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Mac OS X 'Panther': User at the Center
MatthewRothenberg writes "Over at eWEEK, we believe we've got the drop on the much-discussed interface enhancements to Mac OS X 10.3, a k a Panther: The theme of this September release will be 'User at the Center,' an umbrella term for a variety of new features aimed at leapfrogging Microsoft when it comes to pervasive, user-focused computing. Niceties include user-configurable 'piles,' a fast-user-switching-type feature, and easy transferral of home directories among devices and the Web. Oh, and it's mo' definitely 64-bit-complete, too."
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piles?
I'm not touching those things.....
Yuck!
What's next? The "Cougar"?
Anyone know how Jobs pronounces "Panther"?
Finally a desktop metaphor I can relate to. If I can lose the bowl in the 'specifications' pile and use the dried trail left over from some spilled dew as an index, it'll be just like IRL.
WTF? What on earth are they thinking making Apple's marketing campaign public over four months before it starts? Speculate on the hardware or software, fine. Make that public for page counts, for a little while. But can you imagine what it would be like if the Mini-me/Yao commercial was leaked this far before the laptops availability?!
They might actually be able to meet the demand by now.
I guess PHB's can start using them now that they can pile up documents in large random .. uh .. piles, all over their desktops, just like their desks and shelves.
Rumor has it that in 'Panther' they have replaced the Sherlock application with the new bumbling 'Inspector'
here is a preview of their new ad campaign.
(credit where due: my friend andy is a hopeless mac addict with apparently too much time on his hands, this is his handiwork)
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I'm hoping for a German-like "Panzer". That would just be perfect.
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
I'll never drive a Mercedes until they lower their hardware costs.
Those fascists.
I've been using "user-configurable 'piles,'" to organize my real-life desktop (and office) for years now. However, nobody recognized my genius. People generally seemed to think this system of mine was "messy," "disorganized," or worst of all "a pig sty." Perhaps I will get some credit for being ahead of my time now. In fact, I think Apple ought to share a piece of their patent with me, since I was using this system long before they reinvented it. :-)
Piles?
...truly "bleeding edge..." ...They should have called their releases "preparations..."
Sounds as if 10.3 will be a real pain in the butt...
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
Mirroring. What a polite word for downloading and saving pictures of women in various states of undress. ;-)
I would prefer to call piles "stacks." It sounds neater.
You could put all kinds of content in them, including pictures, text, sounds, video, user-programmable buttons, etc. And you could link items to other items in the same stack--or even items in different stacks! And if you could attach some sort of script to any item in a stack, that would be hyper cool!
I know... I know... that idea's waaaay too far ahead of its time.
When all you have is an axe, everything looks like a grindstone.
And I want a Pony too.
So therefore, OS X is dying. Do not waste your money and time on such a tool of Great Satan. OS X is not on this computer, in fact it is 200 miles from my computer and its manual is burning in hell.. It's so easy to use it doesn't HAVE a manual to burn? Pah! I hit OS X with my shoe. Take THAT!
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I feel it is my duty to invoke Godwin's law on you. Good post, but you pulled out the Hitler comparison, SO THREAD IS OVER.
Begun, this browser war has.