WWDC 2007

Phate · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:04

Justin said:
Started!

Am I the only one who would actually suck a golf ball through a garden hose to see this live? or a live video feed?

J1234 · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:05

Phate said:
Am I the only one who would actually suck a golf ball through a garden hose to see this live? or a live video feed?

Nope ~I would too, but the write up on Mac Rumours is very good.

Edit: Apple store is down.

Phate · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:09

Justin said:
Nope ~I would too, but the write up on Mac Rumours is very good.

Edit: Apple store is down.

Engadget is doing really well, god Ryan Block must be a fast typer

Squarehed · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:11

EA games on the macs... I thought Apple prided themselves on the fact their stuff just works

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:13

someone in games forum was saying a few days ago

All I want is BF2142 for mac.

Shouts "july mate!"

VaderDSL · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:13

Oh GTFO with the harry potter rubbish lol

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:13

Phate said:
Am I the only one who would actually suck a golf ball through a garden hose to see this live? or a live video feed?

Yeah theres no point. It will be on the apple site later tonight.

Chaos · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:14

Will the stream from the wwdc be on apples site tonight or does it usuallyl take a day or 2 to appear ?

Edit: fstop read my mind.

Squarehed · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:16

Oh dear, looks like after this conference i will have no excuse other than my bank balance not to buy a mac... Me wants

. id's new thing sounds good.

Phate · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:18

Fstop11 said:
Yeah theres no point. It will be on the apple site later tonight.

Yeah but I wanna watch it NOW

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:20

cant wait for the new user interface of the finder. It was very limted before.

JonB · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:22

10 New features being shown.

Feature number one -- one we haven't shown. Leopard has a new desktop." Looks the same so far!

10:19AM - "It looks something like this..." Basically the same, but some transparency, doesn't use the blue desktop designs. "We've got a menu-bar that adapts itself to whatever photo you put behind it. It has a new menu-bar, new dock, and something new to help us clean up our desktop... something called Stacks." Applause. "We've been told we've had all these different looks over the years -- we've got a consistent new look. We've also got a new prominent front-window."

Phate · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:24

"Feature number one -- one we haven't shown. Leopard has a new desktop." Looks the same so far!

10:19AM - "It looks something like this..." Basically the same, but some transparency, doesn't use the blue desktop designs. "We've got a menu-bar that adapts itself to whatever photo you put behind it. It has a new menu-bar, new dock, and something new to help us clean up our desktop... something called Stacks." Applause. "We've been told we've had all these different looks over the years -- we've got a consistent new look. We've also got a new prominent front-window."

WOOT!!!!

JonB · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:26

10:20AM - "Stacks are simply folders in the dock that allow you rapid access to the dock that come out as a fan or as a grid. The instant way to get contents of your folder. What we're doing is in addition to any folder you put there, we're gonna put a folder there called downloads -- one of the reasons our desktops are so cluttered is because of downloads! We're putting that downloads folder as a Stack in the dock. This is the new desktop for Leopard... what I'd love to do is show it to you." Demo time!

10:22AM - Some nice icon reflections and transparencies... very sexy stuff. "I've got my stacks over here... movies, applications, and if I want to play a movie I just go play a movie." Yes, yes you do, Steve. Play that movie. He's playing the new iPhone commercial. "I assume you've seen that."

10:23AM - Opening PDFs directly from stacks, "It's that easy to keep stuff organized. You can even use this as an app launcher." Shows it in slow-mo -- ha! "All these features use core-animation to make it very, very easy."

JonB · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:27

New finder!!!

10:24AM - Doing a plug on Disney resort in Paris -- "You push this thing right here, it downloads into my download stack, boom, and there it is." Demo over. "Second of ten features: new Finder!" Huge applause.

10:27 am one click to see just stuff from today
10:27 am New side bar has search built-in, populated with "smart searches" that can be customized by the user.
10:26 am Works just like iTunes - view any folder contents this way
10:26 am "Back to my Mac" - share even when not on the same local network

New view button in finder for Cover Flow
10:25 am Reviewing so far:
1) New Desktop
2) New Finder

sidebar, search other Macs & Servers with Spotlight
easy to browse shared computers

Phate · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:27

new finder!!!!

c'mon!

J1234 · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:36

He's only on new feature number 3 and it's truly amazing.

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:39

everything looks good so far - i really like the quick search in the finder for shared files on other computers

JonB · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:39

10:34AM - "So that gives you a feel for the new Finder in Leopard." Applause. "Easily share other computers, Cover Flow built right into the finder, I think you're going to really like it. It's great. Number three: we call it Quick Look, and it's great. It lets you instantly preview files without opening applications. You want to see what's in a file -- you don't want to open an application. It works with all the popular filetypes, and if you've got a doc type that doesn't work, it's a plugin model so you can easily add it." Wow, we dig this too. These features are way better than last WWDC's things... ToDos? Ha.

10:35AM - Demoing Quick Look.

10:37AM - "I can look at Word docs -- anything I want to do. Full-screen previews. I can rapidly examine these things. That is Quick Look. A great companion to the Finder and other apps. Number four: Leopard is 64-bit top to bottom. Not only does it have 64-bit underpinnings in Unix, but we've taken it all the way up through Cocoa. This is the first time 64-bit will be mainstream in the PC world. One version of Leopard will run 32-bit and 64-bit apps side-by-side. We do NOT have two versions of Leopard. And that's why this is going to be the first time 64-bit goes mainstream. It's very very cool." Demo time. "It's a shootout between 32-bit and 64-bit... this app is going to load in a giant photo."

JonB · 11 Jun 2007 at 18:41

10:37 am Feature #4 - Leopard is 64-bit from top to bottom

10:39AM - Loading a 4GB LoC image, over a billion pixels. The 64-bit app just jumped right up, the 32-bit app was far slower. Steve zooms waaaay in -- everyone is oohing and aahing. Running white balance -- it's going 2-3x as fast as the 32-bit version.

10:40AM - "Just a simple app that shows the benefit of having 64-bit... there you have it, 81s... we're seeing a real need for 64-bit, we're hearing it a lot more and more from the professional arts. We're hoping this is going to really help all those people. Almost every computer we ship is 64-bit capable, this is going to run great on almost every app we ship. Number five: Core animation." They discussed this last year. "It's automatic animation -- tremendous high production value to your applications."