Kaleidoscope Schemes
“Kaleidoscope” is an interface customization utility for the Apple Macintosh (Classic Mac OS, System 8/9).
The official webiste, kaleidoscope.net, is now off-line, but you may still access the last valid snaphot (as of 2014-12-29) at archive.org and dowload from there the last version, Kaleidoscope 2.3.1.
All schemes displayed here may be downloaded for free.
All schemes are for Kaleidoscope 2.x and centered around OS-emulation and usability. Downloads (stuffit-archives) represent always the latest version. All schemes © N. Landsteiner / mass:werk.
(Screenshots adjusted for Macintosh; Gamma 1.8)
Categories
Mac-Like
mass:werk Classic7
Mac's best interface even improved. Enjoy the friendly openess of System 7 (in a slightly modernized fashion).
updated March 2003
mass:werk Titanium
A brushed up Mac appearance.
updated Sept. 2003
mass:werk Titanium B
same as above but with standard dialog/alert backgrounds (not brushed)
SideStep
A step aside combining elements from classic Mac, OPENSTEP, and Raphsody.
updated 2005
mass:werk Dark ErgoBox 2
Be-like, tabbed windows, elements from classic Mac, Raphsody, and CDE. Optimized for productivity and low eye-stress, hence "ergo" for ergonomy.
originally 2002, published 2011
OS Style
macSolaris
Sun's CDE look for Solaris brought to Mac
updated June 2004 (v.2.0)
download (includes an alternate minimized windows edition)
macCDE
The Common Desktop Environment
updated June 2004 (v.2.0)
download
(includes an alternate minimized windows edition)
macStep
NeXt's "OPENSTEP" refined for Mac
"macStep" is a derivative scheme based on the "OPENSTEP 4" scheme by Scott Naness, specially adjusted for Mac usability.)
updated 2005
GUI Museum
Apple Lisa revisited
The look of the Apple Lisa Office System brought to your Macintosh.
updated Feb. 2002
download (opt. for 9 pt. list font &– best)
download (opt. for 10 pt. list font)
Xerox Star 2
A reconstruction of the first GUI commercially available. For historical interest only.
updated Nov. 2004
Goodies
- Titanium desktop picture, 1024 x 768 px
- the masss:werk Titanium icon set (74 icons)
- the masss:werk Classic7 icon set (81 icons)
- the complete macSolaris (v2) icon set (71 icons)
- the macWM/Tk icon set (57 icons)
- macSolaris printer icon (v2) (1 icon)
- macCDE printer icon (v2) (1 icon)
- macCDE A-Dock skin
- Apple Lisa system fonts, for use with "Apple Lisa revisited"