Sandman
In article <c6mlsrFtl4pU1@mid.individual.net>, Lloyd Parsons wrote:

Just to put some images behind those words, here's some of the differences:

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And since we've established that it's not the "flatness" itself that you're having problems with (since Windows Phone is the definition of super flat), it's something else.

You've talked about "pastel colors"; but the color scheme is pretty much identical in that screenshot. Here's another:

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Again, less 3D, same exact colors.

Again, I'm not trying to change your mind here, I am trying to understand why Yosemite is ugly and Mavericks is pretty when the only difference I can make out is that Yosemite is more flat, which just can't be what you're in reference to, given the platform you're moving to.

So, as I've said - I'm obivously missing something about this "ugly" thing, and while I don't expect to agree with you, I would really like to understand your claims.

Lloyd Parsons
A couple things to note on the newest Windows Phones with WP8.1. 1. Transparent tiling, very nice as I said in a previous post. Gives A much better overall look and feel to the start screen and certainly Much more lively and colorful that the iPhone. Overall the iPhone 'start' screens are fairly mundane now in comparison to WP and Android.

2. Very eye-popping colors everywhere, not so anywhere on the iPhone.

Sandman
Sure, you like lots of colors, that's fine. But that's not something "new" or something that Apple has changed. iOS and OSX has never been particularly colorful.