Mac OSX upgrade

**porteous** · February 4th, 2003, 12:05 PM

Well, whatever it's called - what enhancements or additions would you like to see in 10.2.4 - er, 10.3?

**Androo** · February 4th, 2003, 09:50 PM

what can they really add to os x already? i can't think of anything right now. Panther will probably just be faster or something. Maybe they'll fix the dock which screws up a lot on me (i usually have mine hidden with a little bit of magnifacation, but it sometimes freezes and won't magnify and show the app name).

**hulkaros** · February 5th, 2003, 02:55 AM

...like to see in X.3:
-Cocoa Finder A.S.A.P.
-Full Greek support like English (I'm from Greece and the greek support is lacking to say the least)
-Full Dual CPU support across OS and all apps, games, utilities, etc.
-Better Dock
-Better OpenGL support
-Better hardware compatibility (especially scanners and printers)
-Bring back the Themes & Sounds of 9.x.x
-Options to on/off all those graphic options of Aqua and not only change Genie/Scale effects
-Even better networking with Wintels
-Even better networking in general
-Even Faster Quartz graphics
-Better G3 support (!?!?) and older graphics
-Better sound support
-A much better DVD Player
-Full MPEG-4 and ACC support across iApps and system in general
-Better handling of Fonts
-iChat to support ICQ, Yahoo! and M$N

networks
-Full support of X11
-Speech recognision not only in english but other languages as well: For example: Greek

-Upgraded system wide support of newest PDF standards
-Better multisession CD recording via Finder
-Better iApps (at least this will happen anyways but...)
-More games (Chess only?) and apps (painting app for example) which mostly required from Switchers

-One-click launch of apps, games, etc from Finder windows (similar to buttons found in pre-X OS versions) which exists only when you use Simple Finder!
-Faster access to .Mac and iDisk
-Better Java support
-All iApps bundled with OS and not download them separately
-USB2 support (requires hardware but...)
-Better support of icons/pictures previews

And many more things but this is growing big too fast so I have to stop here, for now

Oh, I forgot about this which is a must:
-Faster startup & shutdown times

**toast** · February 5th, 2003, 04:54 AM

As a designer, I yearn for Finder font previewing and managing. ATM and ATR need replacement !

**hulkaros** · February 5th, 2003, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by toast
As a designer, I yearn for Finder font previewing and managing. ATM and ATR need replacement !

...Apple will read you

At least I do!

**twister** · February 5th, 2003, 09:22 AM

I sure hope that i can use my jag update coupons for the next update. I don't want to shell out another crap load of $$. I'd love to go to the Apple store, give them a coupon, and go home happy.

Twister

**fryke** · February 5th, 2003, 09:34 AM

To Hulkaros' Suggestions...

-Cocoa Finder A.S.A.P.

Hmm... Why? The Finder's okay, it being Carbon doesn't make it bad right now. Too much work to 'emulate' the current Finder with a Cocoa version.

-Full Dual CPU support across OS and all apps, games, utilities, etc.

*cough*. All APIs are there. Apps, Games, Utilities: Tell the maker to update or rewrite them.

-Better Dock

Better is always good.

-Better hardware compatibility (especially scanners and printers)

But hopefully not by AGAIN changing driver toolkits. It's the third party makers' fault they don't deliver drivers. Apple can't do much here.

-Bring back the Themes & Sounds of 9.x.x

Or... not. There are themes aplenty and you can get sound effects via some utility. Apple should rather cover more important things.

-Options to on/off all those graphic options of Aqua and not only change Genie/Scale effects

THAT one I second.

-Better G3 support (!?!?) and older graphics

Guess it won't happen...

-Full support of X11

Apple's on it, but I don't think it'll be included in the system so soon.

-Upgraded system wide support of newest PDF standards

I don't think Adobe has made the standard available freely in newer versions.

-More games (Chess only?) and apps (painting app for example) which mostly required from Switchers

Again, I think Apple should concentrate on the important stuff.

-Faster access to .Mac and iDisk

What about getting a faster network connection? .Mac and iDisk is fast.

**twister** · February 5th, 2003, 09:41 AM

Labels. In the finder and in Mail. I know i can buy them for the finder but i want them back for free.

Also i right click a lot and for some reason i get stuck on OPEN a lot. If i highlight 100 files and right click, then go down to move to trash, it'll stop on open for a few seconds. I hate that.