Latest Leopard Visual Tweaks and Intro Movie

[MacRumors]

The latest Mac OS 10 Leopard seed that was released on Friday to developers has introduced a number of notable visual tweaks to the operating system. Notes and screenshots have been gathered from public forums which reveal the improvements found in the latest version of Mac OS X Leopard.

iCal's icon reflects today's date

- The Welcome Video to Mac OS X 10.5 now has a new audio track and has been posted to YouTube.
- iCal's Dock icon now reflects the current date (image)
- New Desktop images (image)
- New Spaces Icon (image)
- Front Row has its own icon (image) and seems identical to Apple TV
- Menus and dialog sheets now overlay with a translucent filter, allowing you to see a hint of the underlying windows.
- Screen sharing "finally works right" and seems very fast at full resolution
- More user interface consistency across the operating system

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[bluebomberman]

Having iCal's icon show the current date is alone worth the upgrade!

 

[TheSpecialist]

More improvements! Bring on Leopard! Yay!

 

[stoid]

One of the desktop pics exceeded bandwidth, anyone got a mirror yet?

The new music doesn't fit with the video as well, I think...

 

[hevaKmaI]

That intro vid cannot be real....the older music was soooo much better.

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

Oh my, how long have we waited for that iCal icon?!!

 

[Rocketman]

What I want to know is if Tiger users get the update to proper date in the iCal icon?



Rocketman

 

[TheSpecialist]

Honestly, I don't think so..

What I want to know is if Tiger users get the update to proper date in the iCal icon?

 

[kainjow]

The new music doesn't fit with the video as well, I think...

That intro vid cannot be real....the older music was soooo much better.

It's real.

What I want to know is if Tiger users get the update to proper date in the iCal icon?

99% chance it's a feature of the Dock and not a direct feature of iCal, so no.

 

[Eidorian]

It looks like the Tiger music in Leopard's Welcome Video was just a place holder. I like the new music.

 

[mycintosh]

The Video is real

That intro vid cannot be real....the older music was soooo much better.

And for Christs Sake ... i postet the Video on Youtube too, but they didnt find mine

http://blog.mycintosh.com
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TeKG98kiQ

And as always, the Music runs a bit longer as the Movie

And thats the Titel:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/...bum?playlistId=174734238&s=143459&i=174735019

 

[0098386]

Ooh, so we're onto visual changes. Just a nice reminder that launch isn't so far away any more.

 

[kungming2]

One of the desktop pics exceeded bandwidth, anyone got a mirror yet?

I second that, apparently it looked pretty good too.

 

[VanMac]

Looking forward to the new OS.

I have iCal automatically launch ..... Not that big of a deal....

 

[queshy]

I know that music from SOMEWHERE but where???its really bothering me now! It was used in some other ad but I don't remember what...or even if it was apple related.

 

[seanneko]

The new intro music is awful - it doesn't even remotely fit in with the video. It's like they just pulled the name of a song out of a hat or something.

 

[bigbadTKO]

I know that music from SOMEWHERE but where???its really bothering me now! It was used in some other ad but I don't remember what...or even if it was apple related.

the new imac ad

 

[mike19]

the new music the same as the new Imac commercial, the one where all they do is twirl around.

 

[macfan881]

any one know if the quick launch to bootcamp is in leopard at all?

 

[numberz]

i kno im a newbie here, but on insanelymac im numberz, the one that posted most of the images, and supplied the music for the youtube video(<3 colonel ) glad u like them!

 

[chrisdazzo]

Ok, honestly, who cares about the intro music? You'll only ever hear it once in your life (if you're not a Developer), so what's the big deal?

Otherwise, the new icons look cool, and I have yet to find the new desktop pictures... Anyone? Hopefully ThinkSecret posts a gallery of some sort, even if it's a small one.

 

[lamadude]

Well I guess that means no leopard for me, I don't want to lose iCal day!

 

[Diatribe]

i kno im a newbie here, but on insanelymac im numberz, the one that posted most of the images, and supplied the music for the youtube video(<3 colonel ) glad u like them!

Could you be so kind and repost them here, seeing that insanelymac is kinda down? Thank you.

 

[Darkroom]

oh i'm very glad to see the little title balloon above dock apps now... it has always been a little unpolished, as text characters that hung low like "g" and "p" and "q" would always be slightly cut off at the bottom... this is nice...

 

[DavisCollins]

There is also a new icon for the Desktop in Finder. It has the updated default desktop picture.

New Desktop Icon