Potential confirmation of BT Mice/Keyboards in Panther
For those running the panther preview...
Check out /System/Library/CoreServices/BezelUI/Images/
These are the png files the os uses to show the bezel stuff, changing volume, etcera, but there are new ones there -
kbdConnect.png
kbdDisconnect.png
mouseConnect.png
mouseDisconnect.png
Seems to point directly to having keyboard and mouse that can be connected and disconnected - says bluetooth to me, what do you all think?
Check out /System/Library/CoreServices/BezelUI/Images/
These are the png files the os uses to show the bezel stuff, changing volume, etcera, but there are new ones there -
kbdConnect.png
kbdDisconnect.png
mouseConnect.png
mouseDisconnect.png
Seems to point directly to having keyboard and mouse that can be connected and disconnected - says bluetooth to me, what do you all think?
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The plot thickens! Are the images there? If so, will you post them?
Originally posted by splatcollision
Seems to point directly to having keyboard and mouse that can be connected and disconnected - says bluetooth to me, what do you all think?
Umm, the current keyboard and mouse can be connected and disconnected. Am I missing something?
Umm, the current keyboard and mouse can be connected and disconnected. Am I missing something?
Well, I probably should have been more clear - the images are just stand-ins - They just say "Mouse Connected Image" and "Keyboard Connected Image", with text on the rounded square shape that all the bezel images use. That's why they caught my attention. Of course any current wired mouse/keyboard can be disconnected, but why would you need any particular visual feedback/notification that you just unplugged or plugged in something, when you probably just did it yourself? With BT, it's not as obvious that the connection was made...
I'll see about posting them, becuase they are stand-ins, there's nothing really to see...
Also, checking on Jaguar from home, the BezelUI folder isn't in CoreServices like in Panther, in fact, I can't find any reference to those files or that folder at all in my Jag system folder.
(also found how to change the label names in panther, should that get a new topic? Haven't found how to change the colors though...)
Yet so far, the evidence points to a less abstracted scheme. Certainly, feedback would be most useful for wireless peripherals. Yet, the place holder names in themselves don't lead me to suspect BT mice.
"New USB connection: Human Interface Device"
Yeah, those of us who dont have windows on the brain call that A MOUSE.
Originally posted by splatcollision
True, it's possible this does not necessarily confirm the connection will be bluetooth, but i've a hard time thinking of what else it could be... Any suggestions would be great.
It could simply be an alert that the mouse and keyboard are disconnected and/or actually connected and recognized, like how the eject bezel icon confirms the action. Imagine scenarios where the mouse accidentally becomes disconnected, or where a user can't necessarily tell if the USB plug is in all the way, or the mouse doesn't seem to be working. This would alert the user that the computer can't "see" a mouse or whatever.
Originally posted by Ryyo
BT or not, at least it's better than winXP's
"New USB connection: Human Interface Device"
Yeah, those of us who dont have windows on the brain call that A MOUSE.
heh...but it says that for all HID's ()
the odd thing is that it tells u an apple mouse is connected if you connect one but they couldn't figure to make it say that...go figure
if no dock, I think the keyboard would attach to a firewire 400 plug (either plugged in to your machine or your wall [when your computer is off] with the same firewire power adapter that came with the original iPod) and the mouse will have a way to attach directly to the keyboard (magnets with magnetic field recharging, male-female port mating, etc) to save a cable.
how else could they do it?