Mac OS X Leopard's Spaces

[notjustjay]

Back when the Powerbooks began to be equipped with sudden motion sensors, I remember someone writing a hack involving a virtual desktop application. They'd whack the left side of the PB and the desktop would switch (left-to-right transition) and then whack the other side to bring the first desktop back (right to left).

I hope that's possible with Spaces

 

[Darkroom]

i have to say that i'm most excited about Spaces... with the new dock+stacks, my mac is going to be so organized...

i'm curious if it's would be possible to change the desktop image for each space though... that would be excellent...

 

[Multimedia]

Does anyone else have the problem when trying to view the video that was linked in the article or linked on apples page it always crashes the browser? I've tried it from the most recent FireFox and most recent IE7. I have to use a PC here at work, I don't know why it would crash the browser though....

It's a QuickTime Movie so you would want both QuickTime and Safari 3 for Windoze installed.

For those interested here's a look at Spaces running on a dual monitor system. I grabbed this from one of the earlier releases of Leopard.

http://bamcat.typepad.com/bamcat/2006/08/spaces_w_dual_m.html

Brian

So Brian, are 16 or even 32 different spaces possible not just 4?

 

[Eidorian]

For those interested here's a look at Spaces running on a dual monitor system. I grabbed this from one of the earlier releases of Leopard.

http://bamcat.typepad.com/bamcat/2006/08/spaces_w_dual_m.html

Brian

I was hoping for a video.

 

[crossifixio]

Hey everyone the GM date is getting closer infact tommorow it should go GM if there is going to be a october release, getting worried here as some people are saying that its not ready. Some make me feel better and tell me its going to be released in october since apple is not

 

[Multimedia]

Apple's Video Link

I was hoping for a video.

Here's the Video.

 

[Eidorian]

Here's the Video.

The the dual screen in action.

 

[Multimedia]

How About Declare GM October 30 and Put One Copy On Sale Halloween Evening - Trick or

Treat.

Hey everyone the GM date is getting closer infact tommorow it should go GM if there is going to be a october release, getting worried here as some people are saying that its not ready. Some make me feel better and tell me its going to be released in october since apple is not

Theoretically Apple could declare GM October 30, put a copy in one box and place the box for sale Halloween evening in the Palo Alto store. That way it will have shipped in October - the last 6 hours one unit for sale.

 

[morespce54]

Treat.Theoretically Apple could declare GM October 30, put a copy in one box and place the box for sale Halloween evening in the Palo Alto store. That way it will have shipped in October - the last 6 hours one unit for sale.

can you imagine how much this box would worth???

 

[englishman]

Catching Up With Linuxes

Big deal - or small potatoes as you say over there

Haven't Linuxes had this for years?

 

[Eidorian]

Haven't Linuxes had this for years?

We already know this. *face palm*

 

[Manic Mouse]

Big deal - or small potatoes as you say over there

Haven't Linuxes had this for years?

10.6 Lynx?

 

[aranhamo]

Big deal - or small potatoes as you say over there

Haven't Linuxes had this for years?

OS X has had this for years as well. Just that now it's a feature built into the OS rather than an add-on.

 

[LukeAP88]

10.5.0 versus 10.5.1

I am sort-of a mac noobie, but I was wondering how long it would take apple to come out with 10.5.1. If I buy Leopard when it comes out, will 10.5.1 be a simple software update or will I miss out on it entirely unless I buy the new version?

 

[Eidorian]

I am sort-of a mac noobie, but I was wondering how long it would take apple to come out with 10.5.1. If I buy Leopard when it comes out, will 10.5.1 be a simple software update or will I miss out on it entirely unless I buy the new version?

It'll be a software update.

 

[Peace]

I am sort-of a mac noobie, but I was wondering how long it would take apple to come out with 10.5.1. If I buy Leopard when it comes out, will 10.5.1 be a simple software update or will I miss out on it entirely unless I buy the new version?

If you bought Leopard 10.5 there will be an software update for 10.5.1

 

[milo]

So Brian, are 16 or even 32 different spaces possible not just 4?

The AI article says up to 16.

 

[Eidorian]

Last edited by Peace : Today at 03:32 PM. Reason: Eidorian got there first.

Indeed I did.

 

[Confidemus]

Parallels and spaces?

From time to time I start parallels and have a windows running. Is it possible to assign the windows desktop to one of these spaces? That would be a superb effect just to switch to the windows desktop.

Confidemus

 

[BTW]

i think spaces is going to be great. hopefully we'll get a leopard date in the next couple of days.....hopefully tomorrow

It'll be great for software developers. One space for the dev tools and another for the everything else. Does the Dock change with every space? I'd want to see the Mail app in the Dock regardless of which space I was in.

 

[QuarterSwede]

For those interested here's a look at Spaces running on a dual monitor system. I grabbed this from one of the earlier releases of Leopard.

http://bamcat.typepad.com/bamcat/2006/08/spaces_w_dual_m.html

Brian

There's also a picture of that in the AI article.

Does the Dock change with every space? I'd want to see the Mail app in the Dock regardless of which space I was in.

The dock stays the same.

Ex. If you click on the mail icon and there is a window open in another space, it will switch to that space. If there are multiple windows in multiple spaces each click of the icon switches to a different window in whatever space it's in.

It looks like Apple actually put a lot of thought into Spaces.

Did anyone actually read the entire article? A lot of the questions here were answered there.

 

[Keebler]

i'm hopping on the excited wagon

i didn't think that an OS would get me this excited, but i'm really looking forward to buying Leopard.

spaces and stacks on the toolbar look very useful.

i'm like multimedia - i wonder if it will help me stay a bit more organized

this is completely off topic, but i saw a snippet somewhere that said leopard will utilize my mac pro's cores more efficiently, thus making it a bit faster. is that right? any links for me to follow?

 

[Doctor Q]

The purpose of spaces, as we all know, is to have one desktop for what you are working on, and another desktop for what you should be working on. Very handy when your teacher, boss, parent, or spouse walks by!

Unfortunately, I'm a teacher, boss, parent, and spouse, so I'll have to keep a closer eye on everyone else once they get Leopard!

 

[KingYaba]

I don't see myself using Spaces all that often.

 

[72930]

The purpose of spaces, as we all know, is to have one desktop for what you are working on, and another desktop for what you should be working on. Very handy when your teacher, boss, parent, or spouse walks by!

At school, my dashboard hot-corner provides that function