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- iFlop, on 10/12/2007, -11/+36Apple shouldn't hurry too much with leopard. They should take some time to make it stable as the current Tiger..
And what about that new interface, that is rumored for quite some time?- sorahn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30http://thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a343/ Direct link to the gallery.
- ihaveplans, on 10/12/2007, -17/+1There will be a new interface. Every 10.x release of OS X has had noticeable tweaks to the interface, so I'd be pretty surprised if it very closely resembled Tiger. And, no, it's not going to be black.
- dscx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38http://thinksecret.com.nyud.net:8080/archives/leopard9a343/ coral cache
- Vindstille, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Thank you dscx. Think Secret is very slow today.
ihaveplans: Which changes are you talking about. As far as I know is it more that remains, than have changed (e.g. iCal and Finder) - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19"And what about that new interface, that is rumored for quite some time?"
At this time they're just using the Tiger skin for secrecy. - tutivlahos, on 10/12/2007, -61/+28Mirror: http://www.driftwood-dreams.co.uk/Anita/papier_mache_mirrors/papier-mache-mirror-jaipur.jpg
- austindkelly, on 10/12/2007, -15/+26Finder, sucks my hole. I love all that is Mac in general, but please please do something with the finder, it is the worst navigation ever. This is where they should be ripping ideas from Vista/XP.
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@tutivlahos
Well played. Welllll played. - TheMacThinker, on 10/12/2007, -18/+1Wow, things are really getting in very good shape with leopard. I hope that they are going to release it soon.
I heard that as soon as leopard is out Apple will launch a new marketing strategy saying "Beyond Vista".... COOLLLL.
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http://www.mostofmymac.com - Jimzip, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@ tutiviahos
I hate you.
@ austindkelly
I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you there.. Finder's got a great nav system. Moreso if discover the magic of shortcuts you do..
Jimzip :D - glasgowm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1looks like this has been removed from the main page
- mrfx2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46thats not much of a gallery at all!
- cds0528, on 10/12/2007, -4/+63i'm not really sure why they dedicated 8 screenshots to terminal settings...
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37Most boring gallery yet, I think I'll just wait for Leopard to get a real look at it. Tabs in the terminal, wow now I see how Leopard took over two years to produce. I think there will be a nice number of hidden surprises that will be in the final build, including a new Finder and a new UI.
- DOGPARTY, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11if apple can keep the iPhone(and ipod for that matter) look and interface secret from its seperate departments, then it can keep anything secret outside of Apple
- sketchydave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10"Tabs in the terminal, wow"
Way overdue. I've always liked this feature in Ubuntu and other Linux distros, but I like the font settings and anti-aliasing in Terminal. When you have 2 - 3 shells open everyday it does make a difference. Its about time they did something for the *NIX geeks! - samdu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16At least it wasn't 25 pictures of the parental controls.
- hybrid8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"When you have 2 - 3 shells open everyday it does make a difference. Its about time they did something for the *NIX geeks!"
real "*NIX geeks" use screen - caketank, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@sketchydave:
You probably already know about it, but on the off chance you don't: iTerm.
- IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -77/+13Looks like same old crappy OSX circa 2000.
- flag564, on 10/12/2007, -35/+12"Looks like same old crappy OSX circa 2000."
Nah. Dont you know the rumor (talking point) is that Steve is gonna bring out a super new GUI that's gonna blow your socks off?
I mean, he wouldn't lie to us.
Would he?? - alex189a, on 10/12/2007, -14/+24Besides being a troll, you have a point. OSX is getting on in years and this new version doesn't have anything that interests me. A good portion of Mac people are concerned first and foremost with the user interface and rearranging a few things doesn't count- give me another feature like Expose.
- Trat, on 10/12/2007, -5/+65You're not interested in the 64bit Kernel, Time Machine, Safari 3?
- alex189a, on 10/12/2007, -28/+17-trat
Respectfully, not really. Improvements to the OS and browser are expected (usually in the form of free updates) and Time Machine, while interesting, doesn't have any real use to me (it also is a bit overdone with the cheesiness imo). Spaces will be useful but I had that when I was playing around with BeOS like 10 years ago so I don't count it as that interesting.
For most users Macs are nothing more than a luxury brand of computers and Mac people pay up for that premium (or at least percieved premium, as is the case with all luxury goods, I admit) experience. They have to offer me more than casual improvements to get my $130 every 2 years. - jamesong, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20@iq70
hmmm. Considering OS X was not released till March of 2001. I see what you are trying to get at, but if you were actually a mac user, new or old, you would notice the changes in each 10.x upgrade.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#Mac_OS_X_10.0_.28Cheetah.29 - Chroder, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19The UI is a very important thing. Users have spent many years working with this interface, you can't just screw around with it (Vista, anyone?). The UI is already great, so it's something that I care about least in terms of updates. If all you want is eye candy, download ShapeShifter and change your theme every 6 months.
I will welcome 64bit and innovating features over some new UI any day; features will save me time, a UI will only be cool until the novelty wears off. - IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -24/+8Its my freaking view. I dont like the OSX look. Why the ***** are people digging me down?
Cant you fanbois handle criticism?
@jamesong : I have used Macs since 1998. Please dont tell me how OSX has changed its looks. It still is the brushed metal that I can see at even the local Target store. It needs an update badly. - bitswapper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The gallery doesn't show much. As far as the interface goes, I'd be more interested in more consistent functionality, like making the navigation services just like finder with respect to how you want to view things. It'd also be kind of nice to have some kind of Apple-sanctioned gui for something like 'advanced gui tweeks', or something along those lines. Also stop pushing .Mac on the install. Sheesh.
- thereisnospoon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@alex189a
Spaces is enough for me! - Mrstupid7, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Service packs aren't made to change the way an OS looks.
- Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@trat
One of the biggest selling points for me will be Xcode 3 and access to Objective-C 2.0. However, I have to say that 64-bit computing will be pretty much useless to anyone outside of the scientific/statistics community (big Yay! for anyone in those communities, mind) and I have very limited interest in Safari 3 based on the currently available information. Time Machine will have a major impact for me and the updates to Mail look very promising (with the exception of nasty HTML templates), but the major benefits to Leopard look to be under-the-hood changes. Personally, I am still expecting this to be a very significant release but I'm not holding my breath for the "Secret Features" since I'm pretty sure they'd have been announced by now if they were that groundbreaking, particularly considering that Vista has already shipped. - rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2@jamesong
No, 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta - schoate09, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@trat.
The kernel is not full 64-bit.
Leopard is starting to get cheesy, and OS X has hit it's peak. Spaces is not intuitive, I'd prefer if they put something up in the top right like they have in gnome.
I think it's time for Mac OS 11. - bbardlbradd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@alex189a
"another feature like expose"
Features that add some level of productivity, or ease of use. How about spaces? There's one. Time machine is another, and spotlight's getting new features. You already have dashboard, expose, the dock, zoom capabilities.... what more could you so badly NEED?
I've been messing w/ Kororaa w/ xgl and compiz... if you're looking for THAT level of... features you might as well plan on getting nothing done.
- flag564, on 10/12/2007, -35/+12"Looks like same old crappy OSX circa 2000."
- poohat1000, on 10/12/2007, -26/+3that new screensaver made me do a sticky love piss!
- bradallen18, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6I'm happy about the sorting hotkeys in finder
- TylerDurden0, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Except that the mirror isn't to the gallery - only to the blog
- HUKI365, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2"SO SECRECT APPLE TOOK IT DOWN!!!!111"
Mirror?- LiquidFiend, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1"http://thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a343/ Direct link to the gallery." already posted....
and yes, it is a weak "gallery" - tdowling, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Umm, if the site goes down, a direct link to a gallery on that same site doesn't do a whole lot of good.
http://www.duggmirror.com is typically the way to go (if it caught it in time) - mennis, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3So public digg took it down.
- LiquidFiend, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1"http://thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a343/ Direct link to the gallery." already posted....
- ruyn, on 10/12/2007, -15/+15Apple should take their time and put in some real usable updates. Unlike Vista where all it is a graphical update that kills your ram.
- Trat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13That's why they delayed it for 2007...
- Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I agree. I don't think the rumours of a release this month are credible and am expecting one later in the year - maybe June. At this stage in the game a release of the OS would scare me sufficiently that unlike Panther and Tiger I would not upgrade on Day 1. I don't think anywhere near enough is known about the OS for the tires to have been kicked sufficiently such that it won't cause problems when released to the public.
- Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@ ruyn, For me Vista actually runs a lot smoother than OSX.4 on the exact same hardware. I'm sorry if this doesn't fit in with what you want to believe, I suppose you would rather believe the FUD stories rather than someone who has used both and found Vista's performance to be really good.
- sabor, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5WTF is the tabbed finder!?!?
- iOsiris, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1Word Press seems to be a piece of *****.
- Vindstille, on 10/12/2007, -21/+2"Wordpress" not "Word Press".
Why can't people manage to spell words correct. - grubwort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27ly.
- Vindstille, on 10/12/2007, -21/+2"Wordpress" not "Word Press".
- ChumpChief, on 10/12/2007, -11/+12Hey, something in the Apple category that's actually newsworthy... I'm impressed.
- Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I'm digging you up because, despite being a happy Mac owner, I agree that most Apple news items that appear here tend to be very dull at the moment. February is definitely Slow Mac News Month this year and it's nice to finally have something worthwhile to talk about.
- mkjones, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9Very Lame, the screen shots show nothing of any real interest to anyone.
Seems like news for the sake of news.- Trat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I expected more from it too, but IMO it's not that lame. After all, we got to see some new stuff we didn't knew about.
- insideyourhalo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22a tabbed terminal and 16 virtual desktops is pretty relevant to any one who uses a computer for work.
- Frost9999, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I like the screensaver that takes photos using isight and puts them on the screen. Neat idea but not worthy of an upgrade.
- TinFoil209, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Shows off core video and new APIs with leopard, most of it can be done in tiger.
- bfaulk04, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4***** gallery and most people can't even access, currently.
Therefore the only reason this is getting dugg is because everyone refuses to release their death-grip on Apple's nut hairs.- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The coral cache link works (minus one corrupted screenshot). This Apple fanboy conspiracy theory so rampant on Digg is the most ridiculous paranoia I've ever seen.
- crypticgeek, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22Most exciting gallery of dialog boxes ever.
- nonokiaboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I like the ability that finally I'll be able to clean up my icons with keyboard shortcuts! Phew!
The security camera screen saver looks okay too :)
I'm still waiting for a easy way to keyboard launch the Finder though, ala Windows anything by pressing Win+E.- DarkSideofMoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Cmd-Tab to the Finder, then hit Cmd-N.
Not sure if that's what you're looking for (or if you knew that already), but I use it all the time. - magicmarc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Use a quicksilver trigger :)
- DarkSideofMoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Cmd-Tab to the Finder, then hit Cmd-N.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7*snore*
- Mishasirius, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Wow! I would like to use it :)
- serpicolugnut, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Hey nonokiaboy - you want an easy way to launch the Finder?
1-Click on the Finder icon in the dock.
2-There is no step 2.- fyngyrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, clicking on the Finder icon only launches ONE window; once one is open, it won't launch another. Which is annoying, because quite often you want two windows open for dragging files around. You have to use the Finder menu, or Apple-N *after* you change the context to the FInder from whatever application you're currently running. I concur with the original poster, it would be very useful to have a key combination to launch a new finder window no matter what context you were in.
And just generally speaking, Finder is the weakest part of OSX. Explorer is much better. Sorry, I'm a huge Apple fan, but Finder isn't up to par. PathFinder (an OSX Finder replacement) is much, much better, I highly recommend it. - Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@fyngyrz
This is going to sounds incredibly wussy but I find PathFinder to be overkill. Finder definitely has flaws but it is simple and easy to use whereas I found PathFinder to be rather confusing. I don't doubt that the power-users will find benefit in PathFinder but for the Average Joe it just isn't needed. Personally, I'd be quite happy with Finder if I just had the ability to sort the contents of a folder so that subfolders within it appear at the top of the listing rather than in alphabetical order within the files of the folder.
- fyngyrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, clicking on the Finder icon only launches ONE window; once one is open, it won't launch another. Which is annoying, because quite often you want two windows open for dragging files around. You have to use the Finder menu, or Apple-N *after* you change the context to the FInder from whatever application you're currently running. I concur with the original poster, it would be very useful to have a key combination to launch a new finder window no matter what context you were in.
- Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4Apple only comes out with an impressive update every two versions. Tiger was great, with spotlight, Leopard will not be, just upgrades of all the same tools thats been around, possibly finally a new finder interface, and then Core Animation will just allow Apple to put all the fancy animations into their apps. About the only cool thing are the new screensavers, but screensavers were so 1990's. I just have my screen black out after 5 minutes, useless less engery, so its greener and save battery power on laptops.
Unless Apple is holding something significant back, then those screen shots pretty much sum up the Leopard experience.
Apple is truely trying to make an OS like Vista in the sense that there is no real need to run out and buy it.- alex189a, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Its hilarious that the Apple crew is gonna dig you down for this but I agree and I've been using Macs forever. It's not a big deal, I just personally expect more from Apple and that's why they've always gotten my business.
- Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm digging this one down since I consider 10.3 Panther to have been a stella release and I've often contemplated down-grading from Tiger back to it. Tiger did give us Spotlight but its incredibly slow for finding files based on filenames whereas Panther was very fast (a feature that I use a lot). Since, as far as I am aware, Apple has 2 OS development teams working on alternate releases I'm hoping that Leopard will be as good a release as Panther was - Tiger was a bit of a disappointment to me overall with the exception of Safari 2 and the various Core frameworks that were added.
- gsnedders, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Apple doesn't have two OS groups anymore – they were merged into one after 10.3.
- MetalHaze, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7All of you realize you aren't going to see anything special from the new OS until it's actually released right? If you think this is the best the new OS has to offer, then you are delusional...
- Kelmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Why? We had damned good information on both Panther and Tiger before they were released. We're hearing close on bugger-all about Leopard from Apple themselves and that scares me quite a lot. Off the top of my head I can't think of a "surprise"/"secret feature" in the last 2 OS releases that wasn't announced before the OS shipped. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
- FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2apple is being waaaay more secretive about this version that with tiger or panther. oh, and the fact that apple has themselves said that they're saving a lot for the final release. you don't think they'd let their pride-and-joy features be released in a beta that could get exposed to the public, do you?
for all the apple "rumors" and speculation, it's so rarely accurate. the only thing you can know for sure is what apple says, and they always come up with a whole lot more and different stuff than anyone would have guessed.
just sit back and wait. it will be glorious.
- ThirdPrize, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6While the transparancy in Vista is a bit tacky, just the fact it isn't grey makes it look so more appealing. Apart from a few neat tricks (expose, etc) its starting to LOOK a bit like like Windows 95. Same with the iPod, minimal is only cool for so long.
Hopefully the iPhone and Leopard will usher in a new colourful age of the Mac. - ph3wl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Its a pain in the ass when these stories end up being slow/broken. I mean, I check digg 20 times a day... after I weed through the crap that is on the front page and find a story that is interesting... its broke/slow/digged. Just sucks. Felt like whining today :/
- Koyder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Looking at that X11 icon, I am seriously beginning to worry about the direction Apple's designers are taking. Even if it's just a placeholder, it's a very ugly placeholder.
- meatmcguffin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Maybe they made it ugly so that it should be obvious it's a placeholder
- SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I agree on the icon but I have been enjoying the new UI in iTunes and other products from Apple like the iPhone. I find the new path Apple has taken with its interfaces to be great. Down with Aqua!
- aftk2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Maybe they made it ugly so that it should be obvious it's X11.
- crees!, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Terminal and Ethernet options! I mean come on. For the average user, show me some meat!
- Greyarea, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Actually I quite liked the look of the new Network Settings panel...
- SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20That has got to be the ugliest X11 icon they could think of.
- repruhsent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Agreed. It looks like someone shot a load all over a bronze "X". Not cool.
- dpcamp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4are they planning on changing the gui at all? I'm kinda over it looking so bubbly.
- Cougarcat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yay, you can finally disable the annoying dialog that appears when changing extensions. On a different note, however, these small Finder tweaks worry me because they are evidence that the Finder will not get a long overdue overhaul.
- mobilehavoc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I wish could take back the 5 mins it took to go through those images. What a ***** waste of time. Oooh look they changed the icons for terminal!? AND Terminal has tabs and a new menu! OMG!!!!! WTF?!?!?
- SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Don't forget to account for the time that you wasted griping in the comments on this story.
- skribble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Lame Screenshots, yes, but the changes to the Terminal.app will be pleasant to those that spend much time in it. Honestly, while there have been few outward features *announced* in Leopard, some of the under the hood stuff is impressive. It's these behind the scenes changes that enable developers (and Apple) to create better applications that do more and work faster. Seriously getting too wrapped up in interfaces is a bit silly (though I do hope Apple does, at least, standardize on a particular look for it's apps) , usability is what matters. Besides the new Frameworks,File system (and silly gadgets like Time Machine), subtler things, like improvements in Spotlight, will be what really in time makes this OS worthwhile. Its also these subtle but nice improvements that really makes the difference in usability and ultimately is why many people prefer the Mac OS over Windows. (FWIW I use *both* Mac OS X and Windows on similarly speced hardware (currently: Core Duo MBP vs Core Duo Dell Inspiron) and can say that while both Windows and Mac OS have there share of annoyances, OS X gets more stuff right then windows (both as a user and developer*... (*though MS is much more likely to listen to developers then Apple)).
- guswatkins, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Complain, complain, complain, that's all the Internet is good for. Someone deserves credit for meticulously documenting these absolutely mundane changes. You all know you waited for ThinkSecret to load, and looked at each and every one of these images, so why is everyone bitching?
- stalky14, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2The one "UI" improvement I want over any other is a close button that closes the app and not just the window.
What's the advantage of that that it's still in there after all this time? I've never once found it useful. At least
make a preferences item for it. I'd pay the $130 just for that!
Oooh: that and SunWindows. I miss auto-select-on-mouseover, particularly auto-select-on-mouseover-without-bringing-to-foreground.- repruhsent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12What's so hard about command + Q?
- stalky14, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5What's so hard about linking the close button to that function?
- rollercoaster37, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It doesn't make sense. Close buttons are obviously linked to the windows that they belong to. Of course, in one-windowed applications (such as the iApps) the close button should close the application (and indeed it does in some of them, notably iPhoto)
- eyestosky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I think that it is smart that the whole program doesn't quit when you close a window. Just think, if all of the iApps quit when you press the close window button, you would have to have an iTunes window open all of the time to listen to music, that would be ridiculous even if you minimize the window.
- tenberg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Command-q
- muuhgnoo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2> I'd pay the $130 just for that!
Get Windows Vista Home Premium. - stalky14, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If I didn't love the ***** out of 98% of the rest of MacOS, I'd be all over it.
I'm just saying, every other OS I've used lets you close all the windows of an app up to the last one without closing the app.
The last one closes the app.
So my question remains. If you can minimize windows, what advantage is there in closing them all and leaving the app open? - ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@repruhsent
Ah, the biggest trait/flaw of Mac fanboyism. Questioning other people's desires for featuers.
What's wrong with Cmd-Q? Nothing. If I were a Mac user, I'd use it. But I assume the parent poster who asked the question doesn't like it for some reason. Maybe he works mostly with the mouse, or a tablet and reaching over to the keyboard is a hassle.
The UI should always bend to the user's will. It should be easy to do your desired task no matter how you wish to do it. That's all there is to it. - DOGPARTY, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Command+Q and Command + W seperation is a beautiful thing. In windows I start photoshop and close it several times a day due to its half arsed view towards window vs application, on my mac its launched in the morning and closed when i leave work.
ctrl + W on windows is stupid too, some apps it closes the MDI window, some it closes the holder window, some it does nothing and when composing an email in outlook it turns outlook into word, what nonsense!
- DonCarcharo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I've purchased every version of the Mac OS the day it was released since system 7.5 but so far Leopard has me on the fence. Granted Apple seems more focused on refining the Mac OS instead of inventing new features, however the refinements so far just don't address my needs. I'd like to see:
1. A new Finder with a unified theme. I'm not talking flash here, just consistency.
2. Better networking. I think the networking is Vista is great. It discovers everything on my network, even my Macs. Meanwhile my Macs sometimes can't even discover other Macs...
3. FTP write access in the Finder. Please, this has to be so easy to add and it annoys me that it's not there. I want to be able to read and write FTP shares directly in the Finder.
4. Improved memory management on Intel systems. Maybe this one is just me but my Intel Macs use more RAM. I suspect this has everything to do with Rosetta but I just purchased a 20" iMac and I'm constantly paging with 2GB of RAM. Fair enough since I run some big apps but either give me more ram slots or make Rosetta's memory management more efficient. Do you know how much a 2GB stick of RAM costs for a dual core iMac? - KrocCamen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Gosh, when you think of it, the ease of configuring a network, and bluetooth in Leopard makes Vista look like a joke. If you want a good comparison of how severely over complicated doing /anything/ in Vista is, try setting up an ad-hoc wireless network in Vista, and then in Mac OS X. I'll let you know that Tiger takes two clicks...
- Patranus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+69A343 is in no way ready for prime time. It is extremely fast(run my test system on a G4/1.66ghz/512mb-ram) but still has many MANY bugs.
All of the UI elements are much more "springy" and responsive (com had trouble with dashboard loading slowly in 10.4)
The new terminal.app with tabs is an amazing improvement. Tabed terminals really help especially if you are ssh'ing into several different computers.
Safari is a slight improvement over its previous version, I however stick with Firefox. The added google search to invalid URLs is nice but nothing to wright home about. Safari seems to load pages faster.
The new mail is nice, but it seems to crash a lot. I really like Mail's build in RSS reader. iCal is also improved with more integration with mail. Both applications feature the new 'gradient' based menu bar styling.
The two new main features that will be relevant to many users is the new network.prefPane and bluetooth.prefPane. Both are more user friendly (especially the Bluetooth) adding a list-service style of management. A bug in the networking is that it seems to dislike auto-joining networks and remembering encryption keys. I am however sure that this will be taken care of for the final release.
iChat is also improved with 'hover away messages' and away messages displaying in the buddy list. It has also added an 'invisible' mode to the availability menu in the buddy list but not the menubar menu. It does include the new 'gradient' based menu bar system. Bug - The menu bar icon does not turn black when on line and gray when off line - stays gray.
The new quick look is cool but it does not provide that great of a feature. There should be an option to use it instead of defaulting to preview. Preview is also a lot faster especially while rendering large PDF files(I love preview - any format any time/conversion - no need to load bulky Photoshop for simple file-type conversion).
Spaces is amazing especially while programming (one screen for product the other for code). It switches VERY fast.
The new DVD player is a nice addition.
Many applications are still extremely buggy. Slingbox player crashes much of the time.
If you want more details/specific screen shots replay to this post.- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Did you happen to read the NDA you agreed to when you signed up with the Apple Developer Connection? (Of course, if you're not an ADC member, then you didn't obtain 9A343 legally.)
-jcr
- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Did you happen to read the NDA you agreed to when you signed up with the Apple Developer Connection? (Of course, if you're not an ADC member, then you didn't obtain 9A343 legally.)
- reggiedarden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I can't believe they went with the Matrix look on the terminal icon.
- KrocCamen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It could very well be a placeholder. The programmers don't do the final art in OS X, that's left to a professional team. When the programmers are creating something new or making changes, they may throw in a quickly photoshopped icon to hold for later.
- joebob2406, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The fact that there is a matrix background to the terminal icon makes me question the validity of these images. Could be someone with a nifty photoshop talent.
- OAKsider, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3What a disappointment. Wake me when some interesting screens arrive.
- Patranus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What do you want screen shots of?
If you give me a hint they might magically appear on the web.- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let me just jog your memory a bit here, sunshine:
Warning: Pre–release software is Apple confidential information. Your unauthorized distribution of pre–release software or disclosure of information relating to pre–release software (including the posting of screen shots) may subject you to both civil and criminal liability and result in immediate termination of your ADC Membership.
-jcr
- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let me just jog your memory a bit here, sunshine:
- copeland3300, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5OMFG THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE ALL THE OTHER 45 BILLION SCREEN SHOTS WE'VE SEEN!!!!!
HOLY ***** ***** I THINK I ***** MYSELF!
OR MAYBE I'LL START BEATING OFF THINKING ABOUT MUCH AWESOMER I AM THAN EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE I USE A MAC!- nfxmedia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow. Thanks for your contribution. This is a beta. Settle.
- alexace, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2
Why is it that Apple is showing off it's "Time Machine" feature?
This is a completely useless feature because macs "never" crash and lose data. So, whats the point in developing it?
/sarcasm- Hollandboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Because people delete things on accident?
- alexace, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2I didn't think that was possible on a mac.
- LoompaOompa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2they have never once billed time machine as an app to help you get data back after your computer crashes or loses it. It has always been talked about as a way to get files back that you deleted because you didn't think you'd need them anymore, which has happened to me plenty of times.
- TechPedia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Same build as what was posted over a month ago. How cutting edge!
http://digg.com/apple/Gallery_Leopard_9a343_Screensavers_and_dialogs
http://digg.com/apple/Gallery_Leopard_9a343_Spotlight_and_Quick_Look
http://digg.com/apple/Gallery_Leopard_9a343_Parental_Controls
http://digg.com/apple/Gallery_Leopard_9a343_Terminal- SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You still bringing up that mess that happened last month with all the duplicate storys?
- nfxmedia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This build is over a month old. A lot can happen in a month. We haven't seen a new build since Jan.
- jaredvolkl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Mmmm tabbed terminal. I like the new bluetooth and networking screens too.
- grayapple, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What's with the Matrix style Terminal icon?
- Darkside2984, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is easily the most boring set of photos ever. Except for that cake story...
- SleeStaK911, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0I skipped school today to look at these - Digg is blocked at my high school. Overrated school. It's all about Digg and Mac, I've been waiting for a Leopard update forever.
When I saw that 'Security' screen saver - boy, I literally spunked in my shorts. Really, I did. It's embarrassing!
DOH! GET a LIFE, people!
*Going outside now...* - hifigi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0@ GrayApple: Yeah, lame. And the X11 icon too. The Photoshop Plastic Wrap filter...really? Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to use it!
I would almost call ***** on this one, those icons are so bad. I'm not sure I buy it.- nfxmedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is a beta. You won't see those icons in the GM.
- lamestory, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1what a crappy site. heres an idea - use a photo hosting site to host photos, not this ThinkSecretCrap that goes down at the drop of a hat. Probably hosted with OSX ;)
- cyranthus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Is someone going to be sued over this?
- n8gray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Um, that X11 icon is from XDarwin. Check out XDarwin.icns from the freedesktop.org repository here:
http://tinyurl.com/2e6gdl - mobilitatis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Looks Ages ago!!!! my god my current Pimped XP looks a lot better!!!!!
- Holocaust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a343/image/01.jpg
Yeeeah...I wonder wear they got the idea for the "Terminal" icon from... -
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