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Apple Unveils Extra Leopard-isms To Developers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-what's-coming dept.

devilsecret writes to point out that some of the new Apple capabilities for developers on Leopard have been unveiled. The most interesting parts appear to be the opening of more of iLife to other programs, and the inclusion of Ruby on Rails.

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  1. slashdotted already? by qw0ntum · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the link to Apple's page describing the developer features: http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/index. html

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  2. Re:Why do people pay for this stuff? by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the jump from 10.4 to 10.5 you get:
    You get built in backup and restore software
    You get automatic backup functionality
    You get virtual desktops
    You get built in remote presentation and remote control software
    You get new Widgets plus the ability to turn any webpage into a widget
    You get a new mail program with increased planning functionality
    New group management functionality in Mail and in iCal

    Under the hood you get:
    New animation libraries
    New 64 bit CPU optimizations
    New resolution independent ui

    You pay for this stuff because you find it useful.

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