With all of the rumors going around about the new Apple Tablet, I thought I would take a stab at the UI. The past two days I’ve put together a mockup of the “homescreen” by combining Snow Leopards UI with the iPhone OS. I also used the rumored information along with some of my own predictions.

• View the full resolution UI

Similar to the Palm Pre and iPhone’s Mobile Safari application, the Apple Tablet uses a “card” interface. Each application that’s running appears in a horizontal tab-view. To switch between apps you swipe. To close an app you tap the X button. Also notice the wallpaper behind the tab-view. This is customizable in Settings.

The dock at the bottom of the screen shows the default applications. Pressing “More..” opens a stack-like grid of the rest of your applications. iPhone applications work too, acting as Dashboard widgets. The Dashboard acts as a second layer underneath the tab-view. Tapping Dashboard in the dock hides the tab-view to reveal the widgets underneath.

The News application displays the current headlines from multiple papers and RSS feeds. The Print application lets users download and read books, textbooks, and interactive magazines.

These are just a few of the features the new Apple tablet could have. There is still a lot to be covered. Will you be typing with you fingers or thumbs? Will you buy books at a new application called the Print Store? How will the email application look? Should the Dashboard widgets be hidden completely from the homescreen? If you’ve got any ideas, hit me up on Twitter.

A lot of work went into the new version of Graphicpeel, but I was inspired by a number of websites and other designers across the web. I’d like to credit them here. See if you can find the similarities…

Front Page Layout - Louie Mantia

Email Overlay - Michael Flarup

Twitter Sidebar - Mike Rundle

Download Buttons - Rich Dellinger

Custom Zoom Cursors - Max Rudberg

Thanks guys!

It’s a new year and Graphicpeel is due for an update. I’ve been hard at work pushing pixels and writing up code to make this the best update yet. Inspired by the websites of many others, I have come up with something that I can call my own.

The previous version of Graphicpeel was hard on the eyes. The dark blues and white text was a pain to read. The icon page was messy and difficult to understand and the blog had too many features and spam comments. Ironically, I used very few icons or buttons for navigation and relied on text for everything. Graphicpeel 3 is designed to be ten times more simple and user friendly. This one quote inspired me the most:

“A design is finished when any more would be too much and any less would be too little.” - Chuck Anderson

Graphicpeel 3 has a simpler, more elegant design. It uses more icons and new javascript to improve the users experience. I’m finally not embarrassed when I tell someone to visit my website. Here are a few more details about the new design:

• Slideshow on front page to showcase featured work.
• Visits and downloads are now tracked with Mint.
• Improved footer showing my availability for new projects.
• New email form.
• New Favicon.
• Simplified blog (no more tags, categories, or comments).
• Twitter timeline built into about page.
• Revised “Limon” and “Life Saver” icon sets with more realistic visuals.
• Improved lightbox javascript for previewing work and icons.
• Recent app I have designed appear on the front page.
• IE 6 protection (redirects you here).

What do you think of the new design? Hit me up on Twitter or send me an email.