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Reading article from ArsTechnica about next Apple plan: Mac OS X Code Named Snow Leopard, May be Pure Cocoa shocks me. It's only for Intel which means in the very near future, my beloved PowerPC cannot be upgraded.
Regardless of that fact, what I expect the most from Snow Leopard is the improvement of Spotlight User Interface. Being frank here, I rarely use Leopard Spotlight because I feel it's much less user-friendly compared to Tiger's and Quicksilver, even though it's slower, still has better interface than Leopard Spotlight.
Above: Tiger Spotlight Interface on top and Leopard Spotlight Interface at the bottom.
So, how about you? What do you expect the most from Snow Leopard?
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21 Comments
Sebastian
I expect a fully scalable user interface, for the visually impaired. This is already supported by the core (and can be tested if you install the Leopard developer tools), but not yet exposed to the user because of buggy applications. Sebastian
Arwen
I expect some changes in the interface. I guess it will become more polished, even though I can't imagine how it can be, still I believe in Apple's designers. I wish that Apple improves performance of Mail, makes it more stable and adds some beatufil new templates.
Leonardo
I expect they put more effort designing better window drop shadow, it looks horrible in Leopard...
Stolencheese
I expect a new background picture! :)
David
should be called lulcats
bernie Anderson
I never use the icon view in Leopard's finder/spotlight. That seems clunky. But using the list view is fast, trouble-free and intuitive for me.
the dude
It's Intel only because Multi-touch tablets are coming and soon all the Macs will have full touch screens.
ed
why would you use spotlight in icon view? I thought people usually use them with the list view like bernie says.
Peter
So far, they've said Snow Leopard will not introduce new features and will just be performance fixes and upgrades. If this doesn't change and they charge for it, I'm pirating it cos I don't want to pay just for bug fixes. If they introduce new features and actually make upgrading worthwhile, then I'll pay for it. If Apple are thinking along the same lines as me, then they'll add features and stuff. I'm hoping for a new Front Row interface cos the current one in leopard is boring and needs changing (and I don't like the alternatives available).
Gerard
Snow Leopard won't be some bug fixes, but the redesign of the remaining user interface in its core. This wil make it a full 64-bit (cocao) OS. e.g.: the Finder is still 32-bit in carbon, as are other applications.
This programming alone takes a long time, because the apps all have to be rewritten from top to bottem. This may not be the most interesting for home users, but for developers, it can be a huge difference.
I don't think they will add a lot of features (certainly not as much as in Leopard), but you never know.
Peter da Silva
Here's what I want in Leopard 10.5.6:
Preferences->Appearance->Small drop shadows
Preferences->Appearance->Hide "capsules" around icons
Preferences->Appearance->Classic folder icons
Preferences->Security->Disable "OMG you downloaded this from the Interwebs"
Preferences->Dock->Follow Symlinks and Aliases in menus
Preferences->Spotlight->Tiger user interface compatibility
Preferences->Finder->Remember folder mode
Mail->Preferences->Appearance->Classic Icons
Finder->Preferences->Time Machine->Use simple user interface
Finder->File Context Menu->Show History (from time machine)
Finder->Folder Context Menu->Show Changed Files (from Time Machine)
TextEdit->File->Show Changes (from Time Machine)
Pages->File->Show Changes (from Time Machine)
Command line TM app (eg 'tm versions filename', etc)
[etcetera... Time Machine is bloody useless as it's currently implemented]
Andrew
For the record, it's Leopard 10.6. That said, I expect nothing new for the GUI, though I'd like it. I agree that I'd like to see a disabling of the "OMG you downloaded this from the interwebs" message - I KNOW! I'M THE ONE WHO DOWNLOADED IT! One thing that's always struck me is the disparity between the standard OS X interface and that of iTunes. It seems that iTunes has been a sort of testing ground for future OS X GUI upgrades, so I hope we see some transfer of the iTunes façade. The candy-style scrollbar and progress bars have got to go. I also agree that I'd like to see a new background. I like the space themes, but hopefully they'll make one with some green in it. I'm a big fan of the colour.
John
I have one of the Beta's, and it's really buggy, especially the finder because in my build it's part carbon, part cocoa. The default install is already much smaller, took only 13 minutes. I hope it gets smaller still.
Thommango
I expect Spotlight to be at least as good as the search tool that is found in Windows 7, Vista and as a free update to XP. Have a look at my recent post "Spotlight Blows" for more info.
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I have one of the Beta's, and it's really buggy, especially the finder because in my build it's part carbon, part cocoa. The default install is already much smaller, took only 13 minutes. I hope it gets smaller still.
Genius
I have one of the Beta's, and it's really buggy, especially the finder because in my build it's part carbon, part cocoa. The default install is already much smaller, took only 13 minutes. I hope it gets smaller still. Forex Robots
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