Yea, you can still put whatever places you want in the sidebar. In most of the screenshots I've seen, they're not there by default, but rather there are saved smart folders for "All Movies, "All Pictures", etc. which do a Spotlight search rather than being an actual directory on the drive.
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Yea, you can still put whatever places you want in the sidebar. In most of the screenshots I've seen, they're not there by default, but rather there are saved smart folders for "All Movies, "All Pictures", etc. which do a Spotlight search rather than being an actual directory on the drive.
The sidebar is actually quite useful in Tiger for two reasons: 1) it's completely user configurable, you can put anything you want in there (and take it right back out), put it in any order you want, and, 2) that exact configuration is propagated to the sidebar in open and save dialog boxes. That feature of Tiger's sidebar alone is worth it's weight in gold.
The problem with the iTunes-inspspired sidebar is that it appears to be hard-coded, what you see is what you get. I don't see (at least in the screenshots) where you can add your own stuff - if you can at all. And it reamins to be seen if you can drag Apple's hard-coded catagories into any order you see fit, or delete the ones you don't need.
If the sidebar isn't as user configurable as it is in Tiger, that's an absolute deal breaker for me.
I'm not warming up to Leopard's iFinder at all. It's bad enough that they used iTunes 7, the ugliest duckling of all Apple apps, as a basis for it - but why? Back when Tiger was introduced, Steve Jobs climbed onstage and told us that, with the advent of mass storage on modern computers, it was too hard to find stuff nowadays because of the thousands upon thousands of files and folders that everyone accumulates on their hard drives. Enter Spotlight, Apple's answer to your prayers. Now you can find just the file you're looking for in an instant. No more wasting time plowing around looking for your stuff.
Fast forward to 2007. Advancing the world's most advanced operating system, thanks to coverflow, now it's actually good to "browse" the files on your computer. Thousands and thousands of 'em. Who cares what you're looking for. Just stare at your screen in amazement as thousands upon thousands of those giant icons roll on by. It may not be productive, but who cares? It looks cool!
The problem is that they look too much like the sunlight reflected water droplets on the leaves on the desktop pic Apple used. They may be more prominent and noticeable with some other desktop pic.
Wait! When was the rest of you born?
Looks promising. These pictures have further warmed me to Leopard.
Not too much longer and we'll be playing with it for ourselves.
Not too much longer and we'll be playing with it for ourselves.
My MacBook isn't 'beefy' enough either
Yes. I wish it were today's date, but I guess an app for the menu bar makes up for it.
Hmmmmm I love all the new functionality, but I don't think I like all the UI "improvements" are good. It seems like they are changing stuff just for the sake of changing something.
Transperant menu bar: UGLY, what the hell are they thinking
New Dock: Hmmm so so, A bit too cheesy for my liking, I prefer the simple looks of the old one.
New folder icons: Plain dull, difficult to spot differences at a glance. The old icons can definately use a makeover but I don't like these new icons at all.
New Finder: Me likes, pathbar is a great addition. Hope they will introduce easy meta-data editing someday too.
Stacks: Great
Quicklook: Bloody excellent
Coverflow: Okay looks nice, but don't think I will be using it much
Transperant menu bar: UGLY, what the hell are they thinking
New Dock: Hmmm so so, A bit too cheesy for my liking, I prefer the simple looks of the old one.
New folder icons: Plain dull, difficult to spot differences at a glance. The old icons can definately use a makeover but I don't like these new icons at all.
New Finder: Me likes, pathbar is a great addition. Hope they will introduce easy meta-data editing someday too.
Stacks: Great
Quicklook: Bloody excellent
Coverflow: Okay looks nice, but don't think I will be using it much
Ooo. I hadn't noticed that! I like the same aspects of the sidebar that you're describing-- I hope they haven't gone away...
http://www.carbonnine.com/leopard
^^ mirror ^^
Took long enough to download them all, may aswell hopefully speed it up for the rest of you
and take a load off the WOA servers
Here's a mirror mentions earlier in the topic for people to use.
I think it looks a bit awkward with application icons that are otherwise semi-3D (like iCal).
When did we see anything "totally revolutionary" in OS X? Maybe in version 10.0, but it was so buggy and slow that it was next to useless. Since then OS X has been about evolutionary progress. Every version introduced some nifty new features while making the overall OS faster and more robust. And the same thing goes on in Leopard.
Was there anything "totally revolutionary" in Tiger? No. How about Panther? No. Jaguar? No.
Then don't use CoverFlow. it really is as simple as that. Then you can have a Finder that is very similar to the one you use today, apart from host of improvements. Not to mention all the other benefits Leopard gives you.
I find it really strange when people complain about features in Leopard that they are in no shape or form forced to use. CoverFlow (for example) is totally optional, and those who do not want to use it, can choose to ignore it.
Looks just great to me. Does this mean now that the date October 31 for Leopard has been posted all the buyers of the new iMac will get the discounted price for it.
From looking at the picture of the full desktop I am still concerned about the little blue lights in the dock. They don't seem to stand out in contrast to the dock floor. How do people who have used it find them?
Actually, I remember before the original public beta of 10.0 was released they had three little black dots in the screenshots, instead of the triangles. When the beta was released they had suddenly changed into the triangles to improve visibility, so you never know what will happen.
Actually, I remember before the original public beta of 10.0 was released they had three little black dots in the screenshots, instead of the triangles. When the beta was released they had suddenly changed into the triangles to improve visibility, so you never know what will happen.
I'm sure there'll be some kind of hack if this isn't the case. That being said, I'm warming to the new look!
I'm suprised Apple hasn't asked the sites to remove the images-unlike on previous occasions.
Can't wait until October.
And CoverFlow's usuage should be controlled-perhaps only Apple's apps can use it,third-parties can't.
Can't wait until October.
And CoverFlow's usuage should be controlled-perhaps only Apple's apps can use it,third-parties can't.
They really are making everything like iTunes, CoverFlow was just one of my examples (as you said). So, my friend, it really isn't as simple as "don't use CoverFlow" (unfortunately). And don't get your knickers in a knot, I know Leopard has useful features.
When I wake up it will be TUESDAY AUGUST 7th in USA
Hee hee thats for me to know and you to wonder about
Hee hee
thats for me to know and you to wonder about 
Its just as many steps to send an email as it is to send and IM on my computer?
Right click mail ->new message, type in the recipient, compose the message, send VS
click on ichat/adium, select the recipient (from a long list), compose the message, send
And as soon as someone is back at their computer its there in their inbox
This sounds pretty cool.
Isn't the dock bouncing enough?
I really do like iChat, but lets be honest, it is lacking a lot of common features in the world of IM clients these days
Its also missing (native) MSN messenger support and in my part of the world almost everyone uses msn.
I believe these two go hand-in-hand and the purpose is to give the 3-D appearance of looking out your window. Think of the bezel as your window frame, the dock as your windowsill, and the icons as items sitting on it. If the menu bar wasn't transparent and the application window filled the height of the screen then it would be like a shade hanging within the window frame and you would only be able to see "under" the application window. The menu bar's transparency allows you to see "over" the application's window giving the appearance it is floating just outside your window frame.
I think the current folder icons are temporary and look like they do just so you know what they hold. They will either keep the same color/design and get colored icons or Apple will come up with a new design and when the folder is double-clicked, will open and "spill" its contents into the window covering what is already there. Think genie-effect but from a bird's-eye view.