All of this tight, clean neatness in Mail and Safari and the OS.... But Address Book and Calendar look like they belong on a child's play computer... What gives? I need a "disable ugly" option in preferences!
Please, people have been calling Apple's interfaces ugly for years. Just like Aqua and brushed metal, your opinion is your opinion, and there are plenty of other people (like me) who don't have a problem with it.
Now, if you want to talk about lack of functionality, you'll have a leg to stand on. I personally am not happy that the calendar list is now only accessible through a pop-up that disappears as soon as you mouse away from it. I frequently need to show and hide calendars and this makes that task a pain in the butt. However, I'm not going to go complaining about that here, where my opinion makes absolutely no difference. I'm going to visit the Apple feedback page.
I like the aesthetic beauty...
But some major fucntioanlities are hidden - you need to make few clicks more.
The calendar had a default view of month on left side, eventhough I was on week or day view.
Now it is missing...
The interface is fine for the iPad, where I'm holding what looks like a book in my hands... Just looks stupid on my cinema display... They do all this space optimization everywhere in the interface, then waste about 20 pixels height to draw cheezy stitching in my calendar... Just doesn't seem to fit in.
But, like you said.. to each their own... Just wish I could turn it off.
Add me to the list of people who hate these two.
Adding or modifying groups of people in Address Book is a pain in the neck. The page animation gimmick gets old after a couple times (the iCal page flipping is even worse)
The year heatmap in iCal is pretty good, the only thing I like about the new version.
There should be a preference to revert these two to the old interface.
It worrying how Apple is going backwards in development. Digital technology offer great opportunity that we're just in the beginning of exploring, so why do Apple stick to restrictions that a paper calendar has? Why do you have to turn pages to see events for next month. Not very innovative.
Plus: I think is **** ugly and childish too
I like them, each to thier own.
Check this out!
http://macnix.blogspot.com/2011/07/change-mac-os-x-107-lion-ical-skin-to.html
Works like a champ!
I think that Address Book looks OK, as it's, er, a book, but I have to agree about iCal.
I think the new design is butt ugly. PLEASE give us the option to use the former layout and design for Address Book.
it is not only butt ugly but a usability disaster too - especiall Adress Book! makes me want to barf.
like booth is like aproper thing..
Find it even cool
They are, really? How unfortunate. I use iCal a lot.
Check this out!
http://macnix.blogspot.com/2011/07/change-mac-os-x-107-lion-ical-skin-to.html
Works like a champ!
LOVE IT!! Thank you!
On my 27" iMac the folding page in iCal almost pokes me in the eye.
Stop this nonsense "video-game-semi-realistic" interface approach.
Why are Address Book and Calendar so ugly?
