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Gherkin said:
I find the Dashboard concept very useful. I think people are focusing too much on the widget aspect.
In my mind... I frequently have to access certain applications from anywhere... including calculator, address book and stickies.
Let's say I'm on the phone and need to jot a quick note. hit F9 (or whatever) and everything fades except Stickies. Same with calculator, address book etc....
Seems handy to me.
arn
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I'm with Doctor Q. I don't like Apple openly "talking smack" about anyone, including MS. Negativity is not good. And as much as it pains me to say this, it's probably not a good idea to piss off MS.
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The city where Microsoft's HQ is located.
That's rather dodgy, not having a webcast.
The city where Microsoft's HQ is located.
That's rather dodgy, not having a webcast.
Hook, line, and Sinker.
You people are foolish for using trolls as a source for Tiger rumors.
Of course there are going to be leaks right now. WWDC is tomorrow. They are giving the ****ing DVDs out to attendees.
You people are foolish for using trolls as a source for Tiger rumors.
Of course there are going to be leaks right now. WWDC is tomorrow. They are giving the ****ing DVDs out to attendees.
Swaying non-mac minds
Apple sways minds with the Apple retail stores. They are a great buying experience. They need to take on MS head on and point out the shortcomings and delays of the Windowz platform. Apple needs to take them on and by showing developers they are ready to do that is a great first step. The other thing that is really cool is the fact that they are letting Java One attendees in to the floor at WWDC and vice versa. That means that potentially a couple thousand Java developers who are not Mac folks will see a strong statement from Apple. I think the OS is going to rock.
Doctor Q said:
Apple sways minds with the Apple retail stores. They are a great buying experience. They need to take on MS head on and point out the shortcomings and delays of the Windowz platform. Apple needs to take them on and by showing developers they are ready to do that is a great first step. The other thing that is really cool is the fact that they are letting Java One attendees in to the floor at WWDC and vice versa. That means that potentially a couple thousand Java developers who are not Mac folks will see a strong statement from Apple. I think the OS is going to rock.
arn said:
I agree. This seems like it would be quite useful. I hate having to navigated all through my long list of app's every-time I need to bring up my calculator, for example..
Theory
Just a theory: What if apple released these screenshots, anonymously and purposely ugly, in order to bring down our hopes and disappoint us. Then they take them away, leading us to believe that these are in fact real screenshots. During the Keynote Steve tells us they were fake, or more likely, neglects to mention it at all knowing that when he showed us the real tiger on monday we'd be so shocked and relieved that we'd love it, even if it wasn't that great.
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Just a theory: What if apple released these screenshots, anonymously and purposely ugly, in order to bring down our hopes and disappoint us. Then they take them away, leading us to believe that these are in fact real screenshots. During the Keynote Steve tells us they were fake, or more likely, neglects to mention it at all knowing that when he showed us the real tiger on monday we'd be so shocked and relieved that we'd love it, even if it wasn't that great.
maybe
Yeah, i thought it was bad about showing the banners as well, but it is a Developers Conference and most of the people there are going to be supporting Tiger, and will be looking forward to it.
It costs a lot to go, so unless you really want to be there people won't be there. It's not aimed at consumers so it should be fine.
It costs a lot to go, so unless you really want to be there people won't be there. It's not aimed at consumers so it should be fine.
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Gherkin said:
My guess is it's a part of expose with another keyboart shortcut key, where you use it for small apps which you use semi regular and dont want to put on the dock, and don't want to take up screen space. For example i dont use the calc enough to put it on the dock but when i need it, it's a pain to go finder -> applications -> scrool down and find it. With this, i could just hit f7 or whatever and have the calc there, and it zooms away with expose when finished. This is also useful if you want to check the calender for the date or whatever, without having ical taking loads fo room and having to alt tab or move down to the dock to get to it. World clock is a nice use for it as having say london, paris, san francisco and tokyo clocks in the mnu bar would take up too much room. The itunes widget on there, i've no idea... The strange thing is I think the gagets look ok but not os x style at all...and that iTunes just doesnt look like an apple product...they all look more liek they just came out of that new pixar movie or something...
this really makes me not like apple when they take business to a personal level. can they present their software without making fun of microsoft? people don't like arrogance and it seems like more and more apple is acting that way.
arn said:
I'm with you Arn. At first, I went along with what everybody said, then I thought, it could be useful. They remind of the Desk Accessories back in the OS 9 and under days. I find myself using the Calculator often and checking my addresses, date and times, etc. Everything is in the Dashboard just the way I want it! I could take out a lot of things from my Dock if the Dashboard indeed exists.
And to be honest, the looks aren't that bad. They seem and feel more like toys, and I think they are supposed to be on purpose. It adds to the fun factor of OS X, IMHO. As long as there are more than what is being shown off with those screenshots (and if those are indeed real), I'm in!
all right we need to start a 24 hour watch heres what we need to do
- 24 hour watch on apple.com (remember last year?)
- wach all the rumor sites
- and would somebody get a copy of canda time already
Regarding the pictures of the banners... I think the big question should be - are there any covered banners yet to be revealed?
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