macnewsonline.com— All the features you want in leopard already exist! This article takes the most popular features and offers alternatives that are in some cases better than the feature Apple has promised.
Apr 19, 2007View in Crawl 4
Congratulations on your MacBook Pro. Wish I could afford one right now as I'm still using an old G4 iBook for my portable needs. Can you explain why you went with a wireless mighty mouse? I've never cared for Apple's mice myself (prefer trackballs) and the mighty mouse seems kinda awkward to use.
I refuse to buy Leopard unless they radically redesign Finder, and make the entire system interface fully consistent. Especially dragging. It's always a guessing game-- are you going to end up copying it, moving it, or poofing it?
Ah yes, the vaunted Mac UI, so superior! And yet Mac users can't even create their own color schemes; they have to wait years for Apple to dribble out even the minor adjustments that IT sees fit to make.Windows has its problems (the default XP UI scheme is a disgrace), but you can change the look of your system and apps in a matter of minutes. The continued failure of Apple to provide this ability is another big hole in the "better UI" myth.
"Also leopards back end is what you really want.. things like CoreAnimation."Uh, no. Core Animation is nearly useless. In almost every case, animation SLOWS DOWN a person's interaction with a UI. Do you want a selection bar to move the instant you hit the arrow key, or do you want to wait for it to slide, swoop, or roll to the next item? How about if you have to move to the fifth item, and you get to watch some "cool" effect five times?It may be well implemented, but unfortunately it's pointless.
Perfect. Now just let me setup my a2dp bluethooth headphones with tiger ... .. wait, whats that? tiger doesn't support stero bluetooth? I like it retro anyways, mono all the way babbbbby For me leporad isn't just some new cat.. Its about not having to listen to my co workers while at the same time not threatening my laptop from being dragged onto the floorI really like the thought of being able to tackle some wise ass 2 cubicles down while still jamming away too my tunes ... I mean really, whats keeping me from doing it at that point??
gmorganApr 19, 2007
How do you make a virtual workspace system that crashes. It's hard to fathom, it's not the most innovated piece of technology ever.
macparrotApr 19, 2007
Congratulations on your MacBook Pro. Wish I could afford one right now as I'm still using an old G4 iBook for my portable needs. Can you explain why you went with a wireless mighty mouse? I've never cared for Apple's mice myself (prefer trackballs) and the mighty mouse seems kinda awkward to use.
deuceswildeApr 19, 2007
Backup has existed for a long time but not what Time Machine is doing. 10.5 uses the ZFS file system which changes a huge amount about how your hard drives work and overall makes them much more useful.<a class="user" href="http://tech.zamwi.com/2007/01/16/why-do-geeks-have-lust-for-zfs/">http://tech.zamwi.com/2007/01/16/why-do-geeks-have-lust-for-zfs/</a>
hadakApr 19, 2007
Well.I will still look at porn on 10.5. It will still look the same as on 10.4.I see no issues here.
mikeazorinApr 19, 2007
I refuse to buy Leopard unless they radically redesign Finder, and make the entire system interface fully consistent. Especially dragging. It's always a guessing game-- are you going to end up copying it, moving it, or poofing it?
Closed AccountApr 20, 2007
Ah yes, the vaunted Mac UI, so superior! And yet Mac users can't even create their own color schemes; they have to wait years for Apple to dribble out even the minor adjustments that IT sees fit to make.Windows has its problems (the default XP UI scheme is a disgrace), but you can change the look of your system and apps in a matter of minutes. The continued failure of Apple to provide this ability is another big hole in the "better UI" myth.
Closed AccountApr 20, 2007
"Also leopards back end is what you really want.. things like CoreAnimation."Uh, no. Core Animation is nearly useless. In almost every case, animation SLOWS DOWN a person's interaction with a UI. Do you want a selection bar to move the instant you hit the arrow key, or do you want to wait for it to slide, swoop, or roll to the next item? How about if you have to move to the fifth item, and you get to watch some "cool" effect five times?It may be well implemented, but unfortunately it's pointless.
xploitedApr 20, 2007
Perfect. Now just let me setup my a2dp bluethooth headphones with tiger ... .. wait, whats that? tiger doesn't support stero bluetooth? I like it retro anyways, mono all the way babbbbby For me leporad isn't just some new cat.. Its about not having to listen to my co workers while at the same time not threatening my laptop from being dragged onto the floorI really like the thought of being able to tackle some wise ass 2 cubicles down while still jamming away too my tunes ... I mean really, whats keeping me from doing it at that point??
pacobellJul 26, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://blog.david.connolly.name/2007/06/stereo-bluetooth-profile-a2dp-on-mac-os.html">http://blog.david.connolly.name/2007/06/stereo-bluetooth-profile-a2dp-on-mac-os.html</a>Now where's my cookie? =P