Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) Details?

Well that wasn't too much of information.. wonder how they'll alternate the interface this time the changes from jaguar to panther were good in my opinion.

BTW. MY FIRST FIRST POST!!! WOOOOOT! :D :D :p

well, so far, it's a bust. i know, i know, this is unconfirmed tentative prerelease rumor info on a product still in the early stages of development... BUT I don't use .Mac, so there had better be more features than enabling us to put URLs in the Finder Sidebar. I mean, come on. :rolleyes:

Aside from that, I wasn't too excited to read the reference to charging MORE than $129 for this update. We'll see what apple pulls out at WWDC. So far, it's a no go.

Maybe they will make it better looking. I thought 10.1 was beautiful, needed some tweaks, but beautiful. 10.2 had the tweaks, but also, I think, didn't look quite as nice. Panther is still better than other things I've seen, but I think it's just not as attractive. I didn't have any usablility complaints with Aqua in 10.2. One of the things I miss the most is the semi-transparent window border for non-focused windows. I think that was the best visual clue I've ever seen for making the active window stand out. I also liked the big, bulby window border buttons. They had a lot more character than the recessed ones in panther.

I certainly hope Tiger isn't even flatter and less striped. I may have to start themeing.

I heard on some rumor website that Apple has ported some of .NET to OS X. This will
mean .NET run time libraries and C# for Xcode. This makes sense to happen for OS X
because eventually, MS Office will be all based on the .NET run time libraries. Not
exactly exciting, but .NET is a rather nice architecture, Longhorn is supposed to be
a huge derivative of the .NET framework, this will definitely push Apple to beat MS's
arse again by the oneuppance Jobs.

Anyway, I agree with the first poster--so far Tiger sounds boring!! SNORE.......

...wonder how they'll alternate the interface this time the changes from jaguar to panther were good in my opinion.

cool tiger stripes.

"tighter integration w/ Apple's internet services"? kinda' smacks of the whole Windows/IE snafu a couple years back. thank god we only have 3% market! no, more .Mac integration is always welcome. i still marvel just HOW easy it is to update/sync/publish stuff on my .mac account.

There are a lot of things that I'd like to see improved in Tiger, most notably network browsing needs to work fast and solid like it did in Jaguar again, the iCal icon in the dock should always reflect the proper date, Mail needs an overhaul and added features to make it as useful and easy to customize as Entourage, and while not directly related to Tiger, the iTunes Music Store really needs to allow the ability to search by record label, not just artist, album and genre (I want to see all the Matador or Sub Pop or whatever label's artists on one page dammit).

Of course, there's a hundred other things that would be nice to see...these are just off the top of my head.

THe sooner they replace brushed metal with something attractive, the better.

Aqua of old was very nice.. and then apple go and replace the GUI with the panther monstrousity

Appleinsider claims to have some early details from the upcoming Mac OS X 10.4 revision (Tiger). According to the rumor site:



New features detailed include faster iDisk performance, and updated Finder and Mac OS X interface. The new version of Mac OS X will be previewed at WWDC in June.

Kind of a sucky first Tiger rumor... .Mac blah... sidebar I've always disliked (too big, too windows like and top bar shortcuts were just fine thank you)... Interface look/feel to be expected but no details given...

I'm sure Apple has something better up their sleeve than this.

Oh well, good to see a Tiger rumor anyhow.

cool tiger stripes.

"tighter integration w/ Apple's internet services"? kinda' smacks of the whole Windows/IE snafu a couple years back. thank god we only have 3% market! no, more .Mac integration is always welcome. i still marvel just HOW easy it is to update/sync/publish stuff on my .mac account.

i always thought that this would happen as the safari webobjects(i think) framework is so tightly integrated with the OS as it is.

Kind of a sucky first Tiger rumor... .

Agreed.

1. I like the current sidebar
2. I don't want to pay MORE than $130 for an update.
3. I could care less about .mac

Oh well, maybe some more details will come to light...right now I see myself sticking with the Panther.