Newest known Tiger build: Mac OS X 10.4.3 8F8 - Page 13

RGrphc2 · #97 February 2nd, 2005, 02:27 PM

So is this gonna be the last build before Tiger is released???

Decado · #98 February 2nd, 2005, 04:28 PM

shouldn't there be a beta?
anyway i was just thinking about the fourth GUI-style that has been popping up lately... drum roll... the black-transparent-window-with-white-text-and-a-grey/white-x-in-the-corner-thingy.
First time i saw it was in dashboard. Then all the suddenly it is all over iPhoto05. and now they have changed dashboard and the (beautiful) widget window into a less subtle thing.
i would love if this new "Black Glass"-look was used in a consistent way in tiger.

**fryke** · #99 February 2nd, 2005, 06:11 PM

Well first: No, there's quite certainly going to be a few more builds before release. This is late alpha, early beta we're talking here. Nothing release-ready. And Decado: What do you mean by "shouldn't there be a beta"? There _are_ betas out for ADC members. And no, there's not going to be a public beta version of Tiger.

That 'black glass' look is not per se a fourth look. It's what you get when you Cmd-Tab through your applications in Panther, for example, although a bit darker. Only used for visual overlays.

Decado · #**100** February 2nd, 2005, 07:10 PM

what i meant with "shouldnt there be a beta"?
it was just my way of hinting to RGrphc2 that there probably will be a lot more builds since we are still in alpha. i didnt want to write "there will be a beta" since i'm not the right person to write such a thing since i'm not an ADC member and don't really know. So i choose to phrase it like i did to encourage other people such as yourself to give a more elaborated answer. ok?

but earlier the 'black glass' have just been a divider or something to emphasize the real message or "visual overlays" as you write. Now they are proper windows. well. just a lot of black glass lately. the new video ichat reflects in black glass and the new powerbooks on apples frontpage reflects in black glass.

**fryke** · #**101** February 2nd, 2005, 08:18 PM

ah, okay...(beta). i'm not so sure apple will even DO 8Bxx builds. It seems to me as if they changed the numbering/naming scheme. With Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar and Panther, it was wholly different. The "alpha quality builds" were in the C, D, E, F range already. With Tiger, we've ONLY seen A builds so far - and MUCH higher in numbers. Jaguar Final was 6C115 iirc, and Panther Final was 7B85. So the 'B' is definitely not for 'beta'.

RGrphc2 · #**102** February 2nd, 2005, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fryke

ah, okay...(beta). i'm not so sure apple will even DO 8Bxx builds. It seems to me as if they changed the numbering/naming scheme. With Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar and Panther, it was wholly different. The "alpha quality builds" were in the C, D, E, F range already. With Tiger, we've ONLY seen A builds so far - and MUCH higher in numbers. Jaguar Final was 6C115 iirc, and Panther Final was 7B85. So the 'B' is definitely not for 'beta'.

and this is why i would never be a developer, too damn confusing...for us "normal" folks,

so it's looking like a june release...

Viro · #**103** February 3rd, 2005, 04:17 AM

Developers rarely care about the version scheme. They're more interested in coding

.

**fryke** · #**104** February 3rd, 2005, 06:33 AM

Yeah, imagine someone at Adobe: "I should really get to that new Photoshop filter, but that new Tiger build's build number is really confusing me..."

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Need help logging in to OS X Server	whipsaw	Networking & Compatibility	1	March 8th, 2005 04:32 PM