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Title: Get to know OS X Mavericks: Calendar Post by: HCK on October 25, 2013, 03:01:14 am Get to know OS X Mavericks: Calendar
A lot of users shied away from OS X’s built-in Calendar and the stitched-leather look of its Lion and Mountain Lion incarnations, but in Mavericks the app returns to its former sleek glory—and it has learned a few tricks, too. A new look When you launch Mavericks’ Calendar app, the new-old aesthetic will grab your attention. Gone are the skeuomorphic flourishes of the previous version: the marbled leather title bar, the page tears, the embossed button. Calendar has also gotten a smooth, sleek makeover, with an emphasis on thinner, lighter fonts reminiscent of how Apple has transformed iOS 7. Likewise, events have a flatter appearance; though they’re still translucent, the effect is less pronounced than in previous versions of Calendar. Calendar’s new aesthetic is slim and simple, with a flatter and less translucent visual experience. Subtle cues highlight handy information: For example, in the month or year view, a red line indicates the current week. In the year view, the current month is highlighted in red. And the terminator line that shows how far you’ve progressed through your day now actually tells you the current time instead of making you eyeball it. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2057229/get-to-know-os-x-mavericks-calendar.html#tk.rss_all |