Wednesday, 6 September 2006

Betts mods your Mac

Everyone's favorite duck-icon orting graphic designer is more than a pretty icon of a face, he hel make the rest of your programs look good too. Adam Betts regularly posts modificatio or add-o to various pieces of Mac software to his blog, and although each one is cool enough to warrant a post of its own, I thought I'd be nice to you all and compile some of my favorites into one mega-post.

First off we have a simple interface tweak that goes a long way to unifying the look of your system. Adam's new QuickTime Plugin Controller replaces the old icky Aqua bu le quicktime plugin interface with a sleek platinum/unified/post-brushed metal look.

Next are two replacement ico one for a certain flammable fox, the other for a Preview alternative. The Firefox icon touchup fixes dock weight i ues (how close it is to the other ico ) as well as making the whole package a bit smoother.

The Xee replacement set actually contai replacements for both the actual a lication icon as well as the status bar. Xee is a replacement for Preview and available for free download.

Finally, we have the 9.3% complete interface-lift for Google Earth. This package will replace the a lication icon as well as modify certain UI elements such as toolbar ico and the sidebar to make them more Mac-like.

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