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I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't change it easily on any machine, even when RI is ready to go.
Apple would in their usual infinite wisdom go "Right, you've got a Macbook Pro 15-inch @ 1920x1080 so you need to have RI set to 110 PPI" and "You've got an iMac 24-inch @ 1920x1080 which translates to 72 PPI". Applications would then all look exactly the same size across the entire Mac range, except the newer models have better detail than the older ones. Steve has always shown he does love consistency more than customizability.
And if you wanted you could still fiddle with the manual override in Quartz Debug (just as you can now). Only difference being it would actually work, and not mess up the Finder as the Leopard screenshots demonstrated.
There's just no real pressure on them to get their own apps ready until the hardware that needs it is almost out, but they'll have given the tools (like Quartz Debug and the docs on ADC) to third-party developers to get ready for it in advance.
I know, Steve Jobs does like his "quality" control. I appreciate it, hence why I'm an Apple user, however too much control leads to OCD.
In some ways its nice, but then we see press releases about bricking hacked iPhones...PEOPLE NEED NES!!!I know, Steve Jobs does like his "quality" control. I appreciate it, hence why I'm an Apple user, however too much control leads to OCD.
Omg???
GOD... Ok, can we talk about something freakin' USEFUL??? I am so sick of this stupid cat name game. How about we talk about multi-touch. Does anyone think they could still implement aspects of it in Leopard with those new weird touch pads coming in the new laptops? They already have the code in OS X iPhone right? Or do you think we will have to wait till 2009 and the next update?
Part of me thinks and hopes they will surprise everyone with that and really really beat Microsoft for another 5 years at least in advancement, meanwhile Microsoft will have a cool 5 foot $10,000 table LOL
GOD... Ok, can we talk about something freakin' USEFUL??? I am so sick of this stupid cat name game. How about we talk about multi-touch. Does anyone think they could still implement aspects of it in Leopard with those new weird touch pads coming in the new laptops? They already have the code in OS X iPhone right? Or do you think we will have to wait till 2009 and the next update?
Part of me thinks and hopes they will surprise everyone with that and really really beat Microsoft for another 5 years at least in advancement, meanwhile Microsoft will have a cool 5 foot $10,000 table LOL
GOD... Ok, can we talk about something freakin' USEFUL??? I am so sick of this stupid cat name game. How about we talk about multi-touch. Does anyone think they could still implement aspects of it in Leopard with those new weird touch pads coming in the new laptops? They already have the code in OS X iPhone right? Or do you think we will have to wait till 2009 and the next update?
Part of me thinks and hopes they will surprise everyone with that and really really beat Microsoft for another 5 years at least in advancement, meanwhile Microsoft will have a cool 5 foot $10,000 table LOL
It'll be called Mac OS X Liger
A while back Apple trademarked "Cougar" and "Lynx" among the names already used. So, if they keep up with the current pattern of animal names then it will probably be one of those two. I'm voting for Lynx!
A-Freakin'-Men...! Maybe there should be an ongoing thread where people can show off their knowledge of cats, and throw about conjecture as to what cat the next mac os will be named after...
Meanwhile... I wrote in another thread that i think if they do implement a multitouch-pad onto laptops that it wont be a screen - but simply carry the same sort of functionality as Apples current touch screens. Also, the touch pad / wrist pad will be a totally seamless and flat surface, the only clue to there being a pad being a glassy plate... The more I think about it the more I think they will still need a physical button, there's certain things that require that physical feedback, especially in design (drawing using bezier curves for example...)
GOD... Ok, can we talk about something freakin' USEFUL??? I am so sick of this stupid cat name game. How about we talk about multi-touch. Does anyone think they could still implement aspects of it in Leopard with those new weird touch pads coming in the new laptops? They already have the code in OS X iPhone right? Or do you think we will have to wait till 2009 and the next update?
Part of me thinks and hopes they will surprise everyone with that and really really beat Microsoft for another 5 years at least in advancement, meanwhile Microsoft will have a cool 5 foot $10,000 table LOL
I don't really know if much of any of this discussion is actually "useful", but I was just answering a question.
Talk about not useful, you are the one bringing up "Surface".
iChat Theatre & Quicklook Potential...
I wrote previously about iChat and Quick look. I think it's going to be one of those features that it 3rd parties really pick up on it will really change a lot of things...
Collaborating and presenting work / ideas / etc with others just became a whole new big deal... When other's start to implement Quicklook with their documents it will get even better - I can already imagine having an open document in Photoshop and hitting a Quicklook button to 'show' it to a client via iChat - they want to see a change? I jump back to Ps, make the change, hit Ql button - and boom... you get the idea...
I wrote previously about iChat and Quick look. I think it's going to be one of those features that it 3rd parties really pick up on it will really change a lot of things...
Collaborating and presenting work / ideas / etc with others just became a whole new big deal... When other's start to implement Quicklook with their documents it will get even better - I can already imagine having an open document in Photoshop and hitting a Quicklook button to 'show' it to a client via iChat - they want to see a change? I jump back to Ps, make the change, hit Ql button - and boom... you get the idea...
Mac OS 11 - A new species
Seeing as there are actually a very limited number of FELIDAE left:
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)
Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)
Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Mac OS X 10.6 ( ? )
I think the new set will have to be birds:
Mac OS 11.0 ( Archaeopteryx ) - Start really far back to allow room to grow.
Seeing as there are actually a very limited number of FELIDAE left:
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)
Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)
Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Mac OS X 10.6 ( ? )
I think the new set will have to be birds:
Mac OS 11.0 ( Archaeopteryx ) - Start really far back to allow room to grow.
I can't wait to try it out!
I'm not going to get it on the first day - because I just want to make sure that it installs properly and is pretty smooth - i.e. just want to avoid something of the same caliber of iPod touch screen problem. I'll buy it on day 2, lol.
I'm not going to get it on the first day - because I just want to make sure that it installs properly and is pretty smooth - i.e. just want to avoid something of the same caliber of iPod touch screen problem. I'll buy it on day 2, lol.
Please someone at Apple get off the drugs and change the folder icons... I don't think I have ever seen anything more hideous.
true.... but cant i have my cake and eat it too?
(ive never understood that saying... it makes no sense)
I just looked over the gallery and really dislike the UI. It seems chopped together. The dark grey and buttons that are not very deep do not flow with the shiny, thicker aqua buttons and scroll bars. It's like they are leaving aqua behind but not completely, yet moving in a completely different direction. I don't get the roundish vibrant buttons with the flat grey buttons. Seems like a very bad OS X theme from a few years ago.
I don't expect many changes before the final, but I'm disappointed. I suppose going with the greyscale theme is the only real option.
I don't expect many changes before the final, but I'm disappointed. I suppose going with the greyscale theme is the only real option.
I always read PDF's in the browser window with safari. I'm guessing you probably use Firefox
two things
the scrollbars really need to be changed to the itunes scrollbars. the bright aqua style really doesn't match the rest of the leopard UI
also, is it just me or do the aqua buttons need to go too? they look really awkward next to all the other changes in the leopard UI and i really think that the buttons should go along with the scrollbars
the scrollbars really need to be changed to the itunes scrollbars. the bright aqua style really doesn't match the rest of the leopard UI
also, is it just me or do the aqua buttons need to go too? they look really awkward next to all the other changes in the leopard UI and i really think that the buttons should go along with the scrollbars
Compelling Reason(s) To Upgrade?
Through all of this, what is the compelling reason to upgrade to 10.5?
I'm one who is cursed with always wanting the latest and greatest but I'm not sure I see a real reason to upgrade (and go through upgrade hell). The time machine thing seems interesting but then I'm not one to delete stuff accidentally. And when I make changes to an important document I save it as a new document.
Anyone?
Through all of this, what is the compelling reason to upgrade to 10.5?
I'm one who is cursed with always wanting the latest and greatest but I'm not sure I see a real reason to upgrade (and go through upgrade hell). The time machine thing seems interesting but then I'm not one to delete stuff accidentally. And when I make changes to an important document I save it as a new document.
Anyone?
