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Leopard is Coming--What Do You Think the Top Secrets Are?
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I would love themes and dock customizability.
I really think that something like a real time windows emulator will be included. Like insert a disk and the program opens fine, no need to start windows
I have a feeling that ilife will be included for this year to get people to upgrade cause its going to incorporate more ilife apps into the OS
I really think that something like a real time windows emulator will be included. Like insert a disk and the program opens fine, no need to start windows
I have a feeling that ilife will be included for this year to get people to upgrade cause its going to incorporate more ilife apps into the OS
Streaming audio as an OS X functionality rather then a iTunes functionality. So I can stream audio from any application to my stereo. (Quicktime, DVD player etc..)
I voted for "a new finder," and "other." I think the "other" secret feature will be a leather case for your Leopard install DVD that is embossed with an 
and costs $100.
and costs $100.Remember WINE isn't perfect though, so most people would probably still end up needing Parallels. Doing this might also kill Apple's development environments as software companies could save costs and write only one version of the software using Windows tools.
Now if they released XCode for Windows you'd be talking
Imagine all those Windows developers learning how to write XCode apps on their PCs, then finding porting it to Mac takes only a few hours and a recompile.And as the other Steve likes to say "Developers!! Developers!! Developers!!......"
True, but it would be useful for some programs that wouldn't be programmed for OS X anyway and plus professional developers who already develop for OS X wouldn't settle for only making only a Windows version when the OS X programming environment is better (and so are the results of using the OS X programming environment).
Yes that would be great for everyone--Windows users and Mac users alike but Windows' design isn't currently ready for it.Now if they released XCode for Windows you'd be talking
Link.And as the other Steve likes to say "Developers!! Developers!! Developers!!......"
You might be right but if you are then Apple really did a good job with confidentiality this time.
It's called Spotlight categorization and it's already part of Tiger.I hope they release a auto sorter for files and folders.
Personally I think they will just introduce a new UI to replace (or compliment) Aqua. With Apple delaying the new iLife, iWork and the pro apps it is feasable that they could all have a new UI designed for Leopard.
With all of the attention of Jeff Han in the rumors I wouldn't be surprised if Apple was up to something besides the iPhone touch screen wise--also with a new and revolutionary iMac rumored it would all come together. Plus with Tiger having a lot more to offer than Leopard has been said to offer so far (and with less development time than Leopard) Apple has to be up to something as far as one or more major new features--if it is true that Apple is developing advanced touch screen technology then they did a good job with confidentiality because nobody suspected anything until now. (I give a lot of credit to bigraz's post linked here.)
I so love watching that clip. It's the embarrassed "Should we clap or not?" reaction from the crowd that really makes it
I've already discussed with people on youtube in comments for the videos for that thing about why Bumptop is useless.
The biggest point being: There are no filenames visible. Just icons. The desktop on a computer is a metaphor and nothing more. It's not supposed to be LITERALLY a desktop, and bumptop tries to do just that: make the desktop on a computer a literal desktop. There's a reason we organize our files in folders and don't throw them around on our desks. The day Apple even considers using Bumptop is the day I stop buying Apple products.
this will be available
you know the "pinching" function on the iphone, where u can grab the Google map and spread ur fingers apart to enlarge the map?
I've come to the conclusion that Leopard WILL implement this on the touchpad. Theres absolutely NO reason that this wouldn't work on the current touchpads.
(Example: you have your Google street map loaded, but you want to zoom in on a specific spot. You simply drag the cursor to the area you want to zoom in on, and then place two fingers together, and drag them apart from one another.)
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you know the "pinching" function on the iphone, where u can grab the Google map and spread ur fingers apart to enlarge the map?
I've come to the conclusion that Leopard WILL implement this on the touchpad. Theres absolutely NO reason that this wouldn't work on the current touchpads.
(Example: you have your Google street map loaded, but you want to zoom in on a specific spot. You simply drag the cursor to the area you want to zoom in on, and then place two fingers together, and drag them apart from one another.)
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I wouldn't mind seeing an Aqua replacement, also, maybe making spotlight more of a network search thingy.
I don't think all of BumpTop's ideas are bad. Apple could develop something much better that is similar and usable from a little inspiration from something like this development that BumpTop made. Apple made handhelds usable with the iPod, they are making touchscreen usable with the iPhone (and possibly the iMac) so I don't see why Apple couldn't use BumpTop's ideas but advance them a bit and streamline them to make features from them that actually work quite well.
And The Hobofuzz spoke thy word, and it was so. Dude, you have to realize that Bumptop is an idea and "that BumpTop is a work-in-progress research prototype". And it's a cool idea. Bringing physics into the UI.
So we should never move beyond that metaphor? In the early days of computer UI desktops, there's no way that they could have literally performed as a physical desktop. But if that was never hoped for or speculated as a possibility, you have to wonder why it got the name "desktop" and not "colorforms" (those vinyl, reusable stickers that came with cheap cardboard backdrops).
But hey, everyone's entitled to an opinion...and mine is that I hope and think we have the ability to create and use something better than a 2-D UI.
Thats definitely worth watching...
Have you checked out Codeweavers? They have support for quite a few apps...
It's $60 dollars and Apple could make something more streamlined with their OS so I think it has been considered by Apple--they just might decide to do it later (or maybe even not at all in order to encourage developers to make more native Mac OS X Applications--but it could grab more attention to the Mac OS X programming environment when ugly and poorly designed Windows programs are run next to the slick and streamlined Mac OS X Applications at the same time).
Well, my only thoughts on what the secret features may be are what I would like to see. That being said, here's my Leopard "secret feature" wish list:
-The iTunes 7 UI is applied system wide
-More ways to customize UI, besides Aqua and Grey
-No more brushed metal
-Faster Dashboard
-Faster Boot Times (no, 20 seconds is too slow for me!)
-Write support for the Windows NT files system (to easily send files to Boot Camp partition)
-A UI for FrontRow that is similar to theTVs
-An option for all windows behind the active program to be trasparent
-An interface that takes full advantage of the power of Core Animation
And Apple, if I don't see every single thing on that list in Leopard, you will have a very angry customer to answer to!
-The iTunes 7 UI is applied system wide
-More ways to customize UI, besides Aqua and Grey
-No more brushed metal
-Faster Dashboard
-Faster Boot Times (no, 20 seconds is too slow for me!)
-Write support for the Windows NT files system (to easily send files to Boot Camp partition)
-A UI for FrontRow that is similar to the
TVs-An option for all windows behind the active program to be trasparent
-An interface that takes full advantage of the power of Core Animation
And Apple, if I don't see every single thing on that list in Leopard, you will have a very angry customer to answer to!
