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	GuiProgramming - PythonInfo Wiki
		Python has a huge number of GUI frameworks (or toolkits) available for it, from Tkinter (traditionally bundled with Python, using Tk) to a number of other cross-platform solutions, as well as bindings to platform-specific (also known as "native") technologies.
		Venster is a highly native Windows GUI toolkit for Python based on the ctypes ffi library.
		GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition, is still available.
	wiki.python.org /moin/GuiProgramming (634 words)

	Aqua (user interface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aqua's first appearance in a commercial product was in the July 2000 release of iMovie 2, in which the buttons and the scroll bar acquired the Mac OS X Aqua look, as well as in iTunes in January 2001.
		Two primary features of Aqua are the gel-like buttons (colored red, yellow, and green) that control the windows, and the Dock, which facilitates the launching of and navigation between applications.
		Aqua is the successor to Platinum, which was used in Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aqua_(GUI) (1888 words)

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		Apple did not stand still either, developing the new GUI called Aqua for their new operating system Mac OS X, itself a result of the merger with NeXT and at its core a new version of NeXTSTEP.
		Aqua introduced the idea of a GUI where every window was double-buffered in memory, so that any redraws happen off-screen and aren't visible (try the same "moving a Finder window over a Microsoft Word document" trick in OS X and no matter how fast your eyes are, you won't see a redraw).
		Aqua also introduced several eye-candy features like minimized windows stretching and squeezing into the dock, and the concept of "sheets" where a dialog box appears to zoom right out of its attached application.
	arstechnica.com /articles/paedia/gui.ars/7 (691 words)

	A Sampling of Mac OS X Features
		Aqua has numerous distinctive features: Mac OS X uses high-quality photorealistic icons that are rendered at various sizes up to 128x128, allowing for features such as in-place document preview and in-icon status indication.
		Aqua Human Interface Guidelines is a thorough description (almost 300 pages) of what guidelines to adhere to while creating applications for Mac OS X as well as an overview of various Aqua GUI elements.
		While the lucidity and attractiveness of Aqua is visible immediately as you look at a Mac OS X desktop (with the disclaimer that this is a subjective area, so many people may not like how it looks), it may take a little while to get used to before you appreciate Aqua's usability.
	www.kernelthread.com /mac/osx/features.html (1931 words)

	OSNews.com
		Everyone is entitled to their own preference as to why they like one GUI over another, but I would like to state my reasons for liking KDE's GUI, besides being open source.
		One last advantage of KDE over Aqua is that every time KDE has an update (which is quite regularly with our "Release early and often" attitude) we don't charge our users anything to download and install it.
		Aqua is themeable with third party software, and there is quite a bunch of themes.
	www.osnews.com /comment.php?news_id=2149 (1052 words)

	Using a Non-Default GUI (in RHEL and kin) LG #108
		It's entirely possible that Aqua is just a window manager running on top of the X server running as an application over the Mach-derived core, but I don't know the first thing about it).
		Rick Moen comments: Aqua is actually the name of the look and feel effect, resulting from running a proprietary "Display PDF"-oriented 2D display engine named Quartz (as well as 3D extensions dubbed "Quartz Extreme") — a direct descendant of NeXTStep's Display PostScript engine.
		The real upside for many people in installing a non-default GUI on their machine is about control.
	linuxgazette.net /108/bilbrey.html (3339 words)

	Apple - Mac OS X - Overview - Aqua User Interface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The gorgeous Aqua user interface lets you control advanced timesaving technology without you hardly lifting a finger.
		Known as Aqua, the Mac OS X interface presents title bars with the eye-pleasing look of brushed metal, brightly colored buttons that immediately signal their functions and crisp, photo-realistic icons that appear almost graspable.
		Make your Mac appear to be a hard drive on another system with just one click by using the Target Disk Mode option in the Startup Disk Preference panel.
	www.apple.com /macosx/overview/aquauserinterface.html (950 words)

	Applelinks.com Macintosh News
		There are basically two sorts of people engaged in the Aqua debate: those who like the "lickable" look of Apple's forthcoming OS X Aqua interface, and embrace its new features like the Dock; and those who think that since the current MacOS interface "ain't broke," Apple's gratuitous decision "fix" it is wrongheaded.
		To wit, if there must be Aqua, there should still be an integrated option to revert to the time-honored Mac OS interface that we know and love, sort of like Microsoft building a Word 5.1 interface into Word 98 for those who prefer it.
		I understand that Aqua's icon labels only show up on mouseovers [again, refer to the Sherlock II button bar for a demo], which is emphatically not satisfactory for the way I work.
	www.applelinks.com /articles/2000/03/20000302202926.shtml (2590 words)

	Ars Technica: Mac OS X Update: Quartz & Aqua - Page 1 - (1/2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The core technologies and APIs were all present, but the GUI remained troublingly unfinished.
		The actual Mac OS X GUI was briefly demonstrated during the keynote, and it is a radical departure from traditional Mac OS.
		This article will review Jobs' Mac OS X GUI demonstration and explain the underlying technology that makes it possible, emphasizing what is so new and different about it, and what it means for Mac users and PC users alike.
	arstechnica.com /reviews/1q00/macos-x-gui/macos-x-gui-1.html (835 words)

	The Graphical User Interface - Time for a Paradigm Shift?
		Apart from the new, so-called "look-again look", with its transparent plastic shapes - obviously oriented at Apple's recent hardware product-design - the basic functionalities of the Apple GUI are still there.
		One of the most important features of the Mac GUI, the desktop-finder, has disappeared.
		Instead, all documents are represented in a filing system at the bottom of the screen called the "dock".
	www.sensomatic.com /chz/gui/Aqua.html (734 words)

	Qt 3.1: QAquaStyle Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The class tries to emulate the Mac OS X Aqua GUI style using the QStyle system.
		There are additional issues that should be taken into consideration to make an application compatible with the Aqua Style Guidelines.
		There are other issues that need to be considered in the feel of your application (including the general color scheme to match the Aqua colors).
	doc.trolltech.com /3.1/qaquastyle.html (308 words)

	creativepro.com - Tenon's iTools Gets New Aqua Interface
		With Tenon's new Aqua GUI, Webmasters will also be able to manipulate Apache, DNS, and FTP directly on Apple's Aqua desktop.
		The new GUI will co-exist with Tenon's secure, remote browser-based administration, enabling Webmasters to seamlessly switch between desktop management and anywhere, anytime browser-based control, according to Tenon President, Anita Holmgren.
		The new GUI will be included in a future update release of iTools 6.0; a public beta will be announced shortly.
	www.creativepro.com /story/news/13384.html (438 words)

	OS X Apps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		One convenient way to classify them is by their user interface, and another is by the underlying technologies, both of which can contribute to the user's experience.
		"Aqua" is the term Apple has given to the standard look and feel of Mac OS X applications.
		I give separate consideration to Java programs, since their GUI is noticeably different from standard Aqua apps.
	osx.hyperjeff.net /Reference/meaning.php (380 words)

	Logging into bash shell - The macosxhints Forums
		Aqua isn't just a shell running on top of the console, but a collection of applications tightly integrated into each other, working along with, but not dependent on the console.
		I always had trouble with the old linux configuration type GUI apps not actually working or editing the flies incorrectly so it always seemed easier just to locate the files and edit them directly.
		No - the choice between GUI or CLI is system-wide and is made in the script /etc/rc long before any user login.
	forums.macosxhints.com /showthread.php?t=28303 (1139 words)

	BetaNews \| Stardock Gets Heat for "Aqua" Skins
		As to "designers were able to mimic and create the Aqua interface even before Apple faithfuls got their hands on the real thing" is just plain foolish.
		Apple's Aqua GUI takes full advantage of the sophisticated Display-PDF technology it's based upon and the impressive Quartz rendering engine.
		Aqua has been steadily evolving since it's debut and Steve Jobs likes to spring suprises with releases so what's being copied isn't even likely to be what's finally shipped, all functionial-differences aside.
	www.betanews.com /article/Stardock_Gets_Heat_for_Aqua_Skins/981399664 (1615 words)

	Mac OS X
		OS X was created by combining Darwin, an open source UNIX kernel based environment, which is based on the BSD source tree and the Mach microkernel, with a GUI, called Aqua, made by Apple Computer.
		Many of OS X's users consider its Aqua GUI to be the most beautiful and functional in existence, which has been imitated by others, There are Aqua lookalikes for other operating systems, (eg mosfet liquid).
		Interface skins[?] imitating the Aqua look exist for many Windows programs, such as Winamp.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/os/OS_X.html (845 words)

	Mac OS X delivers clean, refreshing Aqua
		Since then, Microsoft's commercial muscle has wiped out any of the Mac's remaining "pioneer's advantage." These days, GUIs are so tightly coupled with their operating systems that meaningful competition between them has all but disappeared.
		Overall, Aqua presents a radically simplified approach to GUI design principles, to the benefit of users.
		Aqua allows developers to section off pieces of the screen display into disappearing "drawers" and better integrates dialog boxes with their parent windows.
	www.infoworld.com /articles/tc/xml/00/10/30/001030tcosx.html (1154 words)

	Computer Source Magazine: Under The Hood: Part 1
		Just as the new Apple Macintosh OS X consists of the “Aqua” GUI running over a Mach 3.0 UNIX kernel, itself based on Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) 4.4 with networking from FreeBSD 3.2, so Windows XP does its best to make a radically different underlying OS seem like an upgrade of the familiar “9x” line.
		In this article and those to follow, I’ll strip away the cloak of the “Luna” GUI and explore the infrastructure, and how it works, and also where things “live” in Windows XP.
		While this is primarily for those migrating from the 9x line, those upgrading from the other branch of the Windows family may find items of interest as well.
	www.computersourcemag.com /articles/viewer.asp?a=601 (738 words)

	Aqua4iTunes - mac software for download at iusethis
		Replace the iTunes 7 default GUI with an aqua GUI similar to iTunes 6.
		This GUI blends itself with iLife applications just like iTunes 6 did.
		Slightly more versatile than AguaT (allows uninstall) and gives a closer look to iTunes 6 than AguaT too (for instance, you have aqua buttons at the top, and metallic ones at the bottom, rather than forced aqua all over).
	osx.iusethis.com /app/aqua4itunes (277 words)

	Mac OS X - WikiMac - A Wikia wiki
		Some people (incorrectly) pronounce it ex because of the presence of the roman numeral X in the name of the operating system, to emphasise the relationship with Unix, or because Apple often refers to specific versions as "Mac OS X 10.4" or variants thereof.
		Mac OS X consists of two parts: Darwin, an open source Unix-like environment which is based on the BSD source tree and the Mach microkernel, and a proprietary GUI named Aqua, developed by Apple Computer.
		Many of Mac OS X's users consider its Aqua GUI to be the most attractive and functional in existence, though many older Macintosh users found the new interface to be "toy-like" and lacking in professional polish.
	mac.wikia.com /wiki/Mac_OS_X (888 words)

	More Comments, Performance Tests on OS X Themes
		I recently installed Aqua Gray with Duality and found that the speed gain (no transparencies) is not so perceivable.
		On the topic of gaining speed by replacing the Aqua theme in OS X, I have found a very simple theme called "Unlined Charcoal" that really just disables the white lining in windows and is terrific!
		I asked one of the readers that commented on the Sosumi OS X theme in Friday's news to run the 'let1kwindowsbloom' benchmark test on his system with Aqua vs Sosumi.
	xlr8yourmac.com /OSX/os_x_themes_performance.html (1404 words)

	Pashua
		Pashua ist a tool for creating native Aqua dialog windows for Perl, PHP, Tcl, Python, Ruby, Rexx and shell scripts as well as AppleScript.
		The GUI elements which can be used for such dialogs include text input fields (single-line and multi-line), checkboxes, radiobuttons, combo boxes, popup menus, open panels or buttons.
		In less then 10 minutes I have coded a nice Aqua GUI for a series of Shell scripts.”} (comment on versiontracker.com)
	www.bluem.net /downloads/pashua_en (241 words)

	Applelinks - The MACINTOSH Portal!
		The only Aqua innovation I really like is the multi-column View option, which is available for the legacy OS in the shareware Greg's Browser for those who really want it.
		It wouldn't even have to be enabled by the default installation, so those who want a new GUI experience could knock themselves out with Aqua, but please give us the opportunity to think different.
		In the early 90s I spent quite a lot of time working with 680x0 powered Sun workstations with preemptive multitasking, and their GUI was noticeably sluggish compared to a Mac.
	www.applelinks.com /articles/2002/01/20020124141956.shtml (1385 words)

	Wired 8.12: Must Read
		Six years and several corporate reboots after Apple first promised to replace its 15-year-old Mac OS, the new operating system is finally scheduled for release early next year.
		Merging an open source Unix kernel with Apple's NeXT-influenced Aqua GUI, OS X (pronounced "ten") aims to make the company's software as sexy as the iMac.
		Chief among the complaints: The flashy Aqua interface, which features pulsating buttons and translucent menus, seems like a gimmick better suited to attracting new buyers than pleasing everyday users.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/8.12/mustread.html?pg=10 (356 words)

	RSS Matters
		There is also an Aqua interface to R and a Cocoa GUI bundle.
		R.app is written in Cocoa, but is not a bundle; it’s a whole new Cocoa GUI for R on OS-X and is current for all versions of R on OS-X after R 2.0.
		BLAS is a facility for matrix computations, LAPACK is a facility for numerical linear algebra, the vecLib framework is a collection of processing and operations facilities, including BLAS and LAPACK and aqua is an older flag, a still-necessary holdover from the aqua GUI days.
	www.unt.edu /benchmarks/archives/2005/december05/rss.htm (648 words)

	Rhapsody DR 2
		MacOS X was first released as MacOS X Server, which did not have the Aqua GUI.
		There are also a variety of appearance, windowing and GUI options.
		To access a PC floppy disk the OS must be told to scan for disks from an option in the menu before the disk can be used.
	toastytech.com /guis/rhap.html (444 words)

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