March 30, 2012
Still think #Apple messed up by removing all color from their icons in Lion. Elegant maybe but less usable.
Been using Lion for a couple weeks now and still can’t get used to this. It always takes the eye/brain longer to find the thing you’re looking for.
Also the choice of gray is bad — it feels like they’re all disabled or somethingā¦
Finder:
iTunes:
Color is hugely important. This should be common sense. Imagine if all of the icons in your Dockā¦
…were black and white. How much harder would it be to identify them quickly?