Comments on: Coverflow in the Finder: More Evidence the Mac Touch is Coming? http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: application acceleration http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-152691 application acceleration Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:07:16 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-152691 <strong>application acceleration...</strong> We already saw the Diamond and Omnia in action and you’ re free to replay the game here. The Diamond surely has a few things to offer over the Omnia (VGA screen, smaller size, 3D acceleration, and magnetic stylus) but it also has its issues here and ... application acceleration…

We already saw the Diamond and Omnia in action and you’ re free to replay the game here. The Diamond surely has a few things to offer over the Omnia (VGA screen, smaller size, 3D acceleration, and magnetic stylus) but it also has its issues here and …

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]]> By: Gyula Bognar http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-22311 Gyula Bognar Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:39:25 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-22311 Interesting and intriguing, yet priorities would make a touch screen tablet Mac much less appealing, than a Mac of any kind having an OS able to run simultaneously four operating systems in Expose & Spaces. Just to list so we have no misunderstanding, Mac OSX, Linux, Windows (if still desired) and Unix. Since Intel has and will have Quad Processors, developing a software to run four OS at the same time would be a small step toward switching Windows users immediately, but a giant leap in cornering the market on the long run. Interesting and intriguing, yet priorities would make a touch screen tablet Mac much less appealing, than a Mac of any kind having an OS able to run simultaneously four operating systems in Expose & Spaces. Just to list so we have no misunderstanding, Mac OSX, Linux, Windows (if still desired) and Unix.

Since Intel has and will have Quad Processors, developing a software to run four OS at the same time would be a small step toward switching Windows users immediately, but a giant leap in cornering the market on the long run.

]]> By: Darcy Fitzpatrick http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21870 Darcy Fitzpatrick Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:36:17 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21870 If the Mac Touch drops (and it will), it won't be as a replacement for anything currently in the Mac family. It will be a new addition, fulfilling a specific need: ultra portable media and data consumption, with the built in ability for casual input. The Mac Touch will not try to push input as its primary function. Consider the way Quick Look has captured the hearts and minds of the people. No one's complaining that its not a fully functional replacement for the application normally associated with the files it can preview. The difference with the Mac Touch is that it will enable you to compose and edit documents, it just wouldn't be your primary tool for doing so. Desktops are powerful but in no way portable. Notebooks are great, but who really wants to lug one around with them everywhere they go? The Mac Touch will fill that space, putting a computer at your fingertips anytime, anyplace. Not to replace your other computers, but to fill the hole that they can't. If the Mac Touch drops (and it will), it won’t be as a replacement for anything currently in the Mac family. It will be a new addition, fulfilling a specific need: ultra portable media and data consumption, with the built in ability for casual input. The Mac Touch will not try to push input as its primary function.

Consider the way Quick Look has captured the hearts and minds of the people. No one’s complaining that its not a fully functional replacement for the application normally associated with the files it can preview. The difference with the Mac Touch is that it will enable you to compose and edit documents, it just wouldn’t be your primary tool for doing so.

Desktops are powerful but in no way portable. Notebooks are great, but who really wants to lug one around with them everywhere they go? The Mac Touch will fill that space, putting a computer at your fingertips anytime, anyplace. Not to replace your other computers, but to fill the hole that they can’t.

]]> By: ziggybop http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21855 ziggybop Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:36:16 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21855 Jobs said it at the "D" conference. Dramatic changes in the UI have to happen a step at a time. Just look at the fuss over square corners, blue Dock dots, folder icons, etc. People don't like change. Apple could do a new UI in the iPhone as it's not really a "computer" and can start out successfully with a limited set of functions. The multi-touch conventions for a desktop UI still have to be developed (how do you do cut & paste?), and be introduced slowly. I believe we'll eventually see a Apple developed, Wacom style, tablet replacing the mouse and maybe the keyboard. Jobs said it at the “D” conference. Dramatic changes in the UI have to happen a step at a time. Just look at the fuss over square corners, blue Dock dots, folder icons, etc. People don’t like change.

Apple could do a new UI in the iPhone as it’s not really a “computer” and can start out successfully with a limited set of functions. The multi-touch conventions for a desktop UI still have to be developed (how do you do cut & paste?), and be introduced slowly.

I believe we’ll eventually see a Apple developed, Wacom style, tablet replacing the mouse and maybe the keyboard.

]]> By: Sebastien Arbogast http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21848 Sebastien Arbogast Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:07:16 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21848 Does your arm hurt when you write or draw with a pen on a notebook. Of course we're not talking about a desktop here... Does your arm hurt when you write or draw with a pen on a notebook. Of course we’re not talking about a desktop here…

]]> By: Matt J http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21835 Matt J Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:15:46 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21835 Try something. Pretend your monitor is a touchscreen. Pretend to do stuff with your fingers on the screen for a few minutes. How long does it take for the pain in your arms to make it impossible? Try something. Pretend your monitor is a touchscreen. Pretend to do stuff with your fingers on the screen for a few minutes. How long does it take for the pain in your arms to make it impossible?

]]> By: Sebastien Arbogast http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21815 Sebastien Arbogast Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:15:25 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21815 I totally agree about the Time Machine switch. It seemed weird to me at first look. I don't even see one single reason why this activation switch was not implemented with a check box, like it's the case for parental control for example. And there is one other thing that makes me... think. Have you guys heard of BumpTop? It's been around for at least one year, it's got the Apple touch and we've heard no news about it recently. Don't you think that Apple acquired them and is preparing that feature for Leopard on Mac Touch? That would be awesome. That and a good handwriting recognition technology, and a Nokia-like touch-feedback screen. Oh my... I totally agree about the Time Machine switch. It seemed weird to me at first look. I don’t even see one single reason why this activation switch was not implemented with a check box, like it’s the case for parental control for example.
And there is one other thing that makes me… think. Have you guys heard of BumpTop? It’s been around for at least one year, it’s got the Apple touch and we’ve heard no news about it recently. Don’t you think that Apple acquired them and is preparing that feature for Leopard on Mac Touch? That would be awesome. That and a good handwriting recognition technology, and a Nokia-like touch-feedback screen. Oh my…

]]> By: Arjun Muralidharan http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-21804 Arjun Muralidharan Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:06:12 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/11/09/coverflow-in-the-finder-more-evidence-the-mac-touch-is-coming/#comment-21804 Brilliant thoughts. Take stacks for example, it reduces the amount of clicks (or taps) needed to access a file. It would actually make sense on a touch mac. Really, OS X isn't the big problem here, I think it is very adaptable. What really stumps me is 1) What the input will be (maybe the purported keyboard that'll raise it's keys when needed). 2) When this is coming. By the way rumors are going, I don't see what else Steve would announce at MacWorld. Then if it does get announced at MWSF2008, will it be released soon enough so I don't go crazy waiting? Brilliant thoughts.

Take stacks for example, it reduces the amount of clicks (or taps) needed to access a file. It would actually make sense on a touch mac.

Really, OS X isn’t the big problem here, I think it is very adaptable. What really stumps me is

1) What the input will be (maybe the purported keyboard that’ll raise it’s keys when needed).

2) When this is coming. By the way rumors are going, I don’t see what else Steve would announce at MacWorld.

Then if it does get announced at MWSF2008, will it be released soon enough so I don’t go crazy waiting?

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