Tag Archives: menubar

Menu zen

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Steven Fisher

With a 1280×800 screen, I decided to put a little effort into reducing my menu bar baggage. What I removed: BlueTooth: Useful, but not on a day-to-day basis. Time Machine: This system isn’t backed up. What? No, really. Everything important … Continue reading →

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Opaque menu bar!

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Mac OS X Hints describes how to make Leopard’s menu bar opaque. Much easier on the eyes.

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Ugly + opaque = still ugly.

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Daring Fireball links to an Apple support document: Some graphics cards, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, may not have the necessary OpenGL capabilities to display a translucent menu bar even though they are compatible with Core Image. Those … Continue reading →

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Best quote yet on Leopard's translucent menu bar

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Steven Fisher

Best quote yet on Leopard’s translucent menu bar: If anyone happens to meet the UI designer who thought a transparent menu bar was a good idea, please slap them once for every Leopard user (two million slaps and counting…) To … Continue reading →

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