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Panther on Track for September

Microsoft-Watch reports that Panther is still on track for a September release.



According to the report, initial plans placed Panther "gold master" in late August with delivery in mid-September. This appears to have been pushed slightly back with "gold master" planned for early September, with a full release within that month.



Development on Panther has continued at a steady pace since WWDC, with a number of new versions becoming available to developers. Most recent reports have hinted that the operating system is approaching its finished form.

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111 months ago
All I can say is "Hell Yeah!" this seems to mean I can expect to get a new PowerBook with Panther shipping installed once they come out. :)
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111 months ago
i guess i'll just have to order panther at school and have it shipped there, no big deal.
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111 months ago
I really hope that Panther's version of Mail supports the composition of HTML email and not just Rich Text.

I KNOW MAIL CAN READ HTML BUT IT CANNOT COMPOSE IN HTML!!

Is it just me or can Apple's implementation of Rich Text in Mail only be read in Mail and nothing else?!?

It just looks like plain text in Outlook...


PLEASE GIVE ME HTML EMAIL!!!


:mad:
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111 months ago
hmm maybe i can get my new mac with final cut express for 99 AND! panther installed.

awesome!!!
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111 months ago
Panther's mail.app is based on the safari HTML render engine, so it will display HTML files the same as they look in Safari (which, usually is pretty good, save for current build bugs.)
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111 months ago
Yes, Mail DISPLAYS HTML email but it cannot COMPOSE HTML EMAIL!!

that's what i meant
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111 months ago
If you're an editor now, shouldn't you be able to have an avatar? :) And yes, I do hope to get a new PowerBook within the next month with both Panther preinstalled *and* the $99 FCE deal--how cool would that be?
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111 months ago
SUH-WEET! At first I was bummed to find out that waiting a month to order my dual 2.0 G5 meant my shipping date slipped from August to Oct. 3. But I'll gladly wait the extra month to have Panther included with my G5, whether or not it will be offered as a "$20 up-to-date" option for new G5 purchasers.
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111 months ago

Originally posted by DanUk2003
Yes, Mail DISPLAYS HTML email but it cannot COMPOSE HTML EMAIL!!

that's what i meant


I agree! That's the one thing that keeps me from using Mail right now, the fact that I can't compose/send HTML e-mail to my Outlook using clients. I do hope that this is a new feature too!
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111 months ago
I've been using Panther exclusively since the first version was seeded on the ADC website, I don't think we're anywhere near done yet. I can't even click reply in Mail without the program window just disappearing.
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