Will Snow Leopard's UI be darker, slimmer?

Try this application (for Leopard): http://www.magnifiqueapp.com/
Change your theme to iLeopard
That's what I think the new GUI for OS X will be like.
Inside Magnifique, there is also a theme similar to the one mentioned above that resembles MobileMe, its called Black Mac OS X
You are welcome.

It'll look like OPENSTEP again before you know it.

Why don't they change the UI to the MobileMe style?

Example:
http://blog.kevinandersson.dk/2008/08/25/wip-mobile-me-theme-for-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-688

Doesn't even have to be black, but at least change the buttons and scrollbars to this.

It was difficult to read the post itself, because my eyes were constantly drawn to that awesome LEGO version of a classic ship from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.

I like it when the bloggers here spice up their posts with non-Apple images from time to time. Click on the photo to go straight to Flickr, where there are two more pictures of the ship, including its fateful descent toward the sun.

I just hope that Apple offers a similar package to the current "Leopard, iLife 09 and iWork 09" deal that they currently have. I'm holding off on upgrading those in the hopes that there'll be the reduced bundle down the line.

in terms of GUI, I'd be fine if they darkened it a bit, I'd be fine if it stays more or less unchanged. Regardless, it's still a darn sight better than the Windows machine I switched from a year ago.

Is it so hard to make the UI colours customizable? Hmmmm...

Anyway, the big secret is the pop-up translucent controls. More of the UI will remain invisible until needed, then pop up in a context sensitive floating toolbar. It's very CSI-ish...

I like the "new" look proposed or put together by the "artist." First off: I hate the brushed metal aesthetic and the two-tone gray thing it has "evolved" into. I hated brushed metal when it "debuted" in Mac OS 9 in Quicktime, and I HATE the two-tone grey look of Quicktime now. I'll be glad to see as much of it go as possible.

I don't think it looks THAT much like Vista either, and that being said; although as an OS it sucks, Vista is not that hard to look at.

I hope that now they update the iPhone theme. Why does the iPhone still have the cheap plastic looking tiny vertical strips in the background theme in the "settings" (and a few other) area(s), its from like Mac OS X 10.0. The iPhone was released long after they ditched it in the Mac OS, why is it "in style" on the iPhone if they moved on on the computer?

I'm not saying that I want Apple to go nuts and drastically change the look of things from each 10.x release, but I would welcome something like this Quicktime window.

Black UI elements don't go so well with shiny displays. Maybe Apple will bring back matte with the introduction of Snow Leopard!

I hope and pray for a darker UI or at least the ability to customize. As a professional video editor, I use Final Cut but the white and light gray is BLINDING when you look at it for hours on end. You can dim the display but it darkens your video too.

Avid has had a customizable interface for ever and its time for AT LEAST FCP to step into 1989 with this.

i welcome any UI changes to Snow Leopard as long as it's more functional. that being said, it just took me three tries to tear off a tab on Safari 4...