Tim Pokorny (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} soporificfrog) wrote,@ 2006-08-08 19:04:00 |
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Space for Acknowledgement
I love Apple. I love the look, feel and intangible aspects that you only get from a Mac.
I love the software. Mac OS X is without doubt the best operating system available. I'm a big Linux fan, but it just doesn't come close for useability, polish and general "getting-things-done-ability". It is both a pleasure to work with and it just gets out of your way.
Today, Steve Jobs gave his WWDC keynote, and in typical tradition, announced a whole bunch of stuff. Much of the presentation was devoted to some of the new features in the next version of OS X (Leopard) which is due out next year.
Apple are very good at taking the functionality of a popular 3rd party application, building it into OS X and claiming it as their own. Spaces is the latest example of this. I can't live without virtual desktops and for the last while have been using the awesome Virtue Desktops to get my fix. However, when Leopard is released, chances are I won't need it any more. I'm happy Apple are building this functionality into the core operating system, however, what I don't like is they way they don't acknowledge that it isn't their idea.
They did this with Dashboard. The idea for widgets was out there and implemented LONG before they decided to build it into Tiger, yet, the way they talk about it you would think it is the result of some Apple inspiration. Yes, they take ideas and alter them slightly, adding their own little Apple touch. Yes, they make sure that the functionality of the new features is seamless and in typical Apple style. However, I'd just for once like to see them acknowledge the applications that came before. It doesn't take much, Steve (or whoever) just has to say something like:
"You've probably seen this before in Desktop Manager or Virtue Desktops, well we think it's such a good idea we're building it right into the system"
That's it. It's not hard. Acting like new feature "x" is 100% home grown Apple brain powered when it clearly is not (and everyone in the room knows it isn't) is just a little too "Microsoft" for my liking.
In unrelated news, if you check out the Leopard Dashboard preview video, you'll notice that one of the widget in the early part is displaying a webcam picture of The Remarkables. It is infact from the same webcam as the picture from this post I did a little while ago. It seems like I'm not the only one who likes that place :P
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I love Apple. I love the look, feel and intangible aspects that you only get from a Mac.
I love the software. Mac OS X is without doubt the best operating system available. I'm a big Linux fan, but it just doesn't come close for useability, polish and general "getting-things-done-ability". It is both a pleasure to work with and it just gets out of your way.
Today, Steve Jobs gave his WWDC keynote, and in typical tradition, announced a whole bunch of stuff. Much of the presentation was devoted to some of the new features in the next version of OS X (Leopard) which is due out next year.
Apple are very good at taking the functionality of a popular 3rd party application, building it into OS X and claiming it as their own. Spaces is the latest example of this. I can't live without virtual desktops and for the last while have been using the awesome Virtue Desktops to get my fix. However, when Leopard is released, chances are I won't need it any more. I'm happy Apple are building this functionality into the core operating system, however, what I don't like is they way they don't acknowledge that it isn't their idea.
They did this with Dashboard. The idea for widgets was out there and implemented LONG before they decided to build it into Tiger, yet, the way they talk about it you would think it is the result of some Apple inspiration. Yes, they take ideas and alter them slightly, adding their own little Apple touch. Yes, they make sure that the functionality of the new features is seamless and in typical Apple style. However, I'd just for once like to see them acknowledge the applications that came before. It doesn't take much, Steve (or whoever) just has to say something like:
"You've probably seen this before in Desktop Manager or Virtue Desktops, well we think it's such a good idea we're building it right into the system"
That's it. It's not hard. Acting like new feature "x" is 100% home grown Apple brain powered when it clearly is not (and everyone in the room knows it isn't) is just a little too "Microsoft" for my liking.
In unrelated news, if you check out the Leopard Dashboard preview video, you'll notice that one of the widget in the early part is displaying a webcam picture of The Remarkables. It is infact from the same webcam as the picture from this post I did a little while ago. It seems like I'm not the only one who likes that place :P
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