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Got a sneak peak of a very buggy 10.4 today!

Originally posted by aswitcher
Sure, but I think you gave far enough information for an insider to figure out who they are if indeed their security is taken as seriously as we hear. Plus assuming your information is right its a pretty big cat out of the bag. I remember how many people wrote about Expose as perhaps the coolest feature of that series of announcements, and this plans to trump that...so I think Apple would be reasonably pissed about a signficant leak regarding it...
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they are a lot cuter than panthers!

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Ocelot+
 
3d images are ok if they were instantly recognisable, but 3d stretched out text? that doesn't compute with humans at this stage of our evolution. Not the humans I know anyway.
 
I had a short play around with 3DOSX. The concept is alright, but if Apple implement something like this into Mac OS X, they'd have to develop it a lot more to make it more powerful and intuitive. 3D desktops as they are now are not very usable, but I believe that there's potential for something big (especially if it's done by Apple ;)).
 
i thought there's an OS out there that does exactly this. floating glass windows in 3D space that we can manipulate. i just forgot its name. it's either Linux, Unix or somet other thing...or was it KDE. but someone did this and there was even a video of it. does that mean those guys beat apple to this??
 
where's apple legal?

if this is correct, im sorry for doubting, but now, im following the herd and not believing. who runs an alpha on a laptop?
 
A question: If you need a trackball mouse thing, how did it run on a current Powerbook G4 with a trackpad? Please explain.
 
I think a development as large as this would warrant more than just a point upgrade. This would be Mac OS 11/XI. I just don't see how something this revolutionary would just be thrown into the middle of the OS X series.
 
While I doubt we will be seeing this in 2004, the concept does seem very Apple-like. I mean, its soo easy to picture Steve saying "a couple of years ago we blew people away with Expose and the 3-D effects of fast-user switching. Today, we announce the next revolution in desktop computing: Mac OS XI! The world's first all 64-bit customer-centric OS. Oh, and there is one more thing........its 3-D! Now, I think a demo is in order, so let me just head over to Apple's new 3-D display, and show you how to download Finding Nemo 3 from iFlicks."

It sounds plausible to me.....in 2-3 years.....or do I just need sleep?
 
Chris - I want to try out that new 3D desktop thing you downloaded but I'm worried it's going to completely mess up my computer. Is it easy to uninstall it and thus remove it completely or does it leave a mess?
 
Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
Chris - I want to try out that new 3D desktop thing you downloaded but I'm worried it's going to completely mess up my computer. Is it easy to uninstall it and thus remove it completely or does it leave a mess?
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i downloaded it, and you just drag the app off of the dmg. it's so cool. with some more hotkeys and stuff, it could totally replace my finder. (except for burning and other finder features.)
 
Yeah I didn't realise it was just an another app, rather than some system-changing thing. It ran fine on my PowerBook but I found it to be a pain in the ass so I've trashed it now. Novel idea but asthetics over usability. The Finder is faster and easier. (Plus I almost moved the Applications folder into itself by mistake!)
 
Originally posted by MoparShaha
I think a development as large as this would warrant more than just a point upgrade. This would be Mac OS 11/XI. I just don't see how something this revolutionary would just be thrown into the middle of the OS X series.
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Why would it even be considered a Macintosh at all? Something revolutionary shouldn't be tied to the past so carelessly. Could we really be running the Apple IV or V or... right now?
 
I am getting with Steve later to talk to him about the Problem I am having with my Hamster Powered Powerbook
I am getting more than just bugs.
 
Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
Yeah I didn't realise it was just an another app, rather than some system-changing thing. It ran fine on my PowerBook but I found it to be a pain in the ass so I've trashed it now. Novel idea but asthetics over usability. The Finder is faster and easier. (Plus I almost moved the Applications folder into itself by mistake!)
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I had issues with accidentally moving folders into other folders and such, too. It's a little awkward and the graphics are really terrible so I trashed it after about two minutes total.
 
i think with work that app could be better. the concept is there, they should just improve the graphics and then some of the moving of items.
 
that 3DOSX thing is just plain disgusting. provided me with about 58 seconds of non-fun. LaunchBar is where it's at for OS navigation right now. forget that 3D nonsense and forget the disgusting Dock.
 
I remember seeing an OS like the one described a few weeks back on Macrumors. I think it was by Sun. So its not as if its a totally new idea.
 
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