These little birdies just keep sending me stuff. First it was screenshots of the as yet unreleased SlingPlayer, and now I find some screenshots of the most recent Leopard build (the next version of OS X). As you can see above previewing files in the Finder has gotten an overhaul, with text files previewing text in their icon (sweet, but mostly useless unless your icons are really big, like in this screenshot).
Read on for a few more tidbits.
Here's a look at iCal's new look:
IE 7 was just released by Microsoft, and one of the biggest new features, other than tabs, is the anti-phishing measures. Looks like Safari 3 will also have 'em:
A close up of the dialog box:
Another suspicious website
And another close up of the warning:
Finally, a look at the new layout of Parental Controls:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
10-19-2006 @ 10:09AM
okron said...
Why does the Safari 3 anti-phishing dialogue box say "**Google** has identified this webpage as fraudulent..."
Just asking.
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10-19-2006 @ 10:20AM
will said...
Yeah and who knew eBay was a fraud? lol
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10-19-2006 @ 10:24AM
F.H. said...
It is rumored that Google blacklist databases are used for this feature...
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10-19-2006 @ 10:26AM
Josh said...
That is not the real eBay site. It's a phishing site
that looks real so that people will be fooled and enter personal information in it.
One way to tell is that the IP address is
right after the http://. No real site does that (or should).
It looks like Apple is using Google's anti-phishing directory, which is why it says "Google has identified".
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10-19-2006 @ 10:27AM
Guram said...
May be....
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10-19-2006 @ 10:28AM
okron said...
Interesting that Apple will (might) acknowledge that in the app's dialogue boxes. Not their style...
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10-19-2006 @ 10:40AM
mroach said...
When I first read that "Try to limit access to adult websites" in my head it sounded like checking that box would only allow you to access adult websites. :)
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10-19-2006 @ 10:46AM
Zack Kitzmiller said...
First off...
@ 2, You're the one that the phishers love. You can VERY clearly see that the URL up there isn't ebay's. but a IP address.
Also, does anyone else notice how, Windows-esque that blue box in iCal looks?
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10-19-2006 @ 10:50AM
James said...
I'm really digging the new look of iCal, hopefully the Safari and Finder teams will take note and follow suit... The white plastic/metal look is so fresh and modern. Very nice...
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10-19-2006 @ 10:50AM
Nathan Ziarek said...
I like the little page curl to the images/movies. iCal just looks like they switched it from Brushed to Unified -- no great shakes there.
The anti-phising stuff looks interesting. The scammers are becoming pretty savvy, so its nice that Safari can look out for things you might not ordinarily notice (wasn't there some way to actually make the Address *look* like "http://www.ebay.com" but be different? I thought it had something to do with unicode characters, IDN support...something)
I'm still waiting for the visual wow. With CoreAnimation, I'm expecting some "wobbly windows" and maybe some other new hotness. Vista is an interesting beast, and Leopard needs to be just as awe inspiring while feeling more polished. That's a tough task.
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10-19-2006 @ 10:51AM
Jasper said...
What's that in the right corner of the iCal-window, next to the silver-button?
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10-19-2006 @ 10:55AM
Dan said...
Applications -> Dictionary:
Search: fraudulent
(I know what "fraudulent" means, but I would go with a word even a 10-year old knows. I'd work in "Identity Theft" also because the media seems to cover it every five seconds.)
Good on Apple for working on this. I'd like to believe Mac users are more savvy, but it's probably naïve to think so.
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10-19-2006 @ 11:00AM
Josh said...
#12...With Apple's current sales spike, more and more "novices" are getting Macs because they don't want to deal with the problems that Windows has, and they can get lulled into a false sense of security. True there aren't viruses and malware like Windows, but phishing is OS agnostic and many grandmother's don't understand that.
The more Macs users there are, the more the user pool becomes polluted. Might need some chlorine.
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10-19-2006 @ 11:05AM
blufire said...
Google has a service that indentifies fradulent sites (the public service search). It was rumored that Apple is partnering with Google to integrate that security measure, and it appears that the rumors were true. eBay isn't a fraud, but many phishers create sites and emails that look like eBay's in order to get eBay user information from unsuspecting net surfers.
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10-19-2006 @ 11:07AM
Jasper said...
Still wondering about the text in the right corner of iCal, seems to read something like 'USU Central'. And it seems to be a dropdown-menu, but in a place where doesn't suppose to be one. Maybe it's related to Spaces?
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10-19-2006 @ 11:12AM
mingistech said...
I can't wait till MacWorld this January. I'm sure Steve will show off all "Top Secret" features in Leopard he was hinting about. :)
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10-19-2006 @ 11:14AM
Gandhi said...
Josh: "The more Macs users there are, the more the user pool becomes polluted. Might need some chlorine."
As a recent switcher, I feel so welcomed to the Mac community reading that quote. Hopefully you drink some chlorine straight from the bottle, Josh :)
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10-19-2006 @ 11:14AM
Zack Kitzmiller said...
#14, It turns out I never use week view. Apologies for my ignorance.
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10-19-2006 @ 11:26AM
Mike said...
why? because its blue?
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10-19-2006 @ 11:33AM
Ashley said...
The item in the upper right corner of iCal is the drop-down to select what timezone to use for the calendar's events.
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