From a technical standpoint, there really isn't a plastic look. "Plastic" applications use something called a "Unified Toolbar". As the name implies, this simply unifies the toolba…

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Some applications in Tiger, like XCode, take on a plastic background instead of the stripes, but I think that is actually hardcoded in and not …

I tried doing the Unified Toolbar look with all Apple's apps. It would work with Safari and Font Book. It also worked with MarsEdit. Too shabby it doesn't work with iTunes and iCha…

Quote: Originally Posted by Catfish_Man This isn't true, in my testing. Even the quick tests with IB that I did looked identical to other unified toolbar apps (Xcode, Mail, etc.…

So what would I need to do to get a 'Plastic' Safari and Acquisition (mine's still Aqua)? And is a 'Plastic' Finder possible?

I tried it with the Finder but I couldn't find it. If you want to do it with Safari you have to open Safari's "Browser.nib" file. Select "Window" in the window. Press Apple-Shift-…

Why can't I get interface builder to open Browser.nib? Or am I doing it wrong?

Nevermind, I got it.

Is it impossible to do the same thing with finder? I don't see any obious .nib files.

please explain how to open in interface builder...

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybrain p.s. I read somewhere that the Safari toolbar in Tiger is a real toolbar (drag stuff about etc.) That seems too good to be true, is it? …

and it has a PRINT button now!

errr i found that i was in the wrong browser.nib but there is no unified toolbar to click after i unclick has texture?!

There is really no "plastic" in the tiger gui -- with the exception of the usual elements such as scrollbars and open, close and shrink to dock buttons, although the main menu bar …

wow safari really looks sexy with the platinum/unified look

Quote: Originally Posted by gregorj The same concept has been applied to brushed metal applications such as safari and the finder. So why have both? Die brushed metal, die!

Screenies would be cool at this point�

unified keynote, pages, proteus, preview trying to get transmit unified.

Which .nib did you modify in preview? Nevermind. For others, the file is PVImageDocument.nib

PVImageDocument.nib

The 'PDF Viewer' part of Preview uses a different .nib (PVPDFDocument.nib I think) but when I try and open this in Interface Builder I get a 'Palette (PDFKit) was not found' error.…

i did not notice that preview uses a different .nib file for .pdfs. i can't seem to open it either. i am having this same problem with transmit.

It is in the dev tools folder. I found it in /Developer/Extras/Palettes Not good news though. It converts the tool icons in the segmented control to the flat style. Unfortunately …

Perhaps we can create a list in this thread of apps that work with the unified look? Man, I wish it was possible with iChat and the Finder...

"So why have both? Die brushed metal, die!" Cause from a user's standpoint they heave entirely different functions: visual indicators on computers, much like web sites, are clues …