Mac OS X 'Leopard'-related Discussion

[.Neo]

2 questions:

1. Is there an interface (System Preferences?) to control resolution independence or does it still have to be triggered via Quartz Debug?

This time I really searched for it, but no, as far as I can tell there's no real option to enable it. Which doesn't really surprise me when looking at the above screen shot.

[crazzyyfool]

i think you guys shoud read the thread over at MR. Some guys are making there own intro movies with different music. Some are FAF. :laugh: :D

[Quillz]

Maybe they'll save the work on resolution independence for 10.5.1.

[Quillz]

It's official. Apple have killed off the Apple fanboy public holiday known as iCal Day. The iCal icon in Leopard now shows the current date even if iCal isn't running.

Other things include:

- The Welcome Video to Mac OS X 10.5 now has a new audio track (It's the same one used in the Aluminium iMac ad).

- New Desktop images (A picture of the Earth and a picture of a partial bit of the Earth).

- New Spaces Icon (It isn't very different compared to the previous one. The System Preference Pane icon for Expos? & Spaces has also been updated to match the new Spaces icon).

- Front Row has its own icon (It's the same icon used for it on the Leopard site, Apple Remote buttons).

- Menus and dialog sheets now overlay with a translucent filter, allowing you to see a hint of the underlying windows.

- Screen sharing "finally works right" and seems very fast at full resolution.

- More user interface consistency across the operating system.

Gallery

Have they finally taken the iTunes 7 scroll bars system wide? Also, the gallery you linked to isn't working. Are there any others?

[Xero]

Anyone got a shot of the new volume bezel? Link is down.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

i think you guys shoud read the thread over at MR. Some guys are making there own intro movies with different music.

The Buck Rogers one is brilliant :D

[Southern Patriot]

Have they finally taken the iTunes 7 scroll bars system wide? Also, the gallery you linked to isn't working. Are there any others?

Here's the corrected link : http://gallery.mcdevzone.com/leopard/

By the way, the guy who posted those screenshots isn't too bright, he had his full name, picture, and e-mail address shown! I guess he can expect a call from Apple Legal soon.

[crazzyyfool]

IE on Leopard. Why oh why oh why. :blink: Really hope Apple fixes the icon shadows in the Dock. They are just wrong atm.

[Cormier6083]

The transparent doesn't look that bad.

[Koyder]

Can somebody please submit the following bug to Apple: "Icon shadows in the Dock cause nausea"?

[The.Clinton]

Here's the corrected link : http://gallery.mcdevzone.com/leopard/

By the way, the guy who posted those screenshots isn't too bright, he had his full name, picture, and e-mail address shown! I guess he can expect a call from Apple Legal soon.

WOW - thats just plain stupid

[.Neo]

I just love how the background behind a Contextual Menu stays blurred after closing it, even if it's for a split second. They need to fix that.

And why oh why don't they update the Mail/iCal Dock badges to match the iPhone?! :(

kraized: What's wrong with the icon shades on the Desktop? Maybe I'm just missing it.

[crazzyyfool]

kraized: What's wrong with the icon shades on the Desktop? Maybe I'm just missing it.

Don't you think the icon shadows look a bit out of place from the icons themselves .Neo? I guess the distance between the shadow and the icon is just a few pixels to much for my liking. Picky I know but it just looks wrong and it hurts my eyes. :rolleyes:

[suspiria]

The icon shadows on the desktop image are horrible. They look so distracting and obtrusive. Very un-Apple, if you ask me.

The new Dock as a whole seams to, in my opinion, conflict with Apple's trademark minimalist and usability-oriented design.

[.Neo]

Don't you think the icon shadows look a bit out of place from the icons themselves .Neo? I guess the distance between the shadow and the icon is just a few pixels to much for my liking. Picky I know but it just looks wrong and it hurts my eyes. :rolleyes:

Gave it a shot myself on a white background, the shadows are a bit strong when having the Dock at that size. It's less apparent when having the dock icons at ?48x48 pixels though (depending on your resolution of course).

The only thing that really bugs me about the new Dock is that there's no way to make it look good when zooming a window to fill the entire hight of the display. The icons either overlap it or you get gaps between the Dock background and window. Makes things a bit messy IMO.

At least the current 2D Dock aligns perfectly with a window:

The new Dock as a whole seams to, in my opinion, conflict with Apple's trademark minimalist and usability-oriented design.

It can make your Desktop look very busy yeah.

[XiXora]

I like to keep the dock on autohide, something which i hated to do on windows...

Am I unusual with this?

I dont really mind what the dock looks like.

[.Neo]

Anyone got a shot of the new volume bezel? Link is down.

Here you go:

Have they finally taken the iTunes 7 scroll bars system wide?

Nope.

[Fagutish]

can anyone try putting the Dock on top by:

Typing

defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string top

in the Terminal and restarting your Finder

i wanna know if the new dock adjusts the text (like it did with 2D dock) and reflections for that view

Why is Apple trying to make the dock even worse? I dont get it!

[Simon Veteran]

Here you go:

Hmmm... I'm not sure if I like this or the old one more. The current one is very simplistic, and it's clear what volume level you're at. This is more of an estimate.

Has Front Row changed from the WWDC build? I know it has an icon now, but the interface, etc.

And can it do YouTube? That'd be awesome.

[Xero]

Meh, I dunno if I like that new volume bezel. I like the "progress bar" better but the angled gradient ..eh I'll wait until I get it to judge. Also Apple using blur behind the menus/flyouts is pretty funny, hopefully I'll be able to turn that off, I don't see the point in using transparency if your going to blur whats behind it to the point you cannot really see/read it. I like seeing whats behind it clear and crisp.

[suspiria]

The volume bezel seams like a 'change for the sake of change' type of deal to me...

[PyX]

I quite like the gradient in the background, but liked when I could count the bars to approximate a % of sound intensity and such.

[Quillz]

Here's the corrected link : http://gallery.mcdevzone.com/leopard/

By the way, the guy who posted those screenshots isn't too bright, he had his full name, picture, and e-mail address shown! I guess he can expect a call from Apple Legal soon.

Thanks for the corrected link. Leopard is sure looking beautiful.

Can somebody please submit the following bug to Apple: "Icon shadows in the Dock cause nausea"?

They look fine to me.

[.Neo]

Hmmm... I'm not sure if I like this or the old one more. The current one is very simplistic, and it's clear what volume level you're at. This is more of an estimate.

To me a volume meter is a volume meter. The iPod, iTunes, QuickTime and Menu Extras item don't give me an exact number either. Not sure if it's that important to know if my volume is exactly at 43%.

The thing I don't like is how the bezel features a style nowhere else to be found in the OS. And maybe they're going a bit overboard with all the reflection effects? The Dock actually reflects stuff because it's supposed to be a glass plate, so it makes sense. With the bezel it seems unnecessary and out of place.

[osirisX]

Boot Camp in Leopard apparently doesn't require a you to burn a drivers CD. But how does this work exactly?