Apple Seeds Mac OS X Leopard (9A527/9A528a)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rfischmann/565870194/in/set-72157600001100081/

i dno if this is the photo they use in the latest developer preview..coz this site is in spanish or something. but im thinking it is..and no one has posted pictures of the latest build yet. could this perhaps be it? what u all think?

Except you'll notice it was uploaded in June 2007 - I think it's simply the background for Time Machine, but I could be wrong. I would have no complaints if they used this as the default. In fact, I really like it! :)
 
Except you'll notice it was uploaded in June 2007 - I think it's simply the background for Time Machine, but I could be wrong. I would have no complaints if they used this as the default. In fact, I really like it! :)

yeah i dno actually..it just seems to fit with the description of space themed. im hoping its the new one too!
 
Except you'll notice it was uploaded in June 2007 - I think it's simply the background for Time Machine, but I could be wrong. I would have no complaints if they used this as the default. In fact, I really like it! :)

Another good catch... I'm almost thinking this isn't it, partially because if this is the Time Machine background and the desktop background, it will look weird when activating Time Machine and having the desktop suck down to reveal the same image in the back. Just my thoughts though, this could be it after all.
 
That image is not the new background. The new one is more purple.

Ahh, I'd love to see screenshots or something but if you're a dev I know the whole NDA thing makes that hard. Guess we'll have to wait until someone like Engadget posts something, everyone saves it, then Apple Legal pulls it but people keep using it...
 
Another good catch... I'm almost thinking this isn't it, partially because if this is the Time Machine background and the desktop background, it will look weird when activating Time Machine and having the desktop suck down to reveal the same image in the back. Just my thoughts though, this could be it after all.

very good point..but even if this isnt the new pic..the new pic is still space themed. so it would still be similar in appearance to the time machine background. and the transition would still be a bit dodgy. u no what i mean?

heres to hoping someone breaks the NDA some time soon. :D
 
If there are icons on your desktop, you'll see that darker desktop background images that are fairly constant in contrast/brightness work best for trying to read (and scan over) icon text. This is why Tiger's background works so well, as did previous OS X releases - fairly constant darkish colour with only slight variations in an abstract way.

The grass background in previous Leopard builds was OK - but nowhere near as clear for reading text labels on icons as the Tiger background. Further, the water droplets look a little like the little blue lights in the new dock, adding further confusion. And finally, I think a default desktop should be something abstract rather than a seemingly random real life photo (what does wet grass have to do with anything?).

Now, if there really is a space background, it is interesting to see how this works. The one shown in that flikr account, as a background, works better that the green grass in terms of reading text on icons - though being so black means that the black shadows on text no longer show up on icons. The stars are going to look a lot like the little blue lights in the new dock once again though. I would say a space scene is a little more abstract than a close up of wet grass - I'd still prefer a more abstract background though. And a space theme is a little dorky - sort of like saying "hey, this OS is space-age!".
 
I, for one was also hoping for a new abstract blue background, continuing the theme of having a different one throughout 10.0, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. I always thought it was pretty cool to be able to tell the version of the OS by the wallpaper. :rolleyes:
 

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i love the fact that the dock's icon hasn't changed since the original mac os x public beta (maybe before, when the apple logo was in the middle of the menubar). also, that the dock divider is named abbey road...awesome stuff.
 
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Notes I've observed so far:

  1. Menu bar is now only slightly transparent. Primarily white based. Much better, readable.
  2. Traffic Lights (Close, Minimize, Zoom) are different.
  3. Seems much snappier.
  4. The gradient on menu-selections is now the same selected-gradient you see in the sidebar of the Finder (and latest iTunes releases)

:( Are the traffic lights still red, yellow, and green??? I LOVE those about OS X, they better not take those away :mad: It kind of makes me mad, I know they are gunna take away the aqua buttons and scroll bars in the final builds too :(
 
OH, and the system-wide use of that sexy, subtle gradient.... very tasteful! OH OH and teh snap snap! Gotta love teh snap snap. :D

I have a good feeling Apple knows its stuff. Seemingly small things can make a big difference.

What I don't get is why Apple made a big emphasis about system wide conformity with the look of windows and no brushed metal and then they released iLife '08 with windows that don't match that theme... Specifically garage band and the other ones are much darker too like iMovie etc. Anybody else notice that???
 
What I don't get is why Apple made a big emphasis about system wide conformity with the look of windows and no brushed metal and then they released iLife '08 with windows that don't match that theme... Specifically garage band and the other ones are much darker too like iMovie etc. Anybody else notice that???

Yep. And iPhoto '08 has iTunes style scroll bars, where other Leopard apps don't have them. I suspect we are going to continue to see Apple making up the L&F as they go along, and annoying the crap out of everyone who likes consistency.

What would be really nice is if Apple released a new Human Interface Guidelines document for Leopard, and actually followed it.
 
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Dude awesome! And I found out that's Portuguese, but in translating it seems to be legit, I'd say. Nice find!

Well I speak portuguese fluently cause I lived in Brasil for 2 years and that IS portuguese but the comment below the wallpaper says.... (translation) "It's from last year, but it's very good." So how do you interpret that? Sounds like its from WWDC to me.
 
:( Are the traffic lights still red, yellow, and green??? I LOVE those about OS X, they better not take those away :mad: It kind of makes me mad, I know they are gunna take away the aqua buttons and scroll bars in the final builds too :(

Yes, they are still the same old red yellow and green. Their behaviour doesn't appear to have changed except the colours are deeper now. You'll know what I mean when you finally see screenshots :)
 
Promise

Yep. And iPhoto '08 has iTunes style scroll bars, where other Leopard apps don't have them. I suspect we are going to continue to see Apple making up the L&F as they go along, and annoying the crap out of everyone who likes consistency.

What would be really nice is if Apple released a new Human Interface Guidelines document for Leopard, and actually followed it.

I promise you that in the final builds you will see all the aqua scroll bars and buttons and other things take the iTunes and iPhone look... Mark my words... You can already see that they are in the conversion process!
 
Yes that is really cool, but that is not the wallpaper from this build of Leopard they are talking about is it? That screen shot looked like Tiger to me...
He obviously took the new wallpaper from 9A527 and applied it to his desktop on 10.4.

I think it looks pretty great. It's also makes reading icon labels easier compared to the wallpaper from WWDC.
 
Much easier to read icon text with that new image than the wet grass. It is also fairly abstract looking.

I have a feeling though that the final release will go back to wet grass, since Steve seemed really proud of it at WWDC - even though everyone laughed when he showed them. Unless the laughter actually made him feel bad, and he ordered a new default. :)
 
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