Avoid using the textured window appearance in applications or utilities that are unrelated to digital peripherals or to the data associated with these devices.Well, it turns out that Safari looks a LOT better without the silly brushed metal look! Here's how to turn off the heavy metal in the browser. Make a backup of your Safari before trying this!
- Control-click on Safari to bring up the "Show Package Contents" contextual menu.
- Navigate into Safari -> Contents -> Resources -> English.lproj
- Open Browser.nib; You will need the most recent MacOS X Developer Tools package to do this!
- In the window marked 'Broswer.nib,' select 'Window' and hit Shift-Command-I to bring up the Inspector. The last item in the Inspector is a checkbox labeled "Textured Window." Uncheck that, save, and quit.
[Editor's note: I haven't tested this yet, as I don't have the December Developer Tools on the iBook. However, it's consistent with other hints regarding disabling the brushed metal look. I trimmed the quoted Human Interface Guidelines blurb down to just the last key line; you can read the full text of the comment on textured windows on this page of the online Human Interface Guidelines.]

