Mac OS Platinum

E217419

graphical user interface theme user interface design language visual theme

Mac OS Platinum is the distinctive, light-gray graphical user interface theme used in classic Mac OS versions, known for its clean 3D look and refined system-wide appearance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mac OS Platinum interface	2
Mac OS Platinum canonical	1
Mac OS Standard	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	graphical user interface theme ⓘ user interface design language ⓘ visual theme ⓘ
associatedWith	Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ surface form: Appearance Manager in Mac OS 8 and 9
category	Apple graphical user interfaces ⓘ Mac OS user interface ⓘ
colorScheme	light gray ⓘ
designFeature	3D buttons ⓘ 3D scroll bars ⓘ beveled controls ⓘ clean 3D look ⓘ pinstripe textures ⓘ refined system-wide appearance ⓘ rounded window corners ⓘ title bars with gradient-like shading ⓘ
designGoal	modernized look compared to System 7 ⓘ visual consistency across applications ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
influenced	early Mac OS X Aqua design ⓘ
interfaceElementStyle	Platinum dialog boxes ⓘ Platinum icons ⓘ Platinum menu bar ⓘ Platinum window widgets ⓘ
introducedWithVersion	Mac OS 8 ⓘ
introducedYear	1997 ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive light-gray appearance ⓘ system-wide theming of controls and windows ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Classic Mac OS ⓘ
platform	Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ surface form: Macintosh
predecessor	Macintosh Toolbox ⓘ surface form: Mac OS System 7 user interface
replaced	System 7 flat gray interface ⓘ
replacedBy	Aqua interface in Mac OS X ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
successor	Aqua ⓘ
supports	Appearance Manager theming APIs ⓘ
usedInOperatingSystem	Mac OS 8 ⓘ Mac OS 8 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 8.1 Mac OS 8 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 8.5 Mac OS 8 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 8.6 Mac OS 9 ⓘ Mac OS 9 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 9.0 Mac OS 9 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 9.1 Mac OS 9 ⓘ surface form: Mac OS 9.2
usedOn	68k Macintosh computers running compatible Mac OS versions ⓘ Power Macintosh series ⓘ surface form: PowerPC Macintosh computers
visualEra	late 1990s Apple software design ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mac OS 9 → userInterface → Mac OS Platinum ⓘ

HFS → alsoKnownAs → Mac OS Platinum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mac OS Standard

Sonata → targetOSUserInterface → Mac OS Platinum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mac OS Platinum interface

Tempo → userInterfaceStyle → Mac OS Platinum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mac OS Platinum interface