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> All of these title bars denote active windows. The top one, Outlook, looks exactly the same when inactive ..

Yes, when did active-clickable-elements go out of fashion and everything became the same faded shade of cold blue brushed aluminum.



If you have a giant full-screen window with tabs, inactive controls are never visible, so there is no reason to make an inactive appearance.


I was going to make a comment about how this might be a mobile thing, where focus is less of an issue because everything is fullscreen, but now iPad does multiple windows and has the same focus problem…




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