Comments on: Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:47:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tech News » Blog Archive » Linkpost | 6.24.2008 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10685 Tech News » Blog Archive » Linkpost | 6.24.2008 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:49:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10685 [...] Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard — In an OS that’s not going to have a lot of new features, most are under the [...] [...] Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard — In an OS that’s not going to have a lot of new features, most are under the [...]

]]> By: Ten New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard | Apple Times Online http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10648 Ten New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard | Apple Times Online Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10648 [...] Read More [...] [...] Read More [...]

]]> By: In Defense of Vista and the Challenges Facing Windows 7 | computerization http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10628 In Defense of Vista and the Challenges Facing Windows 7 | computerization Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:27:25 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10628 [...] announced Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6. You can read more about the feature list in Snow Leopard at Roughly Drafted. What’s most interesting to me is that Steve Jobs specifically said that the features are for [...] [...] announced Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6. You can read more about the feature list in Snow Leopard at Roughly Drafted. What’s most interesting to me is that Steve Jobs specifically said that the features are for [...]

]]> By: John Robbins' Blog : In Defense of Vista and the Challenges Facing Windows 7 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10473 John Robbins' Blog : In Defense of Vista and the Challenges Facing Windows 7 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:20:50 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10473 [...] announced Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6. You can read more about the feature list in Snow Leopard at Roughly Drafted. What's most interesting to me is that Steve Jobs specifically said that the features are for [...] [...] announced Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6. You can read more about the feature list in Snow Leopard at Roughly Drafted. What’s most interesting to me is that Steve Jobs specifically said that the features are for [...]

]]> By: nextcode:ch » snow leopard http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10363 nextcode:ch » snow leopard Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:53:36 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10363 [...] http://www.roughlydrafted.com/ [...] [...] http://www.roughlydrafted.com/ [...]

]]> By: BitStories 2008-06-27: Intel and Vista, Firefox 3, Snow Leopard, SSDs, FriendFeed, and More at Josh Bancroft’s TinyScreenfuls.com http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10284 BitStories 2008-06-27: Intel and Vista, Firefox 3, Snow Leopard, SSDs, FriendFeed, and More at Josh Bancroft’s TinyScreenfuls.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:26 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10284 [...] Snow Leopard news - GrandCentral, OpenCL, LLVM, and smaller app footprints. [...] [...] Snow Leopard news - GrandCentral, OpenCL, LLVM, and smaller app footprints. [...]

]]> By: OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard | Lionstarrs Linux Blog http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10223 OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard | Lionstarrs Linux Blog Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:22:20 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10223 [...] Änderungen, die nicht groß angekündigt worden sind, finden sich z.B. bei RoughlyDrafted. Die Seite nennt z.B. ZFS Untersützung, oder auch eine neue Version von CUPS, der [...] [...] Änderungen, die nicht groß angekündigt worden sind, finden sich z.B. bei RoughlyDrafted. Die Seite nennt z.B. ZFS Untersützung, oder auch eine neue Version von CUPS, der [...]

]]> By: technichristian.net » Blog Archive » Solving The Mystery Of Snow Leopard’s Shrinking Apps http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10168 technichristian.net » Blog Archive » Solving The Mystery Of Snow Leopard’s Shrinking Apps Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:21:45 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10168 [...] to a report earlier this week pointing out that many of the applications in early builds of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard are dramatically smaller in size, a number of developers have weighed in to explain where all those [...] [...] to a report earlier this week pointing out that many of the applications in early builds of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard are dramatically smaller in size, a number of developers have weighed in to explain where all those [...]

]]> By: hylas http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10060 hylas Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:21:57 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10060 ... Not to hurt myself thinking, Apple will keep a parallel PPC build anyway - couldn't they have the installer identify the processor an install accordingly? Remember "best of both worlds"?, maybe fat binaries that are smart enough to be discriminating? http://wapedia.mobi/en/Fat_binary It's not like it's a chore for Apple, it's just a choice. … Not to hurt myself thinking, Apple will keep a parallel PPC build anyway - couldn’t they have the installer identify the processor an install accordingly?
Remember “best of both worlds”?, maybe fat binaries that are smart enough to be discriminating?

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Fat_binary

It’s not like it’s a chore for Apple, it’s just a choice.

]]> By: LunaticSX http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/06/23/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/#comment-10033 LunaticSX Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:12:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=1972#comment-10033 It'd be really interesting to see "on the fly" localization: Install software with some languages enabled initially, and then later on install other languages INTO the software, on the fly and over the Internet, from within the software itself. Right now I think you only way you can do it (at least in most cases) is to reinstall the software from scratch. Similarly, it'd be interesting to see "on the fly" DE-installation of pieces of software you don't need. With a combination of those two things built in to the OS, you also wouldn't need to install those tons of things like printer and other drivers like PPDs that always get installed "just in case" you might hook up that particular brand of printer or input device. Yes, there's already a level of on the fly printer driver installation built-in--but why does the OS install still have to throw so many printer driver files and PPDs on my hard drive in the first place?? Similarly, when you stop using a particular printer you could tell the OS to chuck the driver for it, instead of keeping it around on your disk "just in case" you might hook up to it again. Ideally, the OS would keep track of exactly what versions of files you had installed once before, and if or when you want to re-install them in the future it could give you the option of using exactly the same version you had installed before, or a newer version that's since become available. If you only need to do a quick job once, you might then opt for using the older version that you KNEW worked, rather than an untried newer version. It’d be really interesting to see “on the fly” localization: Install software with some languages enabled initially, and then later on install other languages INTO the software, on the fly and over the Internet, from within the software itself. Right now I think you only way you can do it (at least in most cases) is to reinstall the software from scratch.

Similarly, it’d be interesting to see “on the fly” DE-installation of pieces of software you don’t need.

With a combination of those two things built in to the OS, you also wouldn’t need to install those tons of things like printer and other drivers like PPDs that always get installed “just in case” you might hook up that particular brand of printer or input device.

Yes, there’s already a level of on the fly printer driver installation built-in–but why does the OS install still have to throw so many printer driver files and PPDs on my hard drive in the first place??

Similarly, when you stop using a particular printer you could tell the OS to chuck the driver for it, instead of keeping it around on your disk “just in case” you might hook up to it again.

Ideally, the OS would keep track of exactly what versions of files you had installed once before, and if or when you want to re-install them in the future it could give you the option of using exactly the same version you had installed before, or a newer version that’s since become available. If you only need to do a quick job once, you might then opt for using the older version that you KNEW worked, rather than an untried newer version.

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