Some changes for 10.4

[Cat]

I'd like it to come with Fink and FinkCommander pre-installed or with a usable version of DarwinPorts ... with all the re-compiling going on from X11 to Qt, we might rather see some KDE apps or otherwise some Java ports (like neo-office).
The "native" OpenOffice in 2006 with OS X 10.6 is not something I'm going to wait for ...

[nmm88]

Alright, let me throw something out here. I think apple should work with open office and get it to a good working version in Aqua. Then they should integrate it into 10.4. Sorry, but Apple works sucks on most levels, and open office is a great program. Steve said in the keynote that iLife was MS Office for the rest of your life, so why not get a great office app with the OS (appleworks wont do it) and have OS X be your whole life, without have to pay hundreds for MS software?

[Satcomer]

I would also like Apple FIX the Networking aspects of Panther. Very large networking was broke by Panther. If you do believe then you have not been in a large corporate network environment or haven't been reading the Apple Discussion Boards. 10.2 networking in large environments was SO MUCH EASIER than 10.3s.

Just try to connect to more than 10 servers but have to remember that servers IP address to mount the server so you can download and upload content. The new Finder Network button does not mount servers. It only surfs the server. So try to interact with the server you must mount it via command-k, but know the full server name (which the Finder Network pane DOES NOT TELL YOU).

This is fine in a home network but just try to connect to any of the hundred servers in your company (or college) and see what I mean. You will have to memorize that particular server's IP address or full server name. With hundreds of servers that's a challenge.

Apple please bring back Jaguars networking ability. The Next guys are taking the easy out of the Apple networking. They brought to OS X Panther the Windows style of networking! The old OS 9 Chooser was a way better networking solution.

Edit: This is Apple's instructions on panther networking. However, This page points out the glaring differences in the easiness of Jaguar networking compared to Panther's networking.

[speedfreak]

Make the screensaver option for view my photos randomly thorugh subfolders work again.
A pref pane for internet protocols.
Expose - an option to make one corner cycle thorugh apps. When you see the one you want you move out of the corner. Kind of like command-tab for your mouse.
Mail - when you delete a message delete it from the IMAP server(.mac) automatically(what a pita). A way to archive mail.
Sherlock - a conversion channel - weights, measures, currencies(w/mkt. rates), etc.
iSync - safari history, recent items - docs and apps,

[JohnnyV]

The feature I want most is a 50 dollar price tag.

[Hydroglow]

Really what I would like to see. (since all the iCandy has already been mentioned in this thread I won't repeat it)


1) ReiserFS!!! Or something besides ext3.
2) A way to configure the Darwin kernel to fit my needs.
3) Have the Gentoo portage software built in OS X (when it's done )
4) Have the choice between window managers when booting. Could be something like "Please choose your environment" Aqua, Fluxbox, KDE (damn it would be tight to run OS X apps in another window manager other then Aqua)
5) Better networking support
6) Crypto support
7) Built in prelinking (*nix tool to speed up apps maybe make something like that and run it as a cron at 4am or whatever I know 10.3 has something like that but it only does small files that's not good enough)
8) And lastly a way to use rendezvous to install 10.4 on more then one mac. Kinda like Xcode and compiling apps.

[btoth]

*Fix the "Connect to Server..." back to how it was in Jaguar and fix the network browsing to work much much faster. It's rediculously slow even with a few computers and workgroups and unreliable to boot.

*Remove "File>Duplicate" and replace it with "File>Cut" so that you can actually MOVE a file without 1)having to drag and hold through a million sub folders or Copy & Paste and go back and delete the old file. Who needs duplicate when you can Copy&Paste just as fast?

*Fix the printings... in every web browser on the system, Aqua controls get screwed up when printing or saving as a PDF (essentially the same thing).

*Add a menu to the Apple menu or such that would give you fast access to your programs. I still find that I work slower on my Mac than my PC where I would rather see it the other way around.

*Built-in email checker? So you wouldn't have to have Mail (or another app) running and sucking your memory.

*Better native support for PC mice with multi-buttons.

*A way to change the function key settings on powerbooks to be the other way around so you don't have to use FN to access your F# keys. (How dumb is that! Who designed this thing?)

*True CDRW support.

*A way to show hidden non-system files (like Windows, sorry) or both system and non-system files, depending on what you want to see in the Finder.




Is my list long enough? A lot of little Apple quirks that haven't changed since my System 7 days that still turn up once in a while. I'm sure I'll think of more stuff later. It'd be nice if Apple did read these.

[btoth]

Originally Posted by JohnnyV

The feature I want most is a 50 dollar price tag.

OS X is still cheaper than an upgrade copy of Windows.