What is Digg?94 Comments
- Scott2, on 01/06/2009, -2/+77Buried for listing IrDA support. Seriously - it's 2009. Replace your 90's PDA.
- EasyE888, on 01/07/2009, -3/+3911) Native NTFS Support
- jamsoft, on 01/06/2009, -3/+30Tabbed Finder Windows!!!
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -10/+37I love Asian *****
- tama00, on 01/07/2009, -1/+26I'm seriously sick of this techRadar website. Nothing but crap articles.
- NoNamesLeft, on 01/06/2009, -2/+2711) An improved dock (because the 3d one still sucks)
12) 'Cut n Paste' in Finder (hopefully in the Cocoa rewrite)
13) Ability to highlight / copy text from documents in Quick Look (no need to boot up bloatware such as Word just to copy a paragraph) - tarley, on 01/07/2009, -7/+28Mr Baby Man again -- we see that digg has made some major improvements...
- digitalpencil, on 01/07/2009, -0/+18you can autohide the dock (command-option-D) and maximize just takes ome getting used to, it does fully maximize the window, it just remembers the last state.
- digitalpencil, on 01/06/2009, -6/+18^ Agreed. irDA's old-school, i don't want to have to ***** about with line of sight it if i can use just use BT. If the author still wants to use some old-ass 90s PDA then just load the dongle with Crossover, or Fusion, or Parallels.. there's no point in ***** about making SL compliant with redundant standards..
That said, there's some pretty good ideas here (i'm thinking he's just using filler points to bring the count up to '10')
1) Improved finder: Definitely! Although i'm quite happy to have QS as a 3rd party app.. Apple <i>could</i> buy it off Blacktree and incorporate it out of the box like they did coverflow but it's not exactly necessary as it's the first thing i install on mac boxes anyway.
2) Touchscreen compatibility: Yeh, ***** it. throw in a framework, it can't hurt in terms of future compatibility.
3) Gestures: Hell yeah! I know loads of people are against gestures/multi-touch, thinking it's just a gimmick (i did) but after using two-finger scrolling, swipe, zoom i'm ***** in love! When you think of the possibilities of programmable gestures for video/audio editing suites (scrubbing, applying filters etc) and combine that with larger external trackpads, there's loads of room for improvement.
4) irDA: Discussed above, redundant.
5/6/7/8) WiMAX/BluRay/USB3.0/FW: Can't hurt.. definitely want usb3 support OTB and if they phase out firewire i'll personally bitch-slap Jobs for reducing my audiobox to a big ***** paper-weight.
9) Word Count for TextEdit: Who gives a *****? I'm sorry, but you can't tout textedit as being a word-count away from a pro word processing solution. It's ***** notepad for Christ's sake, throw in a word-count, i don't give a ***** but that better not be listed as a 'new feature'.
10) A fair price: Now here's the question on people's minds.. Just how much are we going to get iTaxed for what is essentially a service-pack? and, what's fair? There's a lot of overhaul going on here under-the-hood here that should reduce the overall footprint considerably. That combined with OpenCL & Grand Central and we've got a fully 64-bit kernel, 16TB addressable RAM, GPU computational processing and vastly improved multi-core support. not to mention QT-X, exchange support, and possibly ZFS write.. all that sat on a reduced foot print could offer a substantial speed boost for current, and legacy hardware..
Personally, i'd be willing to pay for that but i guess it's depends on exactly what you want, and need.. but hell, it's not like anyone's forcing us, we can just stick with Leopard if it's snow-cousin doesn't live up to expectations.. either that or TPB ;) - doctordbx, on 01/07/2009, -0/+10Whilst off topic, I am totally where you are with that one man.
- kelchm, on 01/07/2009, -0/+10This list is semi-retarded.
IrDA? Seriosuly?
1998 called, they want their wireless data transfer back.
What I would really like to see is a rewrite of iTunes from the ground up. - Switch07, on 01/06/2009, -5/+14This stinks of a power user article...
The author obviously doesn't understand Apples business strategies whatsoever. The point is not to release a product way ahead of the curve... to maximize profits and cut costs, its about releasing it at the RIGHT time.
USB 3.0? Please. Of course I would love to see USB 3.0 catch on sooner than later, but with all the legal BS and hoops these things have to go through, I'd be impressed with an early 2010 launch, let alone 2009.
WiMax? Same as usb 3.0. Hell yea, I'd love to see it, but it takes time for technologies to develop and mature into something that will work WELL, and be profitable.
I don't care if you love or hate apple, but the reason they are doing so well recently is because of the fact that they have a great sense of when to release products and features, and when to hold off. - tama00, on 01/07/2009, -2/+11They have to ask Microsoft for that one, but Microsoft refuses just as they did with Linux.
- zoffdino, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8Stupid article from a idiotic author. How did this ever get through the screening stage?
- ericdano, on 01/07/2009, -0/+7TechRadar is crap. Buried.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -1/+8Really bad list... As others have mentioned, half of the list is hardware features that'll obviously be worked in when they start coming out with the new hardware. The rest are either pet wants or no-brainers (fair price....IrDA? wtf...).
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -2/+8Normally, I just ignore the ***** articles he submits and roll my eyes when I see comments rebuking MrBabyMan. This one is pretty ridiculous, though. He's either stupid...or getting paid...after this article, I'm convinced it's probably both.
- kajoob, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6I was about to bury you until I realized you said "I love Asian *****"
- Alegoo92, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6Nah, 11) Volume mixer.
seriously it's Vista's most practical "new feature" and Macs should catch on. - arizona01, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5Use the reply button next time! God...
- TheAmazingBob, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5Plain and simple: Leopard abilities at Tiger speeds.
- Branchex, on 01/07/2009, -4/+82. Touchscreen compatibility
5. WiMAX out of the box
6. Blu-ray support
7. USB 3.0
8. FireWire support
These are hardware features, if they are found on new Macs the OS will support it and they don't need a new version to be supported, just look at touch pad gestures. If a third party adds them they will write the drivers. - jasmus, on 01/07/2009, -3/+710. A fair price
As Snow Leopard's improvements are almost solely architectural, we hope this is reflected in the price. It should certainly be substantially cheaper than a regular release of OS X, and maybe even a free upgrade for Leopard users
This is hard to say this until it's actually shipped. Apple don't release all the info about a product until it hits the streets, so lets save the "this is only a minor bug fix" stuff until it's installed and we can see ALL of the new features. - werries, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4too bad the linux developers figured it out =P
- SpectreFire, on 01/07/2009, -1/+5#11
- A command function to make MrBabyMan shut the ***** up. - FrederikNS, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4Yeah Some linux guys reverseengineered it, and it is still dodgy at times, and Macs can get the exact same driver using fuse.
http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
and http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/ - motivatedguy, on 01/07/2009, -1/+4No *****. "Nothing will make me get rid of my handspring!!" Dude, It's 2009
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 01/07/2009, -1/+41. We'll see what Finder improvements come. I'm sure there will be some, not just a rewrite with the exact same feature set.
2. OS X is touchscreen compatible (I used a hacked iBook with a touchscreen out of the box without needing a driver, albeit with calibration being a bit off), but all touchscreens are third party and have a driver. If Apple releases a tablet/touchscreen laptop, then they will build in support. If not, then there is no need for it.
3. This would be nice. I think Apple may be worried about different apps using different gestures for the same thing and apps using the same gesture for different things.
4. IrDA is DEAD. Why the hell would Apple support it out of the box when there's no reason to do so? If you need it that badly, get a third party IrDA port and a driver with more features. You and the three other people that still use it.
5. Yeah, assuming WiMax ever really delivers on it's glorious promises. Again, if Apple adds it to the hardware, they'll add support to the OS. Until then, WiMax cards will have a driver supplied with them.
6. Again, when Apple puts BluRay in the hardware, software support will follow. Still, being an upgrade now, it would be nice if more than Toast will use it. I expect Final Cut Studio 3 to be released soon with BluRay support, BTO options, and OS support. It'll be here soon.
7. Again, when Apple puts it in the hardware, it'll go in the software. Until then, it'll be supported by third party drivers.
8. This is just ***** stupid. Of course there will be Firewire support, you idiots! Even if Apple eliminated it from their entire product line, they would still have a ton of older models to support!
9. A real-time word count would mean Textedit would be on the same level as professional software? What the ***** is this idiot smoking? Textedit is like Wordpad/Notepad. It's there to be a relatively simple word processor. It's nowhere near the level of professional journalism/copywriter software.
10. Time will tell.
I think the guy who wrote this is confusing hardware wishlists with software wishlists. Apple has no reason to add software support for something that would be common OEM hardware (ie, USB 3) without actually having that hardware. If third party vendors make them, they'll write drivers and you can still use it without native support. - UKsHaDoW, on 01/07/2009, -3/+6drag n drop works as cut n paste.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3I really don't like path finder. I like minimalism, and path finder is the exact opposite.
A combination of finder, quicksilver, and visor is good enough for me.
Also, I don't know why the author said quicksilver is a replacement for finder. It isn't. - HolyChimp, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Screw you, Windows users need a rewrite of iTunes before OS X needs one! :P
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Who doesn't love them?
- jamsoft, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3I've tried Path Finder over the years and it's "OKAY" but I'd much prefer to have it built into the OS.
- iChopPryde, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Woo this thing is awesome ^_^ adding to my mac now :D
- WiseWeasel, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3WiMax is a dead end, and is only ever going to be used by Sprint. The next generation of wireless data access is LTE (Long Term Evolution), which AT&T and Verizon are both rolling out in 2010.
Half the requests in this article are hardware/driver features, and have approximately zero to do with OS design. The custom trackpad gestures is a nice thought, but that's about it. - MacParrot, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3You wish Microsoft would call Windows OS XI?
- imsobored151, on 01/07/2009, -1/+3A lot of this is hardware updates.
not software. - Doktag, on 01/07/2009, -1/+3Check out Path Finder. It is a great Finder replacement. It has tabs and more.
http://cocoatech.com/ - ericdano, on 01/07/2009, -4/+6NTFS can be read in OS X, but not written to. Blame Microsoft for this.....not Apple.
- upeneff, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2Well I'm sure most would think having a Tesla Roadster would be perfect.
But if i had one and they made it faster I'd still want it!
Perfect is a moving target. - tjr88, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Story = EPIC FAIL
Sorry techrader but quality not quantity - meteparozzi, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2This article really lacks any semblance of technological understanding. From the start the author fails to differentiate between hardware and software, then proceeds to list "a fair price" as a "feature."
Whoever wrote this crap (and the fact that they didn't even sign their name on it should be the first warning sign) needs to move on to a new profession. - wwwluckyro, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2I have to agree with both of you.
- archer75, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2How about a cut and paste? Drag and drop forces me to have two windows open and when drag and dropping on network shares which I do regularly, it doesn't delete the original files after they've been dropped.
Just something that irritates me. - MavRevMatt, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2While some of his content is, this articles fairly *****.
- dragon76, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2With iTunes and Aperture/iPhoto I almost never use the Finder any more except for the desktop. I really wish Apple would move closer to that sort of interface for the Finder. I heard the Cocoa version isn't any different than 10.5 Carbon version.
- Meldarion, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2Blu-ray was supported in Mac OS X (10.5.6).
- macfan93, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Reason for no usb 3.0 support? It's optical so it will cost a ***** ton of money.
- newbill123, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Finder changes -- Every release since the Mac OS since System 6 (when MultiFinder's debut made it clear there was an application doing file management) has been marketed with Apple saying "We've made Finder changes." Yet still every critic of what must be added to a new Mac release always includes demands for Finder changes.
This is clearly getting to be as unsatisfiable as defining the perfect "web browser". Just as Apple makes a baseline entry with Safari, but allows others to offer alternatives like Firefox, Opera, and OmniWeb which can use or ignore the baseline, so should Apple work on the baseline file manager and leave more variations open to the free market.
Oh, wait, they kind of do that now except those variations aren't offered free like web browsers. What most folks are really asking for is for Apple to take (steal?) ideas, force everyone to use them as the new standard, and give them away for free as part of the OS. - newbill123, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1TextEdit Word Count -- TextEdit is a baseline text editor that really demos the standard text editing features built into the Mac OS. It doesn't have a word count feature, but honestly, are folks clamoring for this because they want it in TextEdit or because they want it on all apps on the Mac.
In either case, look into a feature called Services which allow you to pipe information from one app through to another. It's been around since 10.0, and though you need a tool to over the word count service, almost all demos of Services (and AppleScript) seem to start with an example that uses the standard text features to get the word count of the highlighted text. Better yet, you can use Services from almost any app which lets you highlight text rather than just from a text editor.
What Apple really needs to do is to clean up the Services menu and make it a better known feature that's easier to install and remove features. Apps and tools drop in new Services and make it almost as messy as apps that drop cruft on your desktop. I've really never had an inclination to use the Chinese Text Converter for example, so I'd like a way to get rid of it. Once Apple makes it easier to customize, install, and remove services, they may make many people on the Mac aware of a highly underused feature. -
Show 51 - 98 of 98 discussions
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is