ChangeMenuBarColor
Dev tools
macos customization utility
SHOW HN2020
96points
29comments
#671of 3,028 in 2020
Top 23%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Thanks for the little tool; fixes the overly transparent menu bar
From 1 comment
Thanks for this little tool, the new menu bar in Big Sur is ridiculously transparent! Unfortunately though for those who use tile wallpapers this will not work. I had to manually…
syx on HN
Objections
Does not work with tiled wallpapers
From 1 comment
Thanks for this little tool, the new menu bar in Big Sur is ridiculously transparent! Unfortunately though for those who use tile wallpapers this will not work. I had to manually…
syx on HN
Translucency is a pointless trend
From 1 comment
Seriously, I can't fathom why translucency is still being pushed -- for the menu bar and window sidebars. It was a fad when Windows Vista introduced it. It's not useful at all.…
crazygringo on HN
Requests
Make the menu bar smaller
From 1 comment
+1 but could you, by any chance, also make the menu bar smaller?
laktak on HN
Questions
Is the Dock color different from previous versions?
From 1 comment
Is it different from the colour of the dock in the previous versions?
Hamuko on HN
Alternatives named
Reduce Transparency accessibility setting
From 2 comments
Another option is to disable transparency under System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display. Check "Reduce Transparency" to make your menu bar (and dock) opaque. I happen to…
quantics on HNI turn off all sorts of animations, movements, and transparencies in iOS and macOS. For the menubar, it goes to my desired theme[1] irrespective of the wallpaper when I set…
Brajeshwar on HN
Boring Old Menu Bar
From 1 comment
see also: Boring Old Menu Bar https://www.publicspace.net/BoringOldMenuBar/
rmorey on HN