We revisit the golden age of Mac interface customization: the development of the Kaleidoscope control panel, the extensive Kaleidoscope scheme archive, and the limited possibilities for theming in OS X.
Links for this episode:
- Kaleidoscope
- The Kaleidoscope scheme archive
- "the golden age"
- K's creators
- Greg Landweber
- Ed Voas
- Arlo Rose
- Konfabulator [WayBack Machine]
- aka Yahoo! Widgets
- K's features
- version history
- zoom rectangles
- icon replacement
- WindowShade
- scheme inspirations
- Echelon, Echelon 8.5, and Kidcon icon sets
- Layne Karkruff – blueskyheart.com
- BeOS and NeXTSTEP
- reduced perspective in Yosemite icons
- the schemelist archives
- OS X theming
- Unsanity
- unsanity.com [WayBack Machine]
- APE and haxies
- ShapeShifter [WayBack Machine]
- Gruber on Dashboard vs. Konfabulator
- Flavours
- themes for Flavours
- the true story of audion.
- Unsanity
- next episode: Ed tries something really stupid
Scheme gallery!
Innovative schemes
OS Mimicry
Minimalist
Getting a little silly…
…and now really impractical
Ed and Brian's picks
