Snow Leopard screenshots emerge, reveal Web App functionality
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Fake
hahahahahha. Awesome
I am running Safari 4 right now and I can tell you that the pic is legit.
im also running it, just google for it and download it it, i think its faster, and i also like the web apps, its like the iphone safari.....
The web app is in the safari 4.0 beta
...which is freely available so anyone here who wants to can actually go play with it instead of looking at "dubious screenshots."
When is s.l. coming out , i'm thinking of buying a macbook soon and i'd rather wait till they just include the latest version rather than paying extra money.
@ deyanimay: Snow Leopard ain't coming out until late next spring at earliest, so if you really *need* that MacBook you'd better just go ahead and buy it. And since it isn't a feature-laden update, chances are Apple might give it away for free (like they did with OS X 10.1 Jaguar) or sell it a t a lower price.
@ Yours Smugly:
How on earth do you know Snow Leopard wont be feature-full? This is the first developer version of it, and do you remember how Leopard changed from the first version till the one we are running now? Immensely!
@Maikel:
I'd say because it's an even numbered release. As I recall, they have consistently been less feature-full, and more under the hood enhancements. However, I disagree that this will cause Apple to charge less or give it away. They didn't do that with 10.2 or 10.4 even though both of them were similar. I usually wait for the odd numbered releases and skip evens.
Actually it's not fake. It's also not to say this is Snow Leopard either.
I'm currently using Safari 4.0 now to write this and I can assure you that is a proper screenshot.
I'm running it on Leopard BTW.
This is a Safari 4 Dev. Preview function. Not just Snow Leopard.
probably steal more stuff from linux
What is there to steal?
Don't get me wrong i think linux is great! But i really can't think of anything lol
Compiz-Fusion.
Why would Apple steal compiz-fusion? It's entertaining for a while, but it reminds me of what happens when amateur car modders first get started -- they bolt on every known body kit piece that's available for their car and it looks like a rolling catalog.
Contrast that to what Chip Foose does and you'll see what I mean.
http://www.chipfoose.com/gallery.aspx?LinkID=tn7
His work is meticulous and very, very clean. Compiz-fusion is not.
Oh please. Mac OS X was the first OS to have GUI hardware-acceleration. Vista Aero and Compiz/Fusion didn't come along until years later.
You can't steal stuff that's free. Last time I checked, Linux was still open source...
Compiz's window management is superior. It allows for manipulation of windows in real time. You can rotate them twist them, do anything you want with them. If anybody wants to do anything with them, all they have to do is write a plug in.
Window tabbing is something that is fantastic. I can group all the windows i need into one, keeping things radically organized. Compiz allows for a fluid seamless experience. The way it is set up the possibilities are endless.
Why would I want to rotate & twist a window?
I agree that choice is good, but ... seriously?
Guys, KEROLiUKAS has been proven time and time again to just be an idiot, so I would just ignore him.
Well, Compiz is kinda your tool to make your environment look more OS X-ish og Vista-ish in Linux. Also I believe OS X was first to introduce the dock and other things.
- Anyways, hope that Windows would "steal" something from Linux. That would just help Microsoft lol.
NeXT's OS had the dock...
MacDork, don't compare compiz-fusion to ricers, just don't, if you say compiz-fusion is the ricer civic of window manager enhancements, then idk dude...
that sounds awesome saving any page as an application great for gmail google docs and probably tons of other stuff I'm not thinking of.
The Web App thing looks a lot like Prism from Mozilla
http://labs.mozilla.com/featured-projects/#prism
and
http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/
A lot of similarities, yes. It is their equivalent of Prism.
Honestly, I don't know why so many people seem surprised, all this stuff has been well publicised in the right circles :)
And Fluid:
http://www.fluidapp.com
But, honestly, it's like tabbed browsing, live phishing checks and RSS in browsers. At first, when Brand Y brings out a similar feature, ppl are going "you stole that off Brand X". While at the same time, another group of ppl are saying to Brand Z "how come you can't put in that feature like Brand X - I need that feature, it's a deal-breaker and I won't buy or upgrade until you do". Eventually, some time later when it's in everything, nobody can remember how they ever lived without it.
Isn't web apps just basically the same as a URL Shortcut on Windows?
Nothing to see here... move along folks...
NO... They are an actual Application. Look here for screenshots
http://www.apfeltalk.de/redaktion/riesenzwerg/mag/snowleopard/leopard14.jpg
http://www.apfeltalk.de/redaktion/riesenzwerg/mag/snowleopard/leopard13.jpg
http://www.apfeltalk.de/redaktion/riesenzwerg/mag/snowleopard/leopard12.jpg
It may launch it in a standalone browser... which would be nice since a LOT of things can crash Safari.
And Safari has had the ability for a long time to have url links like the one's you are talking as well.
Or a URL alias on Mac? No. It isn't.
@LJKelley
Are you stupid? I am sure you feel ashamed that you wrote that stupid comment.
yah i agree kind of like Vista SP1 or XP SP3 but knowing apple it will $20 if you're really lucky.
P.S.: just so everyone knows i hate apple sept for the ipod and iphone
And this is the UI that everyone says is so beautiful? Humph!
I wonder how many Mac users skin their desktops to look like Windows machines...
none
Wow, the standard of trolling has really gone down
Why exactly should it be free? If you tell me it's because there are no new features then it would make absolutely no sense for you to upgrade from Leopard with many point releases ensuring it's stability to Snow Leopard.
You attitude toward software is why so much software development become bloated and less optimized. You think reworking the entire OS to function more efficiently should be free because you don't have any new bells and whistles to brag about to anyone, despite the fact that this rework of the foundation take considerably more effort to produce.
The reason Apple is calling it Snow Leopard AND publicly claiming "no new features" despite having many new features, like GC and OpenCL, that require a complete overhaul to the OS is because they realize that there are plenty idiots that think they will be getting screwed. You probably think that once Snow Leopard comes out that Leopard support will be dropped, despite the glaring fact that Tiger is still supported.
what is the best OS to get if you have a zune and you like to use your computer for multimedia purposes and multitasking
Get a mac and pray that MS puts out Mac support for the Zune. That or get an iPod.
Or a Windows computer with Media Center. If buying at a retail location check the performance score if it's a Vista machine first. A dual core or greater CPU would be best for multitasking.
Macs are great and all, but why should you get a Mac over a cheaper Windows machine if all you want to do is play some media? You don't need a top of the line computer for that, you could do fine with as little as $400. On top of that, you want to use it with a Zune which is only compatible with Windows and not with OSX.
Tom's Mac suggestion makes no sense.
Thank you Tony
the zune minimum requirments say mac OS X10.5 with Boot Camp 2.0
what is Boot Camp 2.0
Sorry I am new to Macs
Well, when software companies successive versions of the same software, they'll put a number at the end of the name ;) .
Na but really, Boot Camp is a utility that allows you to choose between the Mac Operating System and a version of Windows.
livefire, you're a fucking idiot lol.
@livefire.
Do not concern yourself asking "what is Bootcamp?" If, you do not plan on buying a Mac.
@Reaperm81
I actually do plan to buy a mac before the month ends
@Abuzar... dude. it could be a 12 year old kid. chill out
Oh I'm not saying you're an idiot because you don't know what bootcamp is. I'm saying you're an idiot because you obviously know Zune wont work with Mac OSX yet you still ask for the best OS? AND you plan on getting a Mac.
Just get a damn iPod. I hear they work well with Macs, AND you wont have to install a whole new OS.