Rudy Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Don't take it personal. They're just computers after all Oh I'm not, don't worry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Yep OS 10 with a $129 service pack every year or so. Using your logic, let's call Windows XP and Windows 7 service packs as well from now on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted April 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 4, 2010 - Blu-Ray support (burning, reading, etc. and incorporated in the DVD Player app, which needs to be renamed or incorporated into iTunes) Don't want iTunes more bloated than it is. - Resolution independance. My 27-inch monitor is awesome, but things have become too small, and the text sizes were never updated with time. That applies for websites, too. But I think the OS needs to be fixed first. So Resolution Independance + Natively use characters just a LITTLE bigger. This needed to happen ages ago when that MBP with the tiny resolution came out. - QuickTime acquiring Perian's functionality, out-of-the-box I don't see that happening. QTX is meant to be light. - iTunes rewritten in Cocoa from scratch Or even better, how about splitting out/cutting down iTunes a bit? Maybe put the playback/library features into QuickTime and syncing/store features into iSync. Just an idea. - A lyrics widget in Dashboard Plenty of decent third-party ones. - A Boot Camp with perfect drivers Perfect won't happen, but better yeah. That's still vague though. - A new File System, better than HFS+ What's wrong with HFS+? - Cinch functionality incorporated in OS X Eh? - iChat supporting more protocols. MSN, Yahoo, AIM, etc. And please, support sending files fast, custom smileys and custom stuff, and voice and video. There's a lot of work to be done in the instant messaging area in OS X, and Apple has to be their own pioneer about that. Yes yes yes yes yes. :D - An App Store, but for OS X. No more of these physical packages, they're killing the environment and do we really care THAT much about these? They've become so small and unimportant nowadays, I think we're ready to face this change. If you click the Apple logo and click "Mac OS X Software", there's already an app store of sorts there. - A built-in image editor. Windows has Paint, OS X has nothing right now. It's not like we really need one, in all honesty there are better workarounds on the Mac to Paint (taking screenshots for instance, or commenting pictures, it's much better in OS X). What's Paint good for other than pixel art? iPhoto or Preview both do what I want fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I don't get why people keep expecting Apple to implement MSN-support in iChat. As far as I know Microsoft doesn't allow third-parties to use their protocols, and they're simply looking the other way when it comes to projects like Adium. However, I doubt they'll keep looking the other way when a huge company like Apple will ship MSN-support with their own commercial operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Don't want iTunes more bloated than it is. I doubt including DVD/Blu-Ray reading capabilities would bloat iTunes more. I mean, doesn't it support that already? Or maybe better : kill DVD Player, but incorporate it in QuickTime. Why have 2 apps to view videos when you can just have one? Ok, because QuickTime is meant to be lightweight... I don't really think it would be bloated if it had DVD/Blu-Ray reading capabilities. I don't see that happening. QTX is meant to be light. I don't see this happening either. QTX would already be this way. But there are so many formats that are incompatible out-of-the-box with Macs and that could be compatible. So few efforts to give to make a good application like QuickTime X fall into the category of excellent applications. Plenty of decent third-party ones. Strangely, most people I know don't have a clue about third-party widgets to fetch lyrics. It was obvious to me, and now I have an excellent lyrics widget called TunesTEXT (the best of the best, even if its name is lame). While we're at it, the iTunes store should provide songs not just with the album artwork, but also with the lyrics. They did put an emphasis on the iPhone and iPod Touch to display the lyrics the perfect way. When we're in iTunes, it's another story. Perfect won't happen, but better yeah. That's still vague though. They need to fix the graphics driver and the trackpad driver ASAP. They also need to add drivers to read & write Mac's drives (or maybe just read, because, you know, Windows viruses are wild these days and could wipe a whole Mac partition away). And drivers in OS X to write NTFS partitions. And I have no clue if the Magic Mouse works under Windows now, but it could be an idea. The rest of Boot Camp is fine with me. If you click the Apple logo and click "Mac OS X Software", there's already an app store of sorts there. I don't think people like that. I find myself not going there because IMO it sucks. The App Store on iTunes, however, is the king of the kings. Interface-wise, marketing-wise and developers-wise (the ease to put their apps on this thing), it simply rocks. Also, why have 2 different interfaces (the App Store and the page on Apple's website that displays Mac apps), when you can just have one? I don't know if they should break iTunes down to create instead a "Music Store" application and an "App Store" application (or just a "Store" application), just like on the iPhone. iTunes would be then be "iPod App" we have on the iPhone, something very lightweight. Thing is, I believe there are lots of people who were curious and went on the iTunes Store just because it was one click away, like I did, so I don't think they will take it away. What's Paint good for other than pixel art? iPhoto or Preview both do what I want fine. As I said, it's not really a need in OS X because the workarounds are better than in Windows. But, I dunno, it could be nice to have a small image editor that does the basic filters and that has a few brushes and layers. Not like Pixelmator though, something less complete, just to say that, you know, it knocks Paint down, digs a hole in the graveyard, and throws Paint's dead body in it. Just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I hope "Marble" GUI finally is released on OS X 10.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I'm just hoping Mac OS X 10.7 will use the same light window gradient as iTunes 9. Looks more vibrant and less dull. I've basically given up on hoping they'll ever get rid of those old Aqua elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew S. Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 ... They need to fix the graphics driver and the trackpad driver ASAP. They also need to add drivers to read & write Mac's drives (or maybe just read, because, you know, Windows viruses are wild these days and could wipe a whole Mac partition away). And drivers in OS X to write NTFS partitions. And I have no clue if the Magic Mouse works under Windows now, but it could be an idea. The rest of Boot Camp is fine with me. ... There is a bootcamp driver to read HFS+ formatted drives for Windows, it's part of the bootcamp package... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 What I'd like to see: QuickTime either fixed or replaced. It's slower than a meteor being dragged by an arthritic donkey across a ploughed field in northern Poland. Playing back videos in Movist using the QuickTime engine shows just how much of a performance hit you take using the QT player itself. And if they're not going to fix it at least rename it to OldTime and be a bit more honest about it. It should have been dropped with the move to OS X and replaced with something akin to FFMPEG. Native FLAC support in iTunes. Modular iTunes where you can disable features you don't need. I use the store but I'm sure others don't. I don't have an iToy to plug into it so I don't need syncing. If you could turn off features and lighten the player it would be less of a hog. Copying a folder over an existing one merges the contents rather than replacing them. Seriously it's time to stop with the damn replacing. A Finder option to display hidden files/folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 There is a bootcamp driver to read HFS+ formatted drives for Windows, it's part of the bootcamp package... Sorry then. I installed Macdrive right away on Windows, and thought it was this who made me able to read & write. All it does is write in the end. QuickTime either fixed or replaced. It's slower than a meteor being dragged by an arthritic donkey across a ploughed field in northern Poland. QuickTime X is screaming like it never did on my machine. Or maybe you're running Leopard, stuck with QuickTime 7...? Native FLAC support in iTunes. Ohhhh yesss! Importing FLAC files in iTunes made me swear a lot just yesterday. Adding something : A new application built right into OS X called "File Converter". It would have these 3 following features : 1. You can convert any image file format to any other image file format. Possibility to change the resolution and quality. 2. You can convert any video file format to any other video file format. Possibility to change the resolution and quality of the picture and sound. 3. You can convert any audio file format to any other audio file format. Possibility to change the audio quality. The application would be open, in the sense that you would be able to create plug-ins. For instance, divx file formats wouldn't be supported by default, but someone could create a plugin for the app to support it. Very flexible. I don't know if this one's done already, but : Possibility to view Microsoft Office Files in Quick Preview, without Office installed. Possibility to view iWork files in Quick Preview, without iWork installed. Possibility to view PSD files in Quick Preview, without Photoshop installed. And something I've been wondering for years : When I take out my USB key without pressing the eject button, it gives me a nice, red warning telling me it can harm the files on the key. It doesn't do that on Windows. Who's not right, Windows or OS X? Because it should be fixed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absorbation Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 As Snow Leopard was "under-the-hood" so to speak, I would like to see more user orientated features. More tabbed interfaces and a even smarter Time Machine come straight to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Adding something : A new application built right into OS X called "File Converter". It would have these 3 following features : 1. You can convert any image file format to any other image file format. Possibility to change the resolution and quality. Sips has been part of Mac OS X for half a decade (or more) and supports these features on hundreds of images formats including PDF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, etc. The application would be open, in the sense that you would be able to create plug-ins. For instance, divx file formats wouldn't be supported by default, but someone could create a plugin for the app to support it. Very flexible. The QuickTime architectures has provided this for decades, Perian works this way: by installing quicktime playback plugins for popular codecs. When I take out my USB key without pressing the eject button, it gives me a nice, red warning telling me it can harm the files on the key. It doesn't do that on Windows. Who's not right, Windows or OS X? Because it should be fixed... Windows should be giving you a warning and it should appear down in the bottom right in the usb hub icon system-tray area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 SIPS seems to not have a GUI yet. Wouldn't it be useful to have one? The average OS X user (or even myself for this purpose) doesn't want to ever open the console. Then my PS3 is also wrong because it doesn't tell me anything when I remove my USB key without ejecting it... I thought flash memory made it safe to plug and unplug at any time, unlike hard drives for instance. And I don't need to eject my iPhone when I unplug it, why? This part still isn't clear for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 For me: Big update (something to justify the lack of additions in snow leopard and to catch up with or exceed win7) iTunes "service" Tabbed finder Finder with options that match or exceed windows (cut, copy paste) Basic image editor for small jobs that aren't needed in a library Blu-Ray support Delivered on time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted April 4, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 4, 2010 SIPS seems to not have a GUI yet. Wouldn't it be useful to have one? The average OS X user (or even myself for this purpose) doesn't want to ever open the console. What about Preview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide_pact Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 A FREE detachable, rechargable, multi-touch screen that is capable of running something called "apps" that one could buy online from a store would be cool. You could give it a cool name, maybe 'epod' or something hip. No just kidding, but some way so that current games make the jump to OSX quicker would be nice. I like the idea of a tabbed finder, and Quicktime X leaves a lot to be desired, IMHO. I like the GUI, but the options (or lack thereof) leave me flat. I had a Quick Time Pro license before upgrading to Snow Leopard (I did the upgrade install) and I'm still not sure if my Pro license transferred or even if it matters. I like the less is more idea, but there should be a way for users to dig down into the options and in QTX, not just go install another media player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvXtm Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I think a more iPad/iPhone consistent UI to mac will be welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Mac OS X Snow Leopard already features a pretty consistent interface. Beyond iLife / iTunes I have no real complaints in that department anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I want to see the resolution independence that has been promised for the past 3 operating systems. And I'll bet a shiny quarter that it won't actually be done for 10.7, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Wind Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I want. 64-bit kernel by default with 32-bit compatibility. New UI or the ability to easily switch UI skins. Maybe Apple should do what Microsoft is doing with Windows 7. Have themes on their website. I miss the theme switching of OS 9. Tabbed Finder sounds really cool. Also cut and paste in the Finder. It would be easier than copy + paste + delete old file after copy. More system sounds. I really miss the temple sound from OS 9... but I use Sosumi or Submarine. More games besides Chess. I would like a pinball game to come with the computer and a breakout game. And I suck at Chess. Also iLife 10 or whatever is next should come with some kind of Mac Paint. I remember Macintosh was really the first computer to come with paint... and now Windows is the only one that comes with a pain program. If they don't include paint in iLife (which I think it would fit and always come with the computer) they could put it in iWork like they did with Apple Works. Uninstalling of apps that clears out caches and application support files left behind. Seriously I never delete files just by dragging them to the trash. I used to go hunt down the left behind folders and files myself and delete them but now I use AppCleaner. But seriously Apple should make it to were even just dragging to the trash finds those files and deletes them too. I guess thats all. Also the annoying Mail bug since Leopard really should be fixed. You have to turn off idle server to get the new email sound to play and you shouldn't need to. Also the disk utility problem where you fix errors and it still shows them after you check again. Thats all really... my Mac works really good right now and I don't really want Apple to break anything. Support for more video cards would be nice. Mac Pro owners have every right to be pizzled. Apple should let GC makers include Macintosh OS X drivers for their cards on a DVD or something. Also... now that steam is coming to the Mac, Apple needs to be better at keeping up on video cards. Especially in computers like MacBook Pro and iMac. Since you can't change the card you should get the latest you can for the price you pay. Even if they have to do a small bump to the cards every six or so months. iMacs aren't suffering too bad... I mean, that ATi was the only mobile one there when they last bumped them.. then that better one came out. But the MPB has like.. 2 year old cards now? They should have been updated to the same one the iMacs have last year when they added the new battery and stuff. But thats just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 SIPS seems to not have a GUI yet. Wouldn't it be useful to have one? The average OS X user (or even myself for this purpose) doesn't want to ever open the console. The average user doesn't give a damn about image formats either. It's more important for an operating system to make the development of programs that suit a variety of user needs as quick and easy as possible, not necessarily to bundle solutions to those problems pre-packaged. In the case of sips: it's a front end to the exceptionally powerful image tools exposed to developers in Mac OS X. If a workflow/task isn't extremely common then it shouldn't be bundled with the OS because it just gets in the way of those that don't need it. For example: should there also be front ends for shasum, mdls, cvs, etc? In the case of sips you can find it's functionality duplicated in other applications (preview was listed as one example). Quicktime Player exposes some limited video and audio editing/conversion options as well. It is generally Apple's approach to place editing features into the applications that modify or display documents rather than to build graphical applications with one edge-case workflow in mind. I thought flash memory made it safe to plug and unplug at any time, unlike hard drives for instance. No, it doesn't. The type of media the data is written/read from has no impact on the state of applications accessing that data. Imagine if you load an application that reads settings from that external drive. Imagine that application saves settings when you exit by writing them to a file and that it doesn't read it's resources until needed. Removing the drive containing files that application requires can cause all sorts of problems: from trivial data loss (saved settings not being written) to dangerous changes (ie: if a core resource isn't available it may corrupt files read/altered by that application in a way that isn't obvious. The reason you dismount a drive is because it forces the OS to commit all pending writes, and end all current reads. If the OS cannot flush writes and close file handles then it shouldn't allow the device to be unmounted in order to prevent the above errors. If a device becomes unavailable without cleaning dismounting the OS should alert the user because there is a potential for data loss/corruption that they need to be made aware of. The iPhone mounts, syncs, and disconnects automatically. iPods without disk-use enabled behave the same way. If you connect your iPhone and disconnect while it's syncing you can expect an error message. Once the syncing is completed the iPhone is no longer mounted as a drive and so there's no need to dismount it before removing it. If you have an iPod set to allow use as a storage device you'll have to manually dismount it before disconnecting before removing it too because enabling disk use disables the automatic dismount-after-sync functionality. Treating all external drives like iphones (mount, read an index, dismount -- pretend it's still mounted) is less than ideal for a number of reasons, mostly because it requires severe restrictions on the way the device is used in order to remain unobtrusive. Those restrictions would not be possible for general purpose computing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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