Official WWDC 2004 discussion

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Tiger shipping in the 1st half of 2005! Not October! :o

Well, at least this means they'll be putting more effort into it :D

[Cambria]

150 new features, some groundbreaking.

What sounds like a new filesystem (maybe) easier searching by content, better sorting, etc

[session]

yay... better SMB support!!! I need that :)

[hoyablue]

"reliant on metadata"

[Redestium]

Wow 30 inches...that's a lot of $$$. Did they say who makes the card?

[session]

tiger... reliant on metadata - can search in mail, addressbook...etc :D

[astrokat]

Does that video card use PCI-X ?

[Cambria]

Wow 30 inches...that's a lot of $$$. Did they say who makes the card?

I think its nVidia. Not quite sure on that though...

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

I'm gonna guess ATi is making it.

[Cambria]

sounds like system prefs is getting a big upgrade.

no bar at top, uses spotlight technology???

[hoyablue]

"System Preferences - removed bar at top. Uses spotlight tech"

[session]

"spotlight tech"... does that mean those creepy screenshots we saw... er... well, we'll see!

[Cambria]

"spotlight tech"... does that mean those creepy screenshots we saw... er... well, we'll see!

god i hope not, those seemed very un-apple-like.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Ok, so far, these people are being ripped by Apple:

-Launchbar/Quicksilver

-Konfabulator

[hoyablue]

" Spotlight is system wide. upper right hand corner is a mag glass button

click it. get a search field. I get a popdown list of all sorts of things

images, mail, contacts etc..."

[session]

Ok, so far, these people are being ripped by Apple:

-Launchbar/Quicksilver

-Konfabulator

will microsoft be added to the list later :shifty:

[theDose]

looks to be an nvidia card...

btw, benq just announced a 23"

The BenQ FP231W has a resolution of 1920 x 1200, contrast ratio of 500:1 and brightness of 250 cd/m2. With its 16ms response time, wide viewing angles (176/176 degrees H/V) and a full 16.7-million color palette, the FP231W is able to display exceptionally crisp and vivid images. It also comes with an optional 4W x 2 speaker attachment and optional web cam.

[session]

Next generation MPEG4. h264. scalable. Apple is adopting.... adopted for hi-def DVD - New QuickTime and DVD Player intergration????? :D

[the evn show]

The new HD DVD codec is apparently in quicktime (according to this german coverage I'm watching)

[hoyablue]

How long is this keynote?

[Cambria]

will microsoft be added to the list later:shifty:y:

Probably, but i imagine microsoft will do their fair share of ripping als:):)

[Cambria]

RSS in Safari. Get data from sites with RSS feeds and format it however you want.

[hoyablue]

" Now: Safari. We're going to take it a step further. New thing - RSS."

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

The new HD DVD codec is apparently in quicktime (according to this german coverage I'm watching)

Watching? As in video? :blink:

[hoyablue]

"Wouldn't it be great to aggreate rss feeds and search through them for things you

want? Demoing Safari's RSS reader."