks section, the spoken notification AppleScript in the Notification section, The Remote Control AppleScript in Added Functionality, FastMailBase and Mail Archiver X in the Archiving Section and Address Book Importer and the Streetmaps (UK) map plug-in in the Address Book section. [...]
November 7th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
[...] It allows you to set up a list of recipients using Address Book, add a subject line and main text, and then send the lot to Apple Mail, which fires off the “personalised” emails. This window looks slightly unusual due to an UNO interface makeover You can also add attachments and save the emails for future use. [...]
November 8th, 2005 at 12:51 am
[...] UPDATE: Try UNO for a complete Mail-like look makeover on your own Mac. [...]