Collaborative Features in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)?

MacRumors · Jun 9, 2006, 04:19 AM

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MacOSXRumors claims to have additional information on Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard revision.

According to their sources, they claim that Leopard will incorporate collaborative tools to allow users to work on documents over the internet:

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The main idea is that it will be possible to declare a document as available for collaborative use over a network or Internet. Users who want to work on this document will be able to connect and work simultaneously on it. Modifications made by each user will be updated in real time for all connected users.

Support for such collaborative features are expected to be built into a framework for developers, and Apple is expected to integrate these features into future versions of iWork and iCal. A release target for Leopard is said to be January 2007.

The reliability of this information is uncertain. Previous claims of integrated virtualization into Leopard have not yet been substantiated.

Very little solid information about Apple's next version of Mac OS X has been revealed. What is known at this point is that Apple plans on demoing Leopard at WWDC 2006 in August. Apple has also publicly stated that Leopard will incorporate the final version of Boot Camp which is currently in Beta.

tigertrainer · Jun 9, 2006, 04:23 AM

I think Leopard with be an interesting release. Now that our OS is mature, Apple developers can let their creativity wander to come up with some really great stuff. We are going to love it. Vista is going to be so sorry.....

illegalprelude · Jun 9, 2006, 04:31 AM

If they released such a feature, it would be SOO amazing. Me and a good friend of mine always work on a script together but he lives in Michigan while I live in California. Allowing us to do such a thing would bring us so close in terms of our work and progress and the ease of it

bloodycape · Jun 9, 2006, 04:35 AM

Isn't this all similar to all those windows live apps and what google is planning to bring out?

netdog · Jun 9, 2006, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bloodycape

Isn't this all similar to all those windows live apps and what google is planning to bring out?

Yes, I don't think that this is one of the wow features of Leopard. As you point out, it is simply a must have so as not to stick out as a weakness when compared to Vista.

That said, I bet that there are some wow features in Leopard that Vista will not offer. Built-in virtualization for other OS's would sure be a good start.

Stridder44 · Jun 9, 2006, 04:45 AM

Is it retarded that Im more excited to see the new UI/Finder?

aegisdesign · Jun 9, 2006, 04:54 AM

Nice they're building this in as a framework.

SubEthaEdit already lets you do this. If they make it half as slick as that and available to any application then it'll be amazingly useful. The problem though is Microsoft probably still won't use it in Office as they suffer from 'Not Invented Here' syndrome and usually insist on reinventing the wheel.

Still, it'll be a nice addition to iWork.

odedia · Jun 9, 2006, 04:57 AM

Application sharing existed in Windows for years now, be it through netmeeting or thorugh MSN messenger. I really don't see the advantage of this particular approach.

aegisdesign · Jun 9, 2006, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bloodycape

Isn't this all similar to all those windows live apps and what google is planning to bring out?

No. Office Live and the Google apps are online web based applications. What this sounds like is more like SubEthaEdit. It's more like if you mixed Word and iChat.

See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethae...llaborate.html

Max on Macs · Jun 9, 2006, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by aegisdesign

Nice they're building this in as a framework.

SubEthaEdit already lets you do this. If they make it half as slick as that and available to any application then it'll be amazingly useful. The problem though is Microsoft probably still won't use it in Office as they suffer from 'Not Invented Here' syndrome and usually insist on reinventing the wheel.

Still, it'll be a nice addition to iWork.

Well with a bit of luck we'll have Numbers in iWork '07 anyawy. Excel and Messenger are the only Microsoft apps I ever use these days

aegisdesign · Jun 9, 2006, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by odedia

Application sharing existed in Windows for years now, be it through netmeeting or thorugh MSN messenger. I really don't see the advantage of this particular approach.

No. That's different. That's more like Apple's Remote Desktop where the application runs on the remote machine but the client who doesn't have the application sees what's on the remote machine's display. There's only one person driving the remote application.

If this is like SubEthaEdit, imagine 7 people all typing in a document, all of them running their own copy of SubEthaEdit at full speed with live updates and each user being able to edit the doc at any position in it.

bigandy · Jun 9, 2006, 05:07 AM

interesting

Multimedia · Jun 9, 2006, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Macrumors

A release target for Leopard is said to be January 2007.

Another Post At Mac OS Rumors Says Leotard Won't Ship Til Next Summer '07. That's quite a discrepancy. Wonder why?

arn · Jun 9, 2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Multimedia

Another Post At Mac OS Rumors Says Leotard Won't Ship Til Next Summer '07. That's quite a discrepancy. Wonder why?

MacOSRumors should be ignored.

MacOSXRumors doesn't have a consistent track record, but at least I'm pretty confident they aren't simply making things up to drive traffic. I can't say the same for MacOSRumors.

arn

Multimedia · 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by arn

MacOSRumors should be ignored. arn

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Originally Posted by arn

MacRumors != MacOSRumors != MacOSXRumors . . . read carefully. arn

Oh I see. Sorry. Missed the X.

Glad to hear January '07 is shipping time. That's what I thought 'til I saw that wrong MacOSRumors note today. Thanks to Macinposh for the "t" in Leotard. He needed the "p".

arn · Jun 9, 2006, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Multimedia

Well if you're GOD here, how did this "news" get allowed to be posted? Slow news week?

MacRumors != MacOSRumors != MacOSXRumors

read them carefully.

arn

ImNoSuperMan · Jun 9, 2006, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MultiMedia

Well if you're GOD here, how did this "news" get allowed to be posted? Slow news week?

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Originally Posted by arn

MacRumors != MacOSRumors != MacOSXRumors

read them carefully.

arn

I think may be you should have some rest Multi. What time is it? Do you ever sleep BTW. Its not very good to stay awake all night for your health.

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Anyways, i like the idea and cant wait till August to find out what Leopard really has in store. And I really hope Leopard is out before vista(shouldnt really be a difficult task considering M$`s track record).

rockthecasbah · Jun 9, 2006, 06:37 AM

that is a very great idea. It's kinda weird at the same time to think that someone is working on a document that looks like it's on your computer. Would they have a separate mouse to point stuff out or what?

Platform · Jun 9, 2006, 06:39 AM

Great, I can't wait till WWDC...

Evangelion · Jun 9, 2006, 06:53 AM

Here's an example

Sharewaredemon · Jun 9, 2006, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rubberduck007

I love the cake!

WHAT?!?!

Anyway, this feature seems pretty neat, although I'm not sure if it will have any practical application for me.

zapp · Jun 9, 2006, 07:31 AM

I think it is great Apple is ramping up development and release of there upgrade, and has time goes by adding features, Microsoft on the other hand has delayed release (several times), and dropped key features.

Another brave feature met its end today

"Microsoft has dropped a feature from Windows Vista that would have allowed people running the new operating system to keep data synchronized among multiple PCs."

http://news.com.com/Vista+gets+out+o...3-6081232.html

dernhelm · Jun 9, 2006, 08:15 AM

...On Apple stealing another idea from a third party developer and making it part of the OS.

thejadedmonkey · Jun 9, 2006, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by zapp

I think it is great Apple is ramping up development and release of there upgrade, and has time goes by adding features, Microsoft on the other hand has delayed release (several times), and dropped key features.

Another brave feature met its end today

"Microsoft has dropped a feature from Windows Vista that would have allowed people running the new operating system to keep data synchronized among multiple PCs."

http://news.com.com/Vista+gets+out+o...3-6081232.html

That was one of the few reasons left I was going to upgrade this Laptop to Vista!

AlmostThere · Jun 9, 2006, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dernhelm

...On Apple stealing another idea from a third party developer and making it part of the OS.

2001 has been on the phone. Apparently MS also want their features back.

Jun 9, 2006, 04:23 AM	#2
tigertrainer macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2005	Leo I think Leopard with be an interesting release. Now that our OS is mature, Apple developers can let their creativity wander to come up with some really great stuff. We are going to love it. Vista is going to be so sorry.....

Jun 9, 2006, 04:31 AM	#3
illegalprelude macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California	If they released such a feature, it would be SOO amazing. Me and a good friend of mine always work on a script together but he lives in Michigan while I live in California. Allowing us to do such a thing would bring us so close in terms of our work and progress and the ease of it __________________ "PeAcE is but a shadow of death, desperate to forget its painful past" It Dreams in Blu-ray PowerMac G5 + AppleTV + iPhone 3GS + PSPgo + 500GB PS3

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rockthecasbah macrumors 68020 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Moorestown, NJ	that is a very great idea. It's kinda weird at the same time to think that someone is working on a document that looks like it's on your computer. Would they have a separate mouse to point stuff out or what? __________________ 15'' 2.4ghz MacBook Pro (Matte), 2GB RAM, 200GB HD Wii code: 7876 8987 6478 7445 My Last.fm "Ignore her, she's a feminist"

Jun 9, 2006, 04:35 AM	#4
bloodycape macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2005	Isn't this all similar to all those windows live apps and what google is planning to bring out?

Jun 9, 2006, 04:54 AM	#7
aegisdesign macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2005	Nice they're building this in as a framework. SubEthaEdit already lets you do this. If they make it half as slick as that and available to any application then it'll be amazingly useful. The problem though is Microsoft probably still won't use it in Office as they suffer from 'Not Invented Here' syndrome and usually insist on reinventing the wheel. Still, it'll be a nice addition to iWork.

Jun 9, 2006, 04:57 AM	#8
odedia macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2005	Application sharing existed in Windows for years now, be it through netmeeting or thorugh MSN messenger. I really don't see the advantage of this particular approach.

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Platform macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2004	Great, I can't wait till WWDC... __________________ Aluminium Macbook \| 20" iMac G5 (iSight)

Jun 9, 2006, 06:53 AM	#20
Evangelion macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2005	Here's an example

Jun 9, 2006, 07:31 AM	#22
zapp macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Caribou,ME	I think it is great Apple is ramping up development and release of there upgrade, and has time goes by adding features, Microsoft on the other hand has delayed release (several times), and dropped key features. Another brave feature met its end today "Microsoft has dropped a feature from Windows Vista that would have allowed people running the new operating system to keep data synchronized among multiple PCs." http://news.com.com/Vista+gets+out+o...3-6081232.html __________________ Mac Pro 2.8 GHz Octo, 10 GB RAM, 2.3 TB storage: iPhone 3G 16GB

Jun 9, 2006, 08:15 AM	#23
dernhelm macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2002 Location: middle earth	Yea! More ranting... ...On Apple stealing another idea from a third party developer and making it part of the OS. __________________ Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. --Terry Pratchett

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