“Last week… others began discussing what they hope will be in Leopard. So I’m throwing my hat into [the] ring, because there are a couple of things under it that haven’t been mentioned elsewhere. Others, such as Automator and Spotlight improvements, everyone is asking for,” Chris Howard writes for Apple Matters.
Howard’s Wish List:
1. Automator usable and user-friendly
2. Screen partitioning
3. Wake up Macs remotely
4. Spotlight improvements
5. An application launcher
6. Screen captures
7. Notifications
8. Finder fixes:
– Tabbed windows
– Navigation when dragging and dropping
– Cut command on context menu
– Option to sort folders to the top of the file lists
– A refresh window key
9. Virtualization
10. Multi-user that works properly
11. Third-party utilities
12. Eye Candy
Each of the twelve points above is explained in the Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy” for the heads up.]
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Have we reached a point where each release won’t offer too much new stuff?
Besides the integration of Windows and tabbing, what’s left for the PC desktop that isn’t in OSX?
hmmmm… this guy isn’t completely on it… we already have screen captures (Shift+Cmd+3=Full Screen, Shift+Cmd+4=Marquis Grab, Shift+Cmd+4+Spacebar= Window Selection)
I also find Automator to be very user-friendly, I just wish there were more applications it interacted with.
I think we all have personal wish lists for every OS and GUI.
I guess apple will just pick the most popular to tackle.
Would be nice to have Move, Rename, and delete functions in Save and open dialogs
To the third party utilities, I would add the Little Snitch, SpamSieve, TextMate, PsyncX, TechTools Pro, Fugo, iPodBackup and Desktop Manager. I would also add NetBeans to the developer package.
i would add Kill Bill
The non-grouping of folders together in finder windows (and all file browser dialogues) is the #1 complaint I have with the Mac.
My #2 complaint is the inablity to delete or rename from the either the Save or Open browser windows.
My #3 complaint is that the universally available screen capture shortcuts produce a file on the desktop, when I’d rather have the capture image open, like what happens when you take a screen capture with Grab.
OK, This has grown into a list, I was just going to mention the folder grouping thing, but I’ll continue…
#4 Can’t wake remote Mac over Airport network. If I want to print something from my Powerbook, I want it to print, even if the Mac my printer is pluged into is in sleep mode. I actually bought a Mac mini just to work as a print server becuase my damn printer doesn’t play nice plugged directly into a Airport Express.
#5 Finder hangs forever when a connected volume is no longer available.
Even though I’m listing my complaints, Mac OS X is still heaven to use after spending an hour working on Windows XP.
ah, heck… add monkeyboy to that list well
And now for the Windows List:
1. Release the damn thing already!
At this point, people don’t care if its exactly the same (even though it is)
Whatever it is, it won’t be Vista, so I won’t like it. Because I only like what most everyone uses, even it’s pure Grade A Crapola.
I would like to be able to print out Finder windows contents again (even the items that don’t show). Since OSX, there has not been an easy way to print out the contents of a directory.
Fine…..
If everybody is going to name their gripe..
I want mouse over window focus, like in X11R6.
There I said it!
window refresh button? Don’t the windows auto refresh?
Dunno, it’ll have to offer more than that to get me to buy the new OS for my PowerMac. At least 10.4 offered widgets, automator and spotlight as an incentive to upgrade from 10.3.
These functions and features sound nice, but doesn’t rise to the level of a must have upgrade. They sound more like a patch to 10.4.
I hate to sound shallow; it’s just that I am shallow.
For the most part a good list. It’d be nice to see Apple hit most of those points.
Have we reached a point where each release won’t offer too much new stuff?
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We’ve reached a point where commoners on MDN cannot come up with ‘improvements’ or ’12 wishes’ because most everything has been handled.
What’s actually in OS X5 will surprise.
Number 3. on the list can be done now, if you can’t wait to see if apple includes this feature. There are other ways to wake up other Mac’s on your LAN, this method is one of the esaist…. get it here-> <a href=”http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/wakeonlan.html”>
iTunes should automatically find and import album art when you rip a CD. I hesitate to point out that Windows Media Player already does this.
“My #2 complaint is the inablity to delete or rename from the either the Save or Open browser windows.”
There’s a utility thats been around for years called DefaultFolder that has been my favorite shareware app of all time that does just this and more.
versiontracker.com
Yeah. Default folder is great stuff!
I would like to see Panther have some functions and features that continue to blow away everyone. I like it when I see the new OS and say, “Wow! How’d they do that? I didn’t know a computer could do something like that!”
Everything people have mentioned completely lack imagination. Apple is best when it pushes the industry forward rather than repainting old ideas with a new coat of varnish.
Innovate, don’t merely regurgitate.
Small dreams don’t stir the soul or move mountains.
I’d like to see 10.5 released so as to run on this POS Thinkpad I have to use at work, at least then I’d have a decent operating system to use instead of this XP crap.
Umm….GmJm,I’m not sure,but I think they’re done updating Panther.
I would like the ability to save an image from a website, using Safari, and choose the folder that it is saved to.
Currently it can only be saved to either the download folder, or the clipboard.
How about a consistent look for Leopard…no more brushed metal!…and can they please get rid of the Wood look of GarageBand.