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Easily figure out which windows are minimized

Easily figure out which windows are minimized

A small icon can help you find the right needle in your window haystack.

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Fraser Speirs is documenting iPad UI details on Flickr

Fraser Speirs is documenting iPad UI details on Flickr

Apple subtly showed off a number of new interface features and tools in its iPad preview videos. A developer is taking note.

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DVD Player has a hidden scrub bar

DVD Player has a hidden scrub bar

Old media meets new media tools.

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Scrolling inside address bar of Safari when clicking the RSS icon

Scrolling inside address bar of Safari when clicking the RSS icon

A simple effect helps to enforce an important transition.

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iTunes displays iPhone, iPod battery charge

iTunes displays iPhone, iPod battery charge

A subtle icon in iTunes sidebar displays important information.

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Snow Leopard: iChat can display in-line upload progress

Snow Leopard: iChat can display in-line upload progress

A small progress indicator may appear over in-line images if the upload takes a while.

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Snow Leopard: Exposé background now uses a round gradient

Another subtle Exposé UI refinement in Snow Leopard.

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Snow Leopard: Finder's media preview uses iTunes Store button UI

Snow Leopard: Finder's media preview uses iTunes Store button UI

Consistent UI makes for a more familiar media experience.

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Snow Leopard: When large enough, PDF icons display navigation arrows

Snow Leopard: When large enough, PDF icons display navigation arrows

PDF icons display navigation arrows if the icon size is set above 64×64 pixels. These appear on the desktop and in the Finder.

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Snow Leopard: Sheets now show in Exposé

Snow Leopard: Sheets now show in Exposé

In Tiger (and I believe Leopard as well) drop-down sheets like open/save dialogs would fade out in Exposé. The problem with this was that when switching from one app to another with a sheet open, the sheet would hide *behind* the app so that you could not click anywhere inside the app, but there was [...]

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