Aqua (user interface) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/07/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)


00:01:09 1 History
00:01:18 1.1 Mac OS
00:01:27 1.1.1 Mac OS X 10.2, Panther and Tiger
00:03:08 1.1.2 Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard
00:04:20 1.1.3 Mac OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion and Mavericks
00:05:48 1.1.4 OS X Yosemite and El Capitan
00:07:33 1.2 Microsoft Windows
00:08:33 2 Design elements
00:10:07 2.1 Interface elements
00:10:16 2.1.1 Windows
00:13:12 2.1.2 Menus
00:14:10 2.1.3 Text boxes and fields
00:15:08 2.1.4 Push buttons
00:16:06 2.1.5 Checkboxes and radio buttons
00:16:48 2.1.6 Tables and lists
00:17:21 2.1.7 Progress indicators
00:18:41 2.1.8 Miscellaneous
00:19:45 2.2 Typefaces
00:20:29 2.3 Animations
00:24:41 2.4 Underlying technology
00:24:55 3 Criticism
00:25:32 4 Litigation
00:26:05 5 See also



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Aqua is the graphical user interface and visual theme of Apple's macOS operating system. It was originally based on the theme of water, with droplet-like components and a liberal use of reflection effects and translucency. Its goal is to "incorporate color, depth, translucence, and complex textures into a visually appealing interface" in macOS applications. At its introduction, Steve Jobs noted that "one of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it".Aqua was first introduced at the 2000 Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Its first appearance in a commercial product was in the July 2000 release of iMovie 2, followed by Mac OS X 10.0 the year after. Aqua is the successor to Platinum, which was used in Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X Server 1.2. The appearance of Aqua has changed frequently over the years, most recently with the release of OS X Yosemite in 2014 which introduced a flatter look and did away with the gel-like controls and metal-like components.