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Apple Job Posting Suggests 'Revolutionary' New Mac OS X Feature
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It makes perfect sense.
If you "cut" something, then later copy something without pasting the first group of files, the first group stays where it was. Only an idiot would think that it's some logical fallacy that should not exist.
P.S. Path Finder has cut and paste and it works great. Why a third party can completely embarrass Apple's own Finder is beyond me.
Unintelligible, at best.
Bandwidth and compassion are not mutually interdependent.
An evolution toward a 3D desktop environment, done well, would certainly be cool.It will be a 3D desktop and 3D Wigets... each face of the wiget will have a different function... from the same application.
Something along the line of BumpTop 3D would be a step in this direction.
Mac OS X + iOS = boom
Since the mouse is technically dead now, why not incorporate "touch" technology into every Apple product?
Add a rotating/folding touchscreen to a MacBook with OS X + elements of iOS and instantly you have a 15" iPad that can utilize all the Apple has to offer. That would thin the differences between product lines even more, cause more chaos in the industry, and make millions more discontent with what they already have.
It may not be all that "revolutionary" but it is a part of
's marketing genius.I know that you can access FTP via connect to... In the Finder. What I'm saying is that they need to replace their current FTP server that's built in to serve files with a better one: vfstpd
Their current choice is lacking.
Their current choice is lacking.
Yeah as a Marketing student, I have the greatest respect for Apple and their marketing team. They really think of every possible way to keep their company's name buzzing in the news.
OS X is the name of Mac OS post-Classic. It's extremely unlikely there will ever be an OS 11. If/when they move on from the OS X branding, it will be to something quite different, not something dull and pointless like "OS 11".
--Eric
OK people let's get serious here!
LOGIC:
-By the ad description, this will be something that will be very apparent to the end user and WOW them!
-It is based on HTML5 and web standards.
-Apple will "start" using their massive data center next year.
-Apple supports 2 platforms, the App Store, and HTML5.
-Apple is releasing the new Xcode 4 with possible HTML5 tools.
-Apple is rumored to be creating a open replacement for Flash called Guiandula.
-Apple is rumored to rebrand Mac OS X to iOS and iOS Mobile for the iDevices etc.
-This new feature will be at the very core of the OS. (Think QT).
-Nobody has done this before.
-Steve has said on several occasions that he doesn't think everything will go to the cloud or that we will use dumb terminals. (All things D several times).
NOW... Taking these things into account, my guess is that this is something where Apple will implement their two platforms within the Mac OS. In other words, Apple could somehow integrate the App Store with iOS as being integrated along with its apps, or as an overlay such as Dashboard. BUT ALSO & MAINLY perhaps the ENTIRE OS will be able to render HTML5 and web standards and not ONLY in the browser. In other words, you could have HTML5 apps running as if they are native apps right in the OS, no browser involved!!! NOW THAT would be VERY interesting and a HUGE threat to Microsoft and Google. It would be different than a cloud OS. It would be a hybrid of both and VERY powerful and versatile!!!
This is along the lines of what I see happening based on the evidence I compiled!
Anyone have some real or serious thoughts about this?
Finally, someone who has read the clues over the past few months and actually constructed a logical theory.
Just drag it to where you want it. Why do you need to cut it and then paste it? Is that a Windows method or something?
Yeah, and what hardware does that system only run on? Dell? HP? Sony? Nope, the hardware you paid Apple good money for. The software is to sell the hardware, case closed.
Anybody remember this:
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/11/apple-exploring-3d-desktop-and-application-interfaces/
OS 10.7 will need that one visual "wow" feature (even if it doesn't really serve any purpose) and I think it could be some kind of pseudo-3d desktop, as described in the article above.
Apple introduced the retina display on iPhone 4 so I would expect they have some pretty nifty desktop panel technology to introduce in future hardware revisions. Couple that with the "3d" desktop could indeed be something "magical" and "revolutionary".
And I am almost 100% sure there will be some kind of iOS integration, most likely apps to replace dashboard... Apple make far too much money from the appstore to not consider integrating it into the desktop somehow.
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/11/apple-exploring-3d-desktop-and-application-interfaces/
OS 10.7 will need that one visual "wow" feature (even if it doesn't really serve any purpose) and I think it could be some kind of pseudo-3d desktop, as described in the article above.
Apple introduced the retina display on iPhone 4 so I would expect they have some pretty nifty desktop panel technology to introduce in future hardware revisions. Couple that with the "3d" desktop could indeed be something "magical" and "revolutionary".
And I am almost 100% sure there will be some kind of iOS integration, most likely apps to replace dashboard... Apple make far too much money from the appstore to not consider integrating it into the desktop somehow.
My thought is just one - everything you mention would wow computer nerds, but none of it would totally amaze millions of Mac users who wouldn't know a TCP from the arse end of a BSD, so not even close with any of your guesses sorry.
Mac OS X + iOS = boom
Yes, they will want to port over the core 'multitask' parts of iOS that allows everything to run so power efficient. Instead of no multitasking for legacy iOS<4 apps, it will be power-hog multitasking for legacy OS X apps. Ex: A few menubar items that are just there for a simple task a few times per day shouldn't cost me hours of batterylife.
They may also be working on bringing more multitouch interaction to their macbook range. Though that looks less 'core' to me.
That was already announce for Leopard, and then Snow Leopard, so that would be ridiculous. It didn't quite happen in SL at least not for the user, but hardly revolutionary when you already announced it in current OS'es...
If this is as revolutionary as Apple claim, and is in the very foundations of OS X; and Mac OS X 10.7 is already in testing, we're not likely to see this feature, whatever it may be, until Mac OS 10.8.
It is odd to see Apple so enthusiastic in a job posting though. Hyperbole, or genuine excitement over something great they're working on?
It is odd to see Apple so enthusiastic in a job posting though. Hyperbole, or genuine excitement over something great they're working on?
they post these job things, so that the topic will show up on MacRumors.com, so that we will brainstorm ideas, so that they get free work done!! why hire? no need no need
It makes perfect sense.
If you "cut" something, then later copy something without pasting the first group of files, the first group stays where it was. Only an idiot would think that it's some logical fallacy that should not exist.
P.S. Path Finder has cut and paste and it works great. Why a third party can completely embarrass Apple's own Finder is beyond me.
Of course it makes sense. This is just another one of those niggling things that many people want but lord jobs doesn't.
It's not the end of the world not having it but it does create extra steps in the workflow. Dragging files from folder to another requires opening 2 finder windows as opposed to cutting the file then navigating to the paste location in the same window. Then the 2 finder overlap each other so you have to drag one out the way.
More irritating than a major design flaw, can't see how anyone can defend it though. It's as if some think Apple can do no wrong.
