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Rumor: Snow Leopard screenshots
There's a post up at World Of Apple today with what seems to be screenshots of interface changes in Snow Leopard build 10A261, which was released in February. Nothing major, but nice little improvements.For example, there's a re-designed Keyboard Shortcuts control pane that lets users define shortcuts as easily as restore the defaults. Another cool trick is the "Put Back" button available when browsing the contents of the trash from a Finder window. One click restores a previously doomed file to its former location. A stay of execution, if you will. I think that's pretty neat -- veteran Mac users may remember the similar "Put Away" feature, ?-Y, which has gone missing from Leopard (and Macenstein wants it back).
However, I imagine most people will be more excited about an option to browse nested folders within a stack. The screenshot depicts a stack displayed in grid view, its parent (still in grid view) off in a corner.
Unlike the ridiculous "enhancements" that George Lucas made to the original Star Wars movies, I'm looking forward to the tweaking Leopard will receive with version 10.6.
[Via AppleInsider]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
waiownsyou said 3:09PM on 2-23-2009
Those nested grids look very helpful and productive. I wonder if they did nested stacks.
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mcrider said 3:34PM on 2-23-2009
The trash 'undo' feature only works once (i.e. if you put 2 items in the trash one after another, you can only undo the last item you put in the trash--Each time you select undo, it will take the item from the trash or put it back in the trash), plus other finder actions will supercede the undo functionality. What should be implemented is just a stack of undo/redo actions, as exists in so many other applications.
mcrider said 3:35PM on 2-23-2009
Whoops, that was supposed to be a response to Bob's comment, below.
chrism238 said 3:56PM on 2-23-2009
It would be a shame if the "Put Back" location wasn't remembered for each individual file in the Trash.
Bob said 3:29PM on 2-23-2009
you can always 'undo' sending something to the Trash by invoking Command-Z. or, at least that works for me...
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Howie Isaacks said 5:54PM on 2-23-2009
Me too! What's the big deal? Am I missing something? These screenshots really don't show much that is all that exciting anyway.
robogobo said 6:32PM on 2-23-2009
You can only Command-z the last item you sent to the Trash. Put Back will return any item in the trash to its previous location, even ten items back.
Cycomachead said 1:58AM on 2-24-2009
well, the new system preferences looks neat and the trash feature will be useful if you put something back a month later. Personally I only have a need every once in a while, but people who come from windows do complain sometimes.
Also, most of these screen shots could be faked. And not with photoshop. The video would be harder, though. Personally, I think it's legit but most of it is pretty fake-able.
ian said 3:30PM on 2-23-2009
Have they confirmed a release date yet?
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dagamer34 said 4:42PM on 2-23-2009
No new features in the sense that Time Machine and Spaces are features, but Google Maps integration in Address Book isn't as much.
Devon said 3:37PM on 2-23-2009
I thought they said no new features!
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Randy said 3:38PM on 2-23-2009
Come on Apple, let this thing (and the Nehalem EP mac pro) out already.
I need a new Workstation pronto.
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Lucky said 3:39PM on 2-23-2009
Why is this post called a rumor? It's fact. These are actual images, not mockups.
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robogobo said 6:35PM on 2-23-2009
maybe, maybe not. if you're a developer then you know. the rest of us don't.
Cycomachead said 2:05AM on 2-24-2009
well I'm pretty darn certain their real. ONLY because of the video and system prefs keyboard pane. But 90% of the stuff (particularly the build number) can be edited with a text file and app sizes can be manipulated in many ways.
For instance, if you wanted to fool an app for a screenshot, you could easily zip or delete most of it's internal files. Sure it won't run, but a screenshot?
And that's why they have a video! faked? VERY unlikely! possible: yes
Lucky said 2:11AM on 2-24-2009
Dude. They are real. Period. Yes they can be faked, but they are real. Anyone can do a torrent search and do these screenshots themselves.
Eminemdrdre00 said 3:57PM on 2-23-2009
How can you call a screenshot a rumor? We're all looking at it!
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Peter said 6:44PM on 2-23-2009
Please don't tell me you've never seen a Photoshopped screenshot.
YodaMac said 4:06PM on 2-23-2009
You really prefer that original lame ewok song to the improved "Special Edition" music?.... Don't get me started!
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tcc3 said 4:23PM on 2-25-2009
You will not speak ill of the "jub, jub!" song.
That is all.