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Latest Leopard Build Screenshots?

Are the screenshots...

  • Real

    Votes: 297 92.8%

  • Fake

    Votes: 23 7.2%
  • Total voters
    320
  • Poll closed .
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TUAW posts some purported screenshots of the latest Mac OS X Leopard build, including some features (anti-phishing technology in Safari, parental controls, iCal UI, etc) that was described in the latest seed notes.

At this point, MacRumors can't independently vouch for the authenticity of the photos, but there is nothing yet to indicate the screenshots are fake.
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2006/10/19/latest-leopard-build-screenshots/
If those screenshots are real, the iCal update looks very disappointing. Though you can't tell much from a single screenshot, it looks like the iCal update is more a cosmetic update rather than a feature update. The only new feature I can see in that screenshot is something about new event notifications, but that's hardly what people have been clamoring for.
 
I love the anti-phising stuff. I also hope they include built in anti-virus and anti-spyware. I know there isn't much of either for the Mac but it would be great for marketing and the day when something bad does appear.
 
Multimedia said:
Preview in Icon Mode is helpful.
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No dount this is helpful. I've always gone nuts trying to look at image files through the finder. I hope this feature carries over into apps as well, not only the finder.
 
I like the iCal screenshot, but I'm starting to fear the straight lines and "pure business" approach some of apples applications seem to move towards design wise - I much more prefered the aqua look :(

The safari stuff seems nice though
 
I'm sure they're real, who would take the time to make screenshots of such mundane features? These are all great additions mind you, but nothing there that is really going to sell the OS (of course I'm already sold on it, so who knows?)
 
jholzner said:
I love the anti-phising stuff. I also hope they include built in anti-virus and anti-spyware. I know there isn't much of either for the Mac but it would be great for marketing and the day when something bad does appear.
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Almost exactly what I was going to say.


Those screenshots don't look fake at all. Then again I'm sure any good designer could do that no problem.
 
jholzner said:
... I also hope they include built in anti-virus and anti-spyware. I know there isn't much of either for the Mac but it would be great for marketing and the day when something bad does appear.
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Actually, I think the fact that they don't even have a need for those things yet is much more of a selling point than if they were built in. The selling point is that OS X is secure right out of the box with the built in firewall and what not.
 
With the way that screeshots end up in the public eye from these Dev releases, does anyone think that this is all that 10.5 will have to show us? Apple knows leaks like this are going to happen, so we're not really seeing the "good stuff" yet. AKA: Top Secret features. ;)
 
I think the anti-phishing stuff is great, but I don't like the way they word it. People who are not very familiar with the internet might get the fishing warning from a "paypal" link and think that it is saying Paypal is a fraudulent site, whereas it is actually saying "this site isn't really paypal."
 
"Google has detected". Interesting.

And.. there's profanity in the Mac OS X Dictionary?

What would be nice is if some variation of tooltips could be used to preview images or documents in the Finder. I'd like to be able to hover over the icon of an image file and have the image float above my cursor so I can quickly see what it is.

The Geocaching.com website implements such a feature for viewing images. As an example, visit this geocache page, and scroll down to the cache logs. On October 7, someone posted a log with 4 pictures (HB1.jpg, HB2.jpg, etc.) Roll your mouse over the picture icon.

That's what I want my Finder to do.
 
ThunderLounge said:
With the way that screeshots end up in the public eye from these Dev releases, does anyone think that this is all that 10.5 will have to show us? Apple knows leaks like this are going to happen, so we're not really seeing the "good stuff" yet. AKA: Top Secret features. ;)
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Nah. I have a feeling there will be more to 10.5 than the few screen leaks we're seeing. Like many, I too am interested in these hidden features or whatever Steve referenced at WWDC.

Question for those who frequently receive prereleases: is it possible to hide features from developers & testers and then release the gold master with said hidden features available? is that possible, feasible, smart?

Thanks.
 
ThunderLounge said:
With the way that screeshots end up in the public eye from these Dev releases, does anyone think that this is all that 10.5 will have to show us? Apple knows leaks like this are going to happen, so we're not really seeing the "good stuff" yet. AKA: Top Secret features. ;)
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I agree. I think there's going to be some significant changes to the Finder, and they haven't included any of those with the developer releases. I'm definitely looking forward to the "good stuff"! :D
 
does anyone wonder if there (is/is not) a contingency plan for what happens when google decides to (PLEASE GOD NO!) close it's doors? I''m just curious. as steve said, once you add a feature, you can't take it away.

and now that we have that extra layer of googlebuddiness on the board, I bet we'll see pleanty more exclusive google features.

aside from that
anyone wonder if google will google is planning to eat apple?
 
bdj21ya said:
I'm sure they're real, who would take the time to make screenshots of such mundane features? These are all great additions mind you, but nothing there that is really going to sell the OS (of course I'm already sold on it, so who knows?)
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Exactly. If someone was just trying to make headlines, they'd fake an iPhone interface or something like that.
 
puuukeey said:
aside from that
anyone wonder if google will google is planning to eat apple?
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Not gonna happen. Google has no legs, just potential. Apple has been around for 30 years.

Google's greatest assests are their data-collection/data-mining libraries. The rest of it is crap (scientific term!).
 
Vista has text-in-icon, doesn't it?

I find it odd that they show two different ways of warning for phishing: the red bar and the sheet.
 
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