Why is iCal leather so ugly?

Seriously, gross tan leather that I can't get rid of? Are you f*ing kidding me? What on earth are they thinking? It's the worst of retro. Like sideburns on a 50-year-old. A graying, paunchy 50-year-old. And my address book too? This is worth dropping Lion for. I can't believe Apple is forcing me to look at faux leather barf every hour of every day. I would never, ever, ever buy a calendar that looks like that. Why are they shoving it down my throat? Barf barf barf. Worst design ever.

serenafox wrote:
Barf barf barf. Worst design ever.
Well, I don't know about that..... speaking as a pauchy 50-year old, the Pontiac Aztek was pretty ugly.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/06/the-pontiac-aztek-and-the-perils-of-des ign-by-committee.html
The Lion Tweaks program Grove posted above does a nice job of making your iCal and Address book matchy-matchy with iTunes and all will have a nice aluminum display.
Feel better now?

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