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Re:Infinite Mac OS X by speedgoose on Friday June 20, 2025 @02:38AM (#44325260)
My favourite one is 10.3 Panther with the mix of aqua and brushed metal. 10.4 Tiger is similar but it has a glossy top menu bar that didn’t age well in my opinion. 10.5 Leopard has the fancy cheesy 3D dock, transparent top menu bar, and the more modern gradients. It looked great at the time but gradients aren’t as cool as brushed metal and aqua.

Everything after is a bit boring.

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Re:Infinite Mac OS X by bshacklett on Friday June 20, 2025 @08:01AM (#44326883)
Panther was peak OS X. Spotlight, in Tiger, was amazing, but Tiger’s performance was significantly worse.
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Re:Infinite Mac OS X by holmium on Friday June 20, 2025 @10:39AM (#44328149)
If only someone could back-port Quick Look into Panther! I didn't realize how much I use that feature as I spammed the spacebar in these emulators.
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Re:Infinite Mac OS X by al_borland on Friday June 20, 2025 @03:03PM (#44330876)
I'm pretty sure Quicksilver was around in the Panther era. It was great to have Spotlight built in, but Quicksilver was incredible.
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