Comments on: Snow Leopard Features http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features#comment-54582 Mike Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:03:48 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5979#comment-54582 Some of the Mac OS X Server stuff sounds really cool. I read a little about imaging - the current NetInstall system is decent, but could absolutely use some work (we use DeployStudio instead). I like the decreased installation time. We work with disc images a lot, but it'll be handy for when I actually need to do a clean OS install. Uh, Finder sounds neat. Quick Look in iChat will be nice for when people send me pictures - I currently double-click them to open in Preview. Some of the Mac OS X Server stuff sounds really cool. I read a little about imaging - the current NetInstall system is decent, but could absolutely use some work (we use DeployStudio instead).

I like the decreased installation time. We work with disc images a lot, but it'll be handy for when I actually need to do a clean OS install.

Uh, Finder sounds neat. Quick Look in iChat will be nice for when people send me pictures - I currently double-click them to open in Preview.

]]> By: Olivier http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features#comment-54576 Olivier Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:47 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5979#comment-54576 More reliable disk eject: improved dialogs tell you which applications are using the drive. Navigate folders in stacks. Safari: Sandboxed Flash. And hoping it will finally send Accept Language headers correctly, i.e. all my preferred languages in order instead of just the first one. Preview: Intelligent text selection, Multiple documents in a single window, Contact sheet for images. Mail: Improvements to message composition. Maybe we finally get to use non-breaking spaces and to paste plain text without getting unremovable double line spacing. More reliable disk eject: improved dialogs tell you which applications are using the drive.

Navigate folders in stacks.

Safari: Sandboxed Flash. And hoping it will finally send Accept Language headers correctly, i.e. all my preferred languages in order instead of just the first one.

Preview: Intelligent text selection, Multiple documents in
a single window, Contact sheet for images.

Mail: Improvements to message composition. Maybe we finally get to use non-breaking spaces and to paste plain text without getting unremovable double line spacing.

]]> By: David Smith http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features#comment-54574 David Smith Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:04:18 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5979#comment-54574 Services, Xcode 3.2, new APIs, blocks. Services, Xcode 3.2, new APIs, blocks.

]]> By: Dan http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features#comment-54570 Dan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:19:45 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5979#comment-54570 So far with the GM seed from WWDC I'm loving the Exchange support, only because I have to use an Exchange server for work. It's so good I've dumped Outlook in a VM and the Linux solutions. I only do stuff on my laptop if I have it and my iPhone otherwise. So far with the GM seed from WWDC I'm loving the Exchange support, only because I have to use an Exchange server for work. It's so good I've dumped Outlook in a VM and the Linux solutions. I only do stuff on my laptop if I have it and my iPhone otherwise.

]]> By: Elmak http://nslog.com/2009/06/16/snow_leopard_features#comment-54569 Elmak Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:33 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5979#comment-54569 Exchange support of Address Book and Mail is one. Quicktime X might actually make Quicktime usable again, though I'll still probably remain steadfast to VLC. The refinement of stacks look pretty good, I use a small handful of them on a regular basis, though one of my major misgivings is they disregard folder labels. I'm unsure if Snow Leopard fixes that. Finally I'd say the Services menu. I used it a bunch in Tiger when you could use ServiceScrubber to knock out all the crap you didn't want; in Leopard half that stuff was signed so it was unremovable. Exchange support of Address Book and Mail is one.

Quicktime X might actually make Quicktime usable again, though I'll still probably remain steadfast to VLC.

The refinement of stacks look pretty good, I use a small handful of them on a regular basis, though one of my major misgivings is they disregard folder labels. I'm unsure if Snow Leopard fixes that.

Finally I'd say the Services menu. I used it a bunch in Tiger when you could use ServiceScrubber to knock out all the crap you didn't want; in Leopard half that stuff was signed so it was unremovable.

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