Two users of Ghost Action have emailed me expressing their strong dislike of the brushed metal theme used in Ghost Action. I’m a little surprised that the mere look of an application evokes so strong emotions. After all, the brushed metal theme is used extensively in OS X 10.4.

It appears that Apple will abandon the brushed metal look for most or all applications in OS X 10.5 Leopard, in favor of a new look similar to iTunes 7. However, the new look is not available for non-Apple applications in 10.4, so the alternative to the brushed metal look would be the normal aqua look, as used in for example System Preferences and Dictionary. The brushed metal look is what Ghost Action currently uses and is also the look of iCal and the Finder, for example.

Which style do you prefer? Please give your vote and comments here, and you will help me decide which look I should use for Ghost Action. (Please only vote if you are actually considering using Ghost Action).

Update: The poll I decided to use from Question Pro just disappeared all of a sudden. To bad, but I had time to peek at the results before they were gone, and they were clear: 8 wanted the normal look, 1 didn’t care and nobody wanted brushed metal. So brushed metal “will have to go,” as one user said.