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what features do you hope to see in OS X 10.6
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It's taken me about a dozen 3rd party mac apps to get somewhat past this aggravation. It's really time apple admits that windows has a few nice file management tricks that OSX doesn't, simply out of what would appear to be stubbornness. Would it really be so terrible and scarry dangerous to be able to simply right click a file or folder and hit "cut" for instance?
right on.
tuffluffjimmy: Hijack? What are you talking about?
I'm asking because I don't want to say something that might be useless. Maybe there are reasons this feature I hope to see in OS X 10.6 hasn't already been implemented or maybe even never will - I can ask, right?
I'm asking because I don't want to say something that might be useless. Maybe there are reasons this feature I hope to see in OS X 10.6 hasn't already been implemented or maybe even never will - I can ask, right?
Well they support AAC which is the open source (and better) version of MP3. As for the others, because they don't. I guess they just decided they were fine supporting what they do and left support for other formats to third party developers.
Hmm, how about intelligence?
The ultimate end goal here is give the enough intelligence that we can interact with our computers the same as we do with other people (well, some of us, at least
That is a question that has been plaguing computer scientists for decades. But what you just used as an example is not intelligence as such. It is just executing a set of commands when it hears a certain word pattern. Computers can already do that now.
Are you sure? If you can build a program that can analyze a data set on its own and determine the "appropriate" statistical analysis to perform, then you have an opportunity to be very rich.
I was assuming that you would state what type of statistical analysis you wanted in the command. After all you would tell a human what type of analysis you wanted them to perform on a set of data (unless you didn't care and were happy to go with whatever type of analysis they deamed appropriate), why do you think computers are any different?
Hi, here are my suggestions:
Addressbook:
- intelligent folders for all items (like country, IMs etc)
- the possibility to enlarge the photo
- autocompletion (without having to press F5)
- setting a default phone number/(mail) adress
- show the groups a contact belongs to in edit-mode without having to press ?alt?
- Skype as a selection in the IM list (heck simply let me add things like IRC myself)
- enable me to select which contacts to sync with my phone(s) (i.e. based on an intelligent folder)
- little flag next to the country (makes visually scanning adresses faster)
- the option of having a spotlight window displayed all the time (beneath) an adresscard
- CV would be nice, i.e. the ability to store 'tabular data' (or at least something like 'former company')
- list views for things like birthday lists, adresses etc.
iPhoto
- dragging a photo into adressbook works, but not for iPhoto. Why?
- somebody mentioned it before: cal I can show in iCal to see dates with photos
- why aren't all my contacts available as tags?
-let me pw-protect or at least hide some photos (without workarounds like creating another account)
-integrate piclens
iTunes:
- 'select a /change library' in the menu so I don't have to restart the program
- remove the damned annoying message warning me that I edit several files/ a whole album
iCal:
- click on an entry: edit
generell:
- integrate Candybar, i.e. take a look how easy it is on a windows mashine to switch the icons
- integrate Stuffit and an unpacker for .rar
- right click on the desktop -> new file -> txt-file etc.
- the build in server is worthless for me when he has only PHP and not MySQL
- syntax-highlighting in textedit
- frontrow (i.e. the thing for the remote controll) misses several settings (like sources etc.)
- bootcamp allowing multiple OS
Addressbook:
- intelligent folders for all items (like country, IMs etc)
- the possibility to enlarge the photo
- autocompletion (without having to press F5)
- setting a default phone number/(mail) adress
- show the groups a contact belongs to in edit-mode without having to press ?alt?
- Skype as a selection in the IM list (heck simply let me add things like IRC myself)
- enable me to select which contacts to sync with my phone(s) (i.e. based on an intelligent folder)
- little flag next to the country (makes visually scanning adresses faster)
- the option of having a spotlight window displayed all the time (beneath) an adresscard
- CV would be nice, i.e. the ability to store 'tabular data' (or at least something like 'former company')
- list views for things like birthday lists, adresses etc.
iPhoto
- dragging a photo into adressbook works, but not for iPhoto. Why?
- somebody mentioned it before: cal I can show in iCal to see dates with photos
- why aren't all my contacts available as tags?
-let me pw-protect or at least hide some photos (without workarounds like creating another account)
-integrate piclens
iTunes:
- 'select a /change library' in the menu so I don't have to restart the program
- remove the damned annoying message warning me that I edit several files/ a whole album
iCal:
- click on an entry: edit
generell:
- integrate Candybar, i.e. take a look how easy it is on a windows mashine to switch the icons
- integrate Stuffit and an unpacker for .rar
- right click on the desktop -> new file -> txt-file etc.
- the build in server is worthless for me when he has only PHP and not MySQL
- syntax-highlighting in textedit
- frontrow (i.e. the thing for the remote controll) misses several settings (like sources etc.)
- bootcamp allowing multiple OS
I want to see a more extensive "advanced" menu for wireless, so I can see signal strength for all my closes wireless connections. Or maybe this should be in 10.5.3/4
Come on people, play nice...
Come on people, play nice...
id love to see something as simple as a fresh look, ok this isnt massive but fresh standard icons like the itunes logo being another colour than blue, and the menus should have more consistency.
Also maybe a iphone app, i know most can be done in itunes but a dedicated app that gives u the ability to set the handset how you would like it and manage the new apps coming and the likes of notes etc...
Also maybe a iphone app, i know most can be done in itunes but a dedicated app that gives u the ability to set the handset how you would like it and manage the new apps coming and the likes of notes etc...
One thing I would really like in the next OS is a darker UI. I know it won't ever happen as OSX is pretty much all set up and Apple is just refining it, but I want the OS to look more like the media player, Songbird.
And in Safari instead of blank white backgrounds on pages with an undefined background color, I'd want dark grey.
And in Safari instead of blank white backgrounds on pages with an undefined background color, I'd want dark grey.
Those are highly personal preferences. I for one would be really unhappy if OSX looked like Songbird. I think that the current scheme kind of represents a happy (or unhappy) middle ground for everybody, which is the best Apple can do if they aren't willing to make the OS more individually customizable. There are a lot of little appearance-related things I would change if I could (why can I select a color -- say green -- for highlighting, and this works w/in a window but then the menu gets highlighted strictly in blue or graphite? This inconsistency keeps me from selecting any color other than a shade of blue or grey for everything else b/c I'm kind of OCD and find the difference irritating.)
More customization options seems to be a common theme in these threads, and while I can understand Apple's reluctance to lose the easily recognized (and therefore marketable) appearance of a Mac, I think some little user-tweaks would not be unreasonable or damaging to the brand. Perfect example: the choice in 10.5.2 of making the menu bar translucent or solid. It was a good first (baby) step.
Maybe I'm taking this a bit too seriously
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I'd love to see the "Switch to Windows/Switch to OS X" menu items brought back. That seemed like such a good idea for those using Bootcamp, and much more user-friendly than holding down the option key at startup.
IIRC, there were some screen shots posted at Apple's OS X pages that showed how a menu item in the Apple menu would allow you to reboot into Windows. Likewise, a menu item in the Windows Start menu would allow you to reboot back into OS X.
And hey, while we're working up wish lists, why doesn't Apple's brilliant engineers produce that rumored ability to switch between Windows and OS X without a hardware reboot. I recall someone here describing how it's possible to "shutdown" one OS and "boot" the other without actually triggering a hardware restart. That would be pretty nifty.
IIRC, there were some screen shots posted at Apple's OS X pages that showed how a menu item in the Apple menu would allow you to reboot into Windows. Likewise, a menu item in the Windows Start menu would allow you to reboot back into OS X.
And hey, while we're working up wish lists, why doesn't Apple's brilliant engineers produce that rumored ability to switch between Windows and OS X without a hardware reboot. I recall someone here describing how it's possible to "shutdown" one OS and "boot" the other without actually triggering a hardware restart. That would be pretty nifty.
I read that they removed those features so as to not destroy the market for Vmware and Parallels. Dunno if that's true.
I hope not. There would still be a market for people who need access to both OSes at the same time. This would just be a cleaner, easier way for people to switch between entire environments. It wouldn't really compete with Parallels or VMWare.
I suspect Apple removed it because it wasn't ready or didn't work properly by the time Leopard was ready to go. If Apple made any comments about VMWare or Parallels, it was probably just a PR thing. Apple was already getting kicked around for being late with Leopard to begin with.
The ability to add sleep options like
"do not sleep if [Application] is running", and so on.
Would just be nice...
Particularly for people such as video editors who want to leave their computer rendering a large video but don't want to monitor their computer to prevent it from sleeping.
I know you could turn the sleep settings off but it would certainly make people's lives easier.
"do not sleep if [Application] is running", and so on.
Would just be nice...
Particularly for people such as video editors who want to leave their computer rendering a large video but don't want to monitor their computer to prevent it from sleeping.
I know you could turn the sleep settings off but it would certainly make people's lives easier.
I would like to wee apple fix that enoying managing quirk. When you use expose to head to the desktop the windows cover a frame around the screen. At first I found that a good way to let users know that there are windows hidden. However, I currently use alot of icons on the desktop (set to smallest) so that I can work fast (including my constant multi tasking habits). The frame covers up the first row of icons at the top. This is extremely frustrating because I'm used to having the hard disk is there. The bottom howver conforted the icons to avoid that. I know its just a bug but I don't expect that to be changed on till a new version.
I think a good solution would be for Apple to either increase the margin for the top of the icons (so it moves all the icons down by, say, 5 pixels) when you activate "show desktop" Exposé (Can't call it F11 anymore
) or allow you to set the margin yourself.Personally, I'd like to see a BRITISH English dictionary in 10.6, rather than just the American one. My "u"s are severely lacking because of this
Time Machine: keep the same as is now for the users that don't want to think much about their backups by default, but add several advance options for users like me. 1. Add a scheduler option. 2. Add a BOOTABLE backups option. 3. Add multiple schedulers for the programs. For example some of my programs don't need backing up for about a month or so. 4. Add “include” option also and not just exclude option. Also in Time Machine's interface itself, you should be able to re-size your windows.
Also in 10.6 Apple should make as a good of a female voice as Alex is in Leopard.
Also in 10.6 Apple should make as a good of a female voice as Alex is in Leopard.
Make that +2, that information pane was a dream come true. And now it's just a tad more inconvinient in iCal on 10.5
- Translucent menus. I hate that I lost those due to 10.5.3
- UI theme customization. Apple has always been touted as being the OS for "creative" types. Yet the UI is completely static now. How utterly and completely boring.
Before any of you get your Apple logo panties in a bunch, I'd like to see these as options. Just because I'm suggesting something, it doesn't mean I want it to be the only option available so just calm down.
- UI theme customization. Apple has always been touted as being the OS for "creative" types. Yet the UI is completely static now. How utterly and completely boring.
Before any of you get your Apple logo panties in a bunch, I'd like to see these as options. Just because I'm suggesting something, it doesn't mean I want it to be the only option available so just calm down.
i've got an itunes suggestion, you should be able to punch like F5 (or any other function key for that matter) and then a little dialog type thing just like what the brightness and volume monitor look like but only this you can type in a genre, artist, song, rating level, length, album, or simply type in random from any app! Not just when iTunes is in focus. For example i want to listen to some Beck but i'm too lazy to open up itunes, scroll up and down the list of songs or use the search function. So all i do is press F5 then type in "Be" and it should bring up a list of artists/songs/genres starting with Be. since i also have The Beatles, i'll have to type in "Bec" and then it should automatically play a random Beck song, then the next song should be something in the same genre or from the same artist. But enough about intelligent shuffle (good idea btw!)