[Ghoser777]

Originally posted by Emotionally Fragile Luke:
I want that Mouse tutorial back and written in Cocoa. You know the one that makes you pick up the container of fish food and feed the goldfish. That would definitely push Apple?s market share up to 8.86% overnight!

YES! YES! YES! That tutorial was so much fun... wasn't there a part where you dragged a tire around or something? Oh the memories!

God I'm old,
Matt Fahrenbacher

[kovacs]

Originally posted by Ghoser777:
YES! YES! YES! That tutorial was so much fun... wasn't there a part where you dragged a tire around or something? Oh the memories!

God I'm old,
Matt Fahrenbacher

Hehe those where the days, I still have my macintosh classic with all the floppy's ...

[kybernaut]

What about menus an scroll bars that immediately respond to mouse action? That would be a cool feature

[BuonRotto]

Another idea:

saved search criteria, or better yet, "smart" searches or "smart" project folders akin to iTunes' playlist features. I think chronological organization is important to add/improve to the Finder. Also, improving the current search field and Find features of the Finder is important. I'd rather see behavior sort of like iTunes when it is set to browse: you have columns with the results of the browsing/search just below it in a list (with alternate line shading) instead of creating new windows, etc.

[Simon Mundy]

Originally posted by BuonRotto:
Another idea:

saved search criteria, or better yet, "smart" searches or "smart" project folders akin to iTunes' playlist features. I think chronological organization is important to add/improve to the Finder. Also, improving the current search field and Find features of the Finder is important. I'd rather see behavior sort of like iTunes when it is set to browse: you have columns with the results of the browsing/search just below it in a list (with alternate line shading) instead of creating new windows, etc.

That'd be lovely! And if it took advantage of the Aqua animation capabilities, it could automatically shrink/expand smoothly as you found search results or cleared your last search. That would not only look cool, but be very intuitive and space-saving.

[clarkgoble]

At this stage I think the UI is just fine. Perhaps a few minor refinements, but that's it. The big issues are things like a vastly improved Finder with proper multithreading, a better thought out UI for Open/Save dialogs, and a better thought out UI for reducing windows. There are still lots of places OSX is immature. Changing pinstripes ought to be very far down on the list of improvements.

[Catfish_Man]

I think that saved search thing could be done with applescript. IIRC, you could attach a script that ran a search for the folder's name (MP3, for example) when you opened it.

[undotwa]

Appearance wise all I really want is this:

A full fledged Appearance control panel.

In /System/Library/Appearance/ (Appearance folder is added automatically to each user in the library including /Library)

three folders:

Desktop Pictures (System Desktop Pictures)
Textures (default pinstripe and brush metal texture seperated into two files)

Two files:
System Resources.rsrc (basically Extras.rsrc renamed. Contains a basic light grey texture with aqua widgets. The grey texture is masked with a PDF texture of your choice from any of the Textures folders which you have access to.)
System Icons.rsrc (contains all the icons)

Interchangable textures (imagine a polished oak instead of brush metal, drool, or glass instead of pinstripes... different combinations for System Texture (ie pinstripe look) and Alternate Application Texture (basically brush metal).

Also for widgets and textures, have the ability to change the hue from a slider.

And all windows are to be draggable by clicking on an empty space or static text.

[marky_boy]

1) the ability to have mounted network drives dismount after 5 minutes if the connection is lost, ie you have disconnected from the office network and plugged into the home network.....(instead of fSucking my tiBook and forcing a cold boot )

2) Saved logout states would be handy (like XP does)

3) an built in proper SMB Browser kinda like this

4) More Snapiness?

other than that im happy with X

[clebin]

Originally posted by marky_boy:
1) the ability to have mounted network drives dismount after 5 minutes if the connection is lost, ie you have disconnected from the office network and plugged into the home network.....(instead of fSucking my tiBook and forcing a cold boot )

It shouldn't fsck your Mac, even for 5 minutes. Hopefully 3rd time lucky for the Finder in 10.3....

Chris

[moonmonkey]

Changing pinstripes ought to be very far down on the list of improvements. [/B]

This man talks sense.

[rworne]

Originally posted by clebin:
* Developer Tool to allow people/groups to create their own MacOS X localisations for minority languages...

Yes! I always wanted to compute in Klingon!

[goose]

Multiple desktops. Finally. [if true]
Save state on logout? So this will be something like the "switch user" capability of WindowsXP?

Any idea on when 10.3 is due?

[Moose]

Originally posted by undotwa:

And all windows are to be draggable by clicking on an empty space or static text.

So you want to break marquee and text selection in all applications?

Okay.

Idiot.

[gregpins]

One seemingly simple thing I would like: put the "Empty Trash" menu item into the Apple Menu. It's kind of annoying to have to click into the Finder to empty trash and then back into whatever app you were working in.

[Moose]

Originally posted by gregpins:
One seemingly simple thing I would like: put the "Empty Trash" menu item into the Apple Menu. It's kind of annoying to have to click into the Finder to empty trash and then back into whatever app you were working in.

Ctrl-click the dock icon. You *did* leave it in the dock, didn't you?

[gregpins]

Originally posted by Moose:
Ctrl-click the dock icon. You *did* leave it in the dock, didn't you?

Actually I didn't (I use DragThing and keep it in a drawer), but that's a good reason to leave it in the dock. Thanks.

[Mr Scruff]

1. Improved performance

2. Fix the network instability. Particularly the problem of hanging the machine if the network goes away.

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
I just through I revisit and see what I got right.


I know im greedy but this is what I want.....

Safari shipped as default browser, IE also included- YES
Keynote preview included on CD- NO
Journaling option added to the installer-YES
VCD support added to DVD player- YES (quicktime player)
GUI Scripting added to Applescript - YES
Virtual Multiple Desktops- Expose is a better idea
X11 Included in the developer tools-YES (included in standard OS)
Clock option on login screen- NO
Software Update logs externally applied updates- YES
Application specific volume control (from the system preferences)- NO
The ability to have a customizable toolbar on Brushed Metal apps- YES
Safari Rendering engine integrated into sherlock, mail and help viewer-YES
Text Edit 1.3 (New toolbar icons, customizable toolbar)-YES
Inkwell 1.1 (Accuracy increased)-YES
Icon Picker (system wide access from all apps, including finder get info, mail, address book, ichat, login prefs)-YES
Pantone references in Color Picker-NO
Log out with save state (like VPC)-YES (user switching)
Text To Speech 2 (2 New voices,"Woody" and "Jessie" Licensed from Babel Technologies)-YES one new voice
Dock 2.0 (Drag items into Sub Folders, reposition and pin by dragging separator, Badged warning signs to indicate application status.- NO
The dock automatically updates minimised windows like websites, in the same way that quicktime movies play.- NO

Finder enhancements:
Click and half spring loaded folders-NO
Safari bookmarks included in 'Go menu'- NO
Improved threading (i.e. a finder open dialog does not dominate the finder)- NO
Automatic placement of Library files, i.e. screeneffects, Fonts, iTunes plug-ins- YES
Show view options added to contextual menu- NO
Contextual menu "Help" option does a search for the item you clicked on in the help viewer.-NO
Spell checking service in Finder- NO
Pop up windows in finder-NO
More interface sounds- YES
Clipping refinements-NO
Setting for 1,2 or 3 line file names in Finder preferences- NO
Toolbar icons are file type specific, i.e. select an image file and image specific options become available, select a disk and eject becomes available, these are customizable in the customize toolbar dialog.- NO
Folder actions in Contextual menus- YES
Copy Dialogs are smaller and can be minimised to the dock while still clearly showing progress. - NO

[JKT]

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
The dock automatically updates minimised windows like websites, in the same way that quicktime movies play.- NO

This has been possible since 10.0 - it is the app that has to be coded to utilise the feature.

OmniWeb, for example, has always done this with its minimised windows.

[Gavin]

This was a good thread to dredge up. Lots of good speculation and ideas.

Now that we know what's in and what's out we can start the wish list for 10.4

[blackbird_1.0]

I also want Satellite internet access to work with macs -and not via the bulls--t pc network method!

beb, i know directway now offers satellite internet for macs now, saw the commercial last night on tv

[iPond317]

Originally posted by blackbird_1.0:
beb, i know directway now offers satellite internet for macs now, saw the commercial last night on tv

Yep, and we offer it at RadioShack, so stop in and check it out!

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by JKT:
This has been possible since 10.0 - it is the app that has to be coded to utilise the feature.

OmniWeb, for example, has always done this with its minimised windows.

Ah.
Safari and finder should be updated to do this.

[ryaxnb]

Originally posted by awaspaas:
Hey, I've got an idea - how about we bring back cooperative multitasking, extension conflicts, and the "bomb" errors too?? Time to start living beyond 1997 I'm afraid!

*puts on flame-proof asbestos suit*

(agrees)

[SMacTech]

Originally posted by Gavin:
This was a good thread to dredge up. Lots of good speculation and ideas.

Now that we know what's in and what's out we can start the wish list for 10.4

10.4 = free of charge update and 300 new features.