Articles tagged Goldblum.

Why is Apple so Blue?

January 23, 2011 18:19 by: E. Werner Reschke   1 Comment

Categories: Products

Tagged: Apple , Beige , Blue , Dock , Goldblum , Jeff

When Apple released OS X 10.0 one of the most controversial aspects of the new Aqua interface was the Dock. Back then the Dock wasn't as 3-D or reflective as it is today, but nevertheless, the Dock pretty much functions the same way it did on day one: you can enlarge it; you can shrink it; you can hide it; you can even move it to the left or right of your screen.

While the Dock has evolved over the past decade one has to wonder if Apple is letting history repeat itself with their icon designs for the Dock? It's almost as if they are in “thinking jail”, just like Jeff Goldblum proclaimed about all computer designs being “beige” when Apple introduced the first iMac.

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