Tiger, tiger, burning bright ....

[Rhisiart]

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

OK, I am coming around to liking Tiger. But DASHBOARD????

Bling, bling, burning bright ... but are you really necessary?

A case of gilding the lily?

[Esquilinho]

well… not reeeaally necessary… but practical!
For me it's more like a sort of quick browser. Instead of having to open the browser, type an address, choose some stuff from the page to get the info I want, I have it all on Dashboard!
Like if I want to know the weather forecast, just type F12! Or what's on TV tonight: F12… well and choose the channel from the menu

[Rhisiart]

Originally Posted by Esquilinho

well… not reeeaally necessary… but practical!
For me it's more like a sort of quick browser. Instead of having to open the browser, type an address, choose some stuff from the page to get the info I want, I have it all on Dashboard!
Like if I want to know the weather forecast, just type F12! Or what's on TV tonight: F12… well and choose the channel from the menu

Maybe, just maybe, I might one day change my mind.....

[Esquilinho]

yes, maybe when Leopard comes with the ability of creating new widgets easily from any web page

[Rhisiart]

Originally Posted by Esquilinho

yes, maybe when Leopard comes with the ability of creating new widgets easily from any web page

Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard ....

What do you thing the next four updgrades will be called?

Lion?
Cougar?
Cheetah?
Feral Cat?

[symphonix]

My Dashboard, it does hold for me,
Information I need instantly,
My address book and calculator,
TV guide and language translator.

My eBay auctions it does watch,
And several stickes take up spots,
I can see how hot is my CPU,
And the weather forecast for tomorrow too.

Add to that a dictionary,
And those are the widgets used by me.
What I once thought was eye candy,
Has proven indispensible to me.

[fryke]

We have probably had _that_ discussion a hundred times.

10.0 *was* Cheetah. Puma 10.1, Jaguar 10.2, Panther 10.3, Tiger 10.4 and Leopard's going to be 10.5, of course. Now... Before Leopard, the feeling was that the cats would have to become wilder/bigger/better or something like that. But clearly, a Tiger's a much bigger cat than the Leopard... I think "Lion" will be one they'll still use until we hit 11 (and I personally guess we _will_ see a bigger change after 10.9, although Apple *could* make a 10.10 and 10.11), Cougar maybe... I don't know. Maybe they'll surprise us with "Cobra" at 10.7 and claim its "more than 200 new features" were enough to change the theme of codenames..?

(obviously I'm not answering Symphonix' poem here... Saw your post too late.)

[symphonix]

Originally Posted by rhisiart

Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard ....

What do you thing the next four updgrades will be called?

Lion?
Cougar?
Cheetah?
Feral Cat?

After Leopard, the point-release in which Apple introduces their tablet-Mac will be called "Snow Leopard". The last Mac OS 10 release will be called "Lion". Then rumour has it that Mac OS XI will ditch the GUI completely in favour of a text-based interface, and will be codenamed "Lynx".

It will be around the point of Mac OS 11.1, "Congolese Spotted Lion", that Apple's marketing directors will say "Nah, forget the cat names, guys. Lets just call it 'eleven-point-one'"