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Jaguar is Over
The Panther Finder is brand-new, with a new brushed metal appearance, and enhanced column view, with the items used most commonly in the far left column. Searching is "live" and a lot faster, and is more user-centric instead of computer-centric.
The Finder now has labels, and icons can resize with window resizing.
The iDisk now caches itself locally, so it can be used offline, and the user can copy to and from it more efficiently (with the real copies happening in the background).
A new feature called Expose allows minimizing into a smaller window, all open windows, to temporarily move everything out of the way, sort of like workspaces.
File Vault can encrypt a user directory and decrypt it "on the fly."
Faxing is now built-in, and available system-wide.
Pixlet is a new compression codec that does video compression without noticable artifacts, for 48 bits per pixel: at 960x540 and 24 fps, can be decoded on a 1GHz Power Mac.
Preview is significantly faster, with searching, and PS to PDF conversion.
Panther features fast user switching, a feature in Windows XP, allowing under-one-second (on the demo machine) switching between two different users.
FontBook is a new "pro" app for font management.
iChat AV is an update to iChat that does audio and video conferencing in addition to text, that works with any built-in or USB mic, and any DV video camera, connecting using only a user's screen name. It is going to beta today, and will be included in Panther, and will be sold for $29 to Jaguar users. Apple will sell iSight for $149, a small camera that does audio and video over FireWire.
Apple is preparing a new set of developer tools called XCode, which works with GCC 3.3, does distributed compiles (using available resources on the network), and has other cool stuff. It is fast, it has improved searching (like the Finder, and over entire projects), and it looks like an iApp (though it isn't metal). It removes the need to link; onnly link objects you need to launch. It starts compiling while you are editing, cutting the time you need to compile drastically. It can modify the program while it is running.
Jaguar is dead? Hmmm, I figured it would have nine lives.
I'm sorry, but someone had to say it!
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
Darn it! I was hoping to be able to buy a new 970-based PowerMac to be able to get first post faster!
There's a blog from the Berlin conference at OnlineBlog, Guardian Online's Blog. It's kind of amusing (since I'm not there), as it seems a storm has knocked out the satellite feed, and they're watching the QuickTime stream, and alternately getting drunk...
+ G to tha Izzo, A to tha Tizee, Talking Giz-oat, Ya'll Bettah Feel Me... +
...says the announcement for QuarkXPress 6 on Apple's front page.
So Quark has fallen behind once again?
1. Make pretty GUIs and lovely gadgets 2. ??? 3. Profit!!! Actually, it's a pretty damn good business plan.
No No No....
1. Make pretty GUIs and lovely gadgets
2. Profit!!!
3. There is no Step Three!!! There is no Step Three!!!
I'm here at the Glendale Apple Store watching the Stevenote, and all I can say is, "Holy Crap. No, really. Holy crap."
He's just about to do the spec test of the new G5 vs. Dell's bst offering. Again, Holy floating point performance Batman.
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
Don't you mean "The nicest SCO OS front-end ever" ? :-)
These aren't the Panther ISOs you where looking for...
Dear QUCWAGHAHHBFMLEDQWRDF,
Thank you for noting that our "guys" put a lot of features into this release. Thank you for also noting that our "staff" deserves to get paid for it. However, I'm feel I would be remiss if I didn't point out that we also have to pay the CD manufacturers, box manufacturers, and print houses. Not too mention that our "staff" is probably a good deal larger than you think, and are, as you can imagine, premium people all around.
As to your suggested pricing structure, we will take you advice into consideration. Far be it for us to know the worth and cost of our work so well that an unsolicited suggestion won't completely turn us around.
Also, I am sorry to hear you feel that I am "making" you buy the operating system "over and over and over again". I am sure you will notice that your computer will continue to function with the software you have already purchased and installed. If that is not the case, please contact Apple Support for assistance.
It is not generally my comment on a competitor's product, but rumor has it Longhorn users will pay a heavy price indeed.
Sincerely,
Mr. Jobs
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
Of course it's dead; it's based on *BSD.
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Umm, no actually Apple can do no wrong. You see it 's a feature of the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field, and since Apple own the patent on it then Microsoft can't copy it. The 'Dance Monkeyboy Dance' video was an example of what happens when they try to implement a similar technology without infringing any patents. As you can see, the Steve Ballmer Reality Distortion Field is not nearly as effective.
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That's because their lastest web browser gives you the 'new' version of windows. Kind of like herpes: You can't get rid of it.
"Other important acronyms" hehehe
When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. (Larry Wall)
Well, that belted a laugh out of me.
"What thou shalt not, I shalt did!" -Bart Simpson
I'm glad they decided to flaunt the Quartz engine this way. And they're really doing it just because it's cool.
You tell me how "whilst" differs from "while," and I'll stop calling you a pretentious jackass.