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Top Secret Leopard
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Look at this "real-world" picture of Time Machine from a developer preview.
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Notice the slight GUI changes? Fishy...
*EDIT* Although the GUI changes could be explained by a low-end or older Mac that doesn't have the GPU to display the nice GUI... it seems odd that there's a different GUI. Does this happen a lot with developer previews? UI changes?
Notice the slight GUI changes? Fishy...
*EDIT* Although the GUI changes could be explained by a low-end or older Mac that doesn't have the GPU to display the nice GUI... it seems odd that there's a different GUI. Does this happen a lot with developer previews? UI changes?
AtHomeBoy_2000 said:
Based on what info did you come to this conclusion on? I'd don't Apple will make anything intel only right now(unless it involves Windows) yet as they just stop making PPC macs
As for the GUI change is concerned, you can still see the slight glow of the star above the finder window (so, that is still there).
The time slider appears to be only the current point and one previous snapshot.
My thoughts are that it would be a bug that it is not drawing the whole time slider if the snapshots are below 3 or something.
The time slider appears to be only the current point and one previous snapshot.
My thoughts are that it would be a bug that it is not drawing the whole time slider if the snapshots are below 3 or something.
No, there's defiantly more missing.projectle said:
This is how it looks on Apple's Leopard Sneak Peek site.
And this is the developer preview. The bottom bar isn't 3D, the wormhole in the background is much less prominent, less green-blue cloud effects
yankeefan24 said:I think they have alot of this stuff top secret so MS can't steal it for Vista.
Are you kidding? It would take MS five years to "innovate"!
I find it hard to believe that people cant see that Apple, of all companies, wants to keep stuff secret to the very last minute. You can point to previous Keynotes, but Apple havent had as big of a release as this in terms of Microsoft betting the future on its biggest ever OS that will be released at the same time.
Apples strategy here is 3 fold.
1 - Dont show their cards too early for Microsoft to copy. Vista is RTM in October, so its probably already too late for them to implement anything new, but they could always sneak a SP.
2 - Release periodic amounts of information about Leopard in the coming months to keep up the hype and keep people guessing as to what else might be coming.
3. Using a combination of the above two points, slipstream Vistas massive marketing spend to ensure plenty of direct head to head shootouts/reviews in the press closer to launch time, handing Leopard free publicity. If Apple deliver a stellar update, its job done. People will not only be talking about the new version of Windows, but will have Leopard in their thoughts constantly. Mindshare is important right now for Apple. iPod has it, and I can see the Macs growing slowly but surely.
If Apple revealed their full basket of tricks yesterday, we would have grown old of the features somewhat 7 months from now, and the massive marketing campaign for Vista would hurt that more so.
-I think Front Row will tie into an iTunes Movie Store.
-I think the UI will be completely revamped. The sexy black HUD menus from iPhoto and the DOM check in Safari will be more prominent.
-Core Animation will have the desktop give more of a fluid, 3D appearance, separating it from Vistas ultimately old school look (Flip3D aside).
-Finder will still be simple to use, but will introduce metadata based aspects that rely more heavily on Spotlight.
-Virtualisation will be a feature. Im sure of it. What better way to utilise Spaces than giving Vista its own space, Ubuntu its own space etc. Access them with a quick keyboard shortcut.
Apples strategy here is 3 fold.
1 - Dont show their cards too early for Microsoft to copy. Vista is RTM in October, so its probably already too late for them to implement anything new, but they could always sneak a SP.
2 - Release periodic amounts of information about Leopard in the coming months to keep up the hype and keep people guessing as to what else might be coming.
3. Using a combination of the above two points, slipstream Vistas massive marketing spend to ensure plenty of direct head to head shootouts/reviews in the press closer to launch time, handing Leopard free publicity. If Apple deliver a stellar update, its job done. People will not only be talking about the new version of Windows, but will have Leopard in their thoughts constantly. Mindshare is important right now for Apple. iPod has it, and I can see the Macs growing slowly but surely.
If Apple revealed their full basket of tricks yesterday, we would have grown old of the features somewhat 7 months from now, and the massive marketing campaign for Vista would hurt that more so.
-I think Front Row will tie into an iTunes Movie Store.
-I think the UI will be completely revamped. The sexy black HUD menus from iPhoto and the DOM check in Safari will be more prominent.
-Core Animation will have the desktop give more of a fluid, 3D appearance, separating it from Vistas ultimately old school look (Flip3D aside).
-Finder will still be simple to use, but will introduce metadata based aspects that rely more heavily on Spotlight.
-Virtualisation will be a feature. Im sure of it. What better way to utilise Spaces than giving Vista its own space, Ubuntu its own space etc. Access them with a quick keyboard shortcut.
The ichat effect is used through creating a difference matte. It takes a picture of the backgroun when you're not in it. Then you step in the frame and your computer removes everything that matches up with teh background picture it took. Then it simply places the picture or movie you want behind you.
You know what I think is incredible that they didn't show at the keynote? "Shared desktops" via ichat. It's in the video on the Leopard preview page. Basically, two people can work off of one person's desktop over ichat for collaborative purposes. How cool is that?!?!?!?!?
It's mostly beneficial to students and business-folk, but looks VERY beneficial.
It's mostly beneficial to students and business-folk, but looks VERY beneficial.
shrimpdesign said:No, there's defiantly more missing.
This is how it looks on Apple's Leopard Sneak Peek site.
And this is the developer preview. The bottom bar isn't 3D, the wormhole in the background is much less prominent, less green-blue cloud effects
I can't explain the bottom-bar-situation, but the reason why the wormhole is less prominent is because this user just installed Time Machine. And because of this, there aren't many windows going back in time... Just check the right hand side of the screen shot. On Apple's site, there are many backups, but for this user, just one.
-tfh1013
Yeah. It would make sense that the wormhole would get bigger with the more backups you have.tfh1013 said:
Well besides the "tweaks" to frontrow etc I expect Leopard to have the following;
GPS support, built in and with a Mac wireless GPS unit (or new iPods with GPS and BT/Wireless). Imagine being able to do the Nike trick with GPS and any pair of shoes/wheels etc
Mac Google Earth - Maps / GPS intergration
802.11n - new airports for video. Video via iTunes. HDMI ports?
Video chat/features with more than 4 people.
Logitech like avatars to cover moving people in iChat by trackign eyes and mouth.
Widgets in Spaces - my screens are already full, I want more widget screens
Bluray...
Wireless / GPS intergration for remembering WiFi settings / hotspots (upload them before tarvelling) = basicaly location/presence based stuff all linked into iChat to give your location and to find people etc etc etc
GPS support, built in and with a Mac wireless GPS unit (or new iPods with GPS and BT/Wireless). Imagine being able to do the Nike trick with GPS and any pair of shoes/wheels etc
Mac Google Earth - Maps / GPS intergration
802.11n - new airports for video. Video via iTunes. HDMI ports?
Video chat/features with more than 4 people.
Logitech like avatars to cover moving people in iChat by trackign eyes and mouth.
Widgets in Spaces - my screens are already full, I want more widget screens
Bluray...
Wireless / GPS intergration for remembering WiFi settings / hotspots (upload them before tarvelling) = basicaly location/presence based stuff all linked into iChat to give your location and to find people etc etc etc
Steve said Front Row will be built into Leopard... so what does this tell you? The new Cinema Displays will most likely have IR receivers built into them. The Mac Pro doesn't have one, correct? Users need to access Front Row with a remote somehow; unless of course Apple is planning on relasing some kind of accessory.
Uh, you can use front row without your remote just using CMD-ESC to activate front row and then your arrow keys to select items.
Frankly, I very much perfer this method to the remote way as if I am using the computer, I can set something up very quickly and then walk away, just using the remote if I change my mind.
Frankly, I very much perfer this method to the remote way as if I am using the computer, I can set something up very quickly and then walk away, just using the remote if I change my mind.
Just because it ships only on systems with remotes does not mean that it is "meant" to be used with a remote.
Are you saying that you never listen to music on a notebook because a stereo with good speakers sounds much better? Or you never watch a DVD on your computer because TVs are generally bigger and make a better watching experience?
A remote control is a tool. One tool that "can" be used to solve a problem easily. Where there is one tool, odds are there are 47 others that will do the same thing in much the same way, some better, some worse, but all useful.
Are you saying that you never listen to music on a notebook because a stereo with good speakers sounds much better? Or you never watch a DVD on your computer because TVs are generally bigger and make a better watching experience?
A remote control is a tool. One tool that "can" be used to solve a problem easily. Where there is one tool, odds are there are 47 others that will do the same thing in much the same way, some better, some worse, but all useful.