What We Want to See in Leopard

[decksnap]

I don't like the fact that the command+tab menu has too many applications in it when all the windows to some of the applications that are in the menu are not in use. I also don't like the fact that too many resources are taken up when you aren't using those applications. If you have enough resources then the applications that you need to use should open instantly when you need to use them. It wastes too much time to tab through all the applications that you aren't even using.

I don't know about you, but I like speed. Not automatically closing an application by closing all the windows to the application takes away my time and slows down my OS experience.

Apple should at least have a system preference checkbox for this option since some (crazy ) people don't want it.

To each his own, but a lot of people would disagree with this. I Like speed too. It is a lot faster (for me) to keep apps open and tab through them than to go back to the dock and re-open an app. Apple+tab, Apple+o, Apple+~, etc.. no going back to the dock, no launch time.

Apple clearly sees the importance of keeping the opening and closing of apps seperate from individual documents.

 

[chaos86]

5. Spotlight to give us the option to search in the Trash and deleted folder of mail.

why should they add that? if you might need a file later, don't delete it, its that simple. why on earth would anyone want to search through stuff theyve deleted. if you think you may want to search for something later, dont delete it. this sounds like a personal organization issue to me.
oh... wait... youre not one of those retards i met in the windows world who use the trash/recycle bin as a place to keep files are you?

 

[chaos86]

oh, and can anyone tell me the advantage to 'hibernation' from windows that sleeping does not offer on the mac?

 

[QuarterSwede]

oh, and can anyone tell me the advantage to 'hibernation' from windows that sleeping does not offer on the mac?

A computer can hibernate longer because it doesn't need to supply power to the RAM. The data is written to the hard drive which then spins down and the computer shuts off. When the power button is pressed the computer comes out of hibernation (takes a few seconds longer than sleep mode).

Pro:
Notebook can be left in hibernation for weeks or months (as long as the battery can hold a charge).

Con:
Slower at "waking up."

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

- browse for and download dashboard widgets from within dashboard

I would love this.

 

[ebally]

What I would really like from Leopard is:

1. Human sounding computer voices.
2. Resolution independant GUI.
3. The ability to change folder colours.
4. For iCal's icon to ALWAYS show the current date.

 

[minimax]

For me what i really want to see in Leopard:
-consistent GUI !!! How can a company that for it's hardware put so much effort into every detail, everything matched, create something that bloated and chaotic?? They really need a Jonathan Ive for software development, it's embarrassing.
-I would really like to have the possibility of fullscreen mode (the + button should be doing this). Not all of us have 30" real-estate and a lot of applications I use need a lot of space. It's incredibly annoying to have to toggle them, also accidently move the window around the screen when you miss the button
-why can't I put my Home directory in another partition? Apple should really take another cue from Windows on this one.
-a software package removal tool. Essential for a clean system!!

Some minor but still important annoyancies for me:
- How the heck is it possible to unmount a partition of the harddisk?? That's stupid and there should be at least an option to restore it without resetting your computer, although it shouldnt be possible in the first place
- Better drivers for the mouse. If i compare the mouse behaviour of different mice under XP to OSX the difference is astounding. Why can't OSX have a much smoother control of the mouse.

Oh, and the beachball has gotta go, it's FUGLY!

edit: with the switch of Apple to x86 I will be very critical of Leopard vs. Vista for my next OS of choice. Now I use both but OSX has too much deficiencies for me to make the full switch. A lot of people here I get the suspicion are critical of Windows without giving proper credit to a lot of stuff Windows really does do better.

 

[ebally]

I just remembered one more... The ability to update 3rd party software from major companies like Adobe, Microsoft, etc. From within Apple's own software update.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

i don't think that apple would do that [tracking updates for other companies].
i think it would be to much to keep track of. besides, Adobe and most other big suite programs have built-in updaters; at least i know CS(2) does.

 

[chaos86]

i don't think that apple would do that [tracking updates for other companies].
i think it would be to much to keep track of. besides, Adobe and most other big suite programs have built-in updaters; at least i know CS(2) does.

it would be nice but i think it's already hard enough for apple to quality control their own updates. if they send you updates from other people, and it breaks something, a little of the blame lies on apple (at least in the consumers mind).

 

[Epicurus]

What I would really like from Leopard is:

1. Human sounding computer voices.
2. Resolution independant GUI.
3. The ability to change folder colours.
4. For iCal's icon to ALWAYS show the current date.

Add to that a single, consistent GUI across all the integrated apps (like iLife, iCal, Mail, Safari, etc.). Also, a little more control over the Dock (transparency?) without 3rd party software. Now that the hardware is getting a little more robust, animated desktop backgrounds (nothing over the top, but at least open the door a bit). for instance, maybe when you get an email in Mail, its icon in the Dock could send a little ripple (like what you get for new widgets in Dashboard) across the desktop in addition to its normal bounce+sound.

More useful folder icons would help too, icons that indicate how many documents are in it (such as by adding more pages into the folder icon, stuffing it a bit). Not that I use it a lot, but being able to increase the icon size beyond 128x128 could be useful when browsing image folders. One could also make movie icons play 10-15 second clips of the movie within the icon, or have a hotkey to play a 30 second clip of a music file. This would be in line with Apple's spreading the iTunes interface to other aspects of their UI.

 

[duncandeath]

When a finder alert comes up like would you like to shutdown, the default answer is highlighted. Thats cool but to change it you have to click on it you cant use the arrow or tab. un cool.

Earlier in the post someone was saying that in apps like itunes that use one window you should beable to minimise to the dock icon and not to the righthand side. You can do this if you click on the red x. then the music keeps playing but the window is no more.

 

[Marble]

For instance, maybe when you get an email in Mail, its icon in the Dock could send a little ripple (like what you get for new widgets in Dashboard) across the desktop in addition to its normal bounce+sound.

This is a neat idea, and not horribly indulgent. It would show the user where the app that was getting excited was located after its bounce (and thus could be useful for any app that wants the user's attention).

 

[Moria]

How about a decent word-processing program?

 

[slooksterPSV]

What I want to see in Leopard:
-Ruin Microsoft
-Erase every Microsoft entity out there
-Remove any Microsoft partitions

Lol ok now I'll be serious:
-Improved support for some products - my wireless mouse I had to give to my mom cause it made it to where I couldn't horizontally scroll whatsoever.
-Make it possible to change resolution on the iBook instead of hacks
-GarageBand 3 - ability for 16 tracks with different note editing interface (Leopard??? should I even put this on in?)
-A drawing program - heck build support for Seashore or GIMP on this baby so that you don't have to run it in X11
-Apple to still be the best damn OS creator in the world.

 

[ebally]

When a finder alert comes up like would you like to shutdown, the default answer is highlighted. Thats cool but to change it you have to click on it you cant use the arrow or tab. un cool.

I have been waiting for this feature since Mac OS 10.1 (When I switched!)

 

[GodBless]

For me what i really want to see in Leopard:
-consistent GUI !!! How can a company that for it's hardware put so much effort into every detail, everything matched, create something that bloated and chaotic?? They really need a Jonathan Ive for software development, it's embarrassing.

Certain interfaces work better for different things and OS X is a perfect balance. I don't want a regular OS X interface in Dashboard because that would take the away from its slimed down purpose. Windows is worse with interface inconsistencies trust me I know because I used to be a Windows user for many years (I switched to OS X about 3 years ago after it had already surpassed Windows for a while).

-I would really like to have the possibility of fullscreen mode (the + button should be doing this). Not all of us have 30" real-estate and a lot of applications I use need a lot of space. It's incredibly annoying to have to toggle them, also accidently move the window around the screen when you miss the button

When I switched this bothered me too but that was only because I was ignorant of its superior design. The window expands to as big as it needs to be when you press the circular "+" button. This saves space on the screen so that you can see other windows that you have open in the back so you can easily multitask. In Windows you waste screen space. This is why OS X's zoom design is better than Windows maximize design. It is even better on my 1024x768 iBook display.

-why can't I put my Home directory in another partition? Apple should really take another cue from Windows on this one.

Apparently you haven't heard about portable home directories that exist on Tiger.

-a software package removal tool. Essential for a clean system!!

I thought you wanted to get rid of bloat. If you are asking for this purposeless feature than you are asking for bloat. Why? It is very simple. All the system files on a proper OS X application are contained within the actual application file. This means that as soon as you delete the application file then the application is uninstalled. Talk about a lot better than Windows inefficient uninstall tools that often miss files that should have been deleted.

Some minor but still important annoyancies for me:
- How the heck is it possible to unmount a partition of the harddisk?? That's stupid and there should be at least an option to restore it without resetting your computer, although it shouldnt be possible in the first place

This is possible with the Disk Utility application. I'm surprised you didn't know this. (Try using Tiger's Help Viewer application next time.)

- Better drivers for the mouse. If i compare the mouse behaviour of different mice under XP to OSX the difference is astounding. Why can't OSX have a much smoother control of the mouse.

Better mouse acceleration is probably one of the only major things that Windows does better than OS X. Once you get used to it though it isn't a major problem but I'd like to see this fixed in Leopard.

Oh, and the beachball has gotta go, it's FUGLY!

At least it is better than the blue screen of death.

edit: with the switch of Apple to x86 I will be very critical of Leopard vs. Vista for my next OS of choice. Now I use both but OSX has too much deficiencies for me to make the full switch. A lot of people here I get the suspicion are critical of Windows without giving proper credit to a lot of stuff Windows really does do better.

So far the only deficiency that you are correct on is the mouse deficiency (if you can reasonably call it a deficiency). Otherwise OS X has many more features now that even Vista won't match. Since Tiger will beat Vista Leopard will surpass it even more.

 

[GodBless]

When a finder alert comes up like would you like to shutdown, the default answer is highlighted. Thats cool but to change it you have to click on it you cant use the arrow or tab. un cool.

It does this in many cases. Why it doesn't do this in the shutdown menu is because when the menu is there you can hit the "s" button to put the computer to sleep, the "r" button to restart the computer and the escape key to cancel the menu. The best way to shutdown the computer is to press control+option+command+eject. The best way to restart the computer is to press the control+command+eject. The best way to put the computer to sleep is to press option+command+eject. (Note: On each of the shortcuts with the eject key involved you need to hold it down for about 2 seconds for the computer to accept the shortcut.)

Earlier in the post someone was saying that in apps like itunes that use one window you should beable to minimise to the dock icon and not to the righthand side. You can do this if you click on the red x. then the music keeps playing but the window is no more.

Try hiding an application. This keeps all of the applications windows open but not visible. This beats minimizing big time.

 

[GodBless]

-Improved support for some products - my wireless mouse I had to give to my mom cause it made it to where I couldn't horizontally scroll whatsoever.

Try USB Overdrive http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13443.

-Make it possible to change resolution on the iBook instead of hacks

Why wouldn't this be possible? I do this all the time. The option is under the display section of the System Preference application.

-GarageBand 3 - ability for 16 tracks with different note editing interface (Leopard??? should I even put this on in?)

GarageBand isn't part of Mac OS X and won't be part of Leopard (at least I don't see why Apple would include iLife in Leopard since they didn't include it with Tiger).

-A drawing program - heck build support for Seashore or GIMP on this baby so that you don't have to run it in X11

I would like this but if Apple did design an image editing application then they would probably either attach it to their iLife or iWork suite.

-Apple to still be the best damn OS creator in the world.

This is guaranteed because Tiger already beats what Vista will offer. Leopard can only be better.

 

[slooksterPSV]

Try USB Overdrive http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13443.


Why wouldn't this be possible? I do this all the time. The option is under the display section of the System Preference application.


GarageBand isn't part of Mac OS X and won't be part of Leopard (at least I don't see why Apple would include iLife in Leopard since they didn't include it with Tiger).


I would like this but if Apple did design an image editing application then they would probably either attach it to their iLife or iWork suite.


This is guaranteed because Tiger already beats what Vista will offer. Leopard can only be better.

I meant so I can change my rez above 1024x768

 

[GodBless]

I meant so I can change my rez above 1024x768

That's not possible unless you use an alternative display which, yes, does (as far as I know) require a hack to turn mirroring off and use the alternative display.

 

[honypony]

just fix that damn finder please, apple.

 

[hob]

When a finder alert comes up like would you like to shutdown, the default answer is highlighted. Thats cool but to change it you have to click on it you cant use the arrow or tab. un cool.

It's actually quite cool.
Enter=shut down
S=sleep
R=restart
Esc=Cancel

No need for a mouse!

 

[Coheebuzz]

What I would really like from Leopard is:

1. Human sounding computer voices.
2. Resolution independant GUI.
3. The ability to change folder colours.
4. For iCal's icon to ALWAYS show the current date.

Have you heared the voices from Acapela group? They are simply AMAZING!! And the best part is that i remember reading somewere that they are working together with Apple to intergrate their technology to Leopard. Anyone knows anything about this??

 

[slooksterPSV]

It's actually quite cool.
Enter=shut down
S=sleep
R=restart
Esc=Cancel

No need for a mouse!

You know some menu's won't even do that like if it says: Don't Save, Cancel, Save

You can't hit S,C, or D.