At first glance, Mavericks looks much like the previous version, but Apple's designers are clearly attempting to move away from the highly detailed UI ornamentation and are turning their focus more toward actual content. We've already seen this approach in the way Apple has gradually evolved apps like QuickTime, which started off with a heavily bordered window around the video that got thinner and thinner over time, to the point that now there are no more borders at all -- just the video you're watching and playback controls that appear on mouse-over, then disappear.
With that design minimalism in mind, all of the built-in apps in Mavericks -- everything from Safari, to Mail, to FaceTime, Messages, Calendar and Notes -- have adopted standard OS X interface elements, ditching of the leather/metal/paper backgrounds that users have grown accustomed to.
The move to less UI ornamentation isn't a surprise for most users, given Apple design chief Jony Ive's penchant for minimalism when it comes to hardware (and he's now in charge of software design). But Mavericks does offer some delights that users should appreciate.
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