Brent Simmons on iTunes 5 and UI Trends

He’s pretty much spot-on:

  1. Stripes are passé.

  2. Margins are bad.

  3. Brushed metal is yesterday’s news.

  4. The unified title-and-toolbar look is the new platinum.

  5. The two-tone glass thing is big. Big, I tell you. Big.

★ Thursday, 8 September 2005