Briefly: WWDC invite hints at continued Leopard focus; tix on sale
A digital invite distributed to Mac OS X developers this week offers additional evidence that Apple's June Worldwide Developers Conference will feature ongoing discussion of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
The invite reads "Save the date," and depicts a calendar window within Apple's forthcoming Time Machine backup software -- one of the major enhancements slated to ship as part of Leopard.
Overnight, Apple also began accepting ticket orders for the conference. Those who register for the event early save $300 per ticket. A standalone ticket to the 5-day conference costs $1295, while a "buy four, get one free" 5-pack sells for $5180.
Apple is also offering package deals that include membership to the Apple Developer Connection (ADC). A WWDC ticket and "Select" ADC membership runs $1695, while a "Premier" membership includes access to WWDC for $3500.
Included with each ADC Premier or Select membership is the Leopard Early Start Kit, which provides exclusive advance access to a complete set of development resource to help developers deliver applications for the next major release of Mac OS X, including pre-release versions of Leopard.
The invite reads "Save the date," and depicts a calendar window within Apple's forthcoming Time Machine backup software -- one of the major enhancements slated to ship as part of Leopard.
Overnight, Apple also began accepting ticket orders for the conference. Those who register for the event early save $300 per ticket. A standalone ticket to the 5-day conference costs $1295, while a "buy four, get one free" 5-pack sells for $5180.
Apple is also offering package deals that include membership to the Apple Developer Connection (ADC). A WWDC ticket and "Select" ADC membership runs $1695, while a "Premier" membership includes access to WWDC for $3500.
Included with each ADC Premier or Select membership is the Leopard Early Start Kit, which provides exclusive advance access to a complete set of development resource to help developers deliver applications for the next major release of Mac OS X, including pre-release versions of Leopard.
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Could this be the "new" look of Leopard windows? Or am I just reading too much into this?
Discuss.
Those calendar pagers might be indicative of something, but I doubt it's the new look of windows in Leopard. There is zero functional reason to give windows the appearance of being slightly concave and lots of reasons why you wouldn't want to do that.
beveled as a click-area for window resizing using all four edges?
Very well spotted! That could be it! Otherwise I do not see any need for such a relatively thick bevel. Hmmm...
On the downside, by the wording of things, Leopard will be finished/released at WWDC or slightly thereafter. That's another 5 months.
What we heard from beta test reports trickling in December/January Leopard did not feel close to being done yet. So a June release seems more likely from that point of view as well.
If Apple really wants to go head to head against Vista, they'd better make extra sure that OS X 10.5 is rock-solid. A bug-ridden release too early could very well spoil the whole thing. Which is another reason why a June release seems more likely.
It's just an ad...
A digital invite distributed to Mac OS X developers this week offers additional evidence that Apple's June Worldwide Developers Conference will feature ongoing discussion of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
No shit Sherlock.
It's just an ad...
Sometimes an ad is just an ad...
Then again, Apple know that these things are scrutinized and often use them to convey more than just the obvious info. In hindsight, it will all be clear. Until then, we have 5 months to muddy things like crazy!
The windows shown have a similar but very different feel when compared to current brushed metal and unified windows in OS X Tiger windows and Leopard preview windows. Note the beveled edges, the rounded corners, the feel that the contents of the window are sunken in a bit, etc. Some have speculated that Apple is completely re-doing the UI in Leopard and they point to the lack of major changes to some apps, especially Finder, as evidence of this.
Could this be the "new" look of Leopard windows? Or am I just reading too much into this?
Disciss.
I think you're on to something. It does look similar to iTunes 7, which features the "Illuminous" UI. Perhaps this will be seen in Leopard.
I think you're on to something. It does look similar to iTunes 7, which features the "Illuminous" UI.
I don't believe the rumored "Illuminous" will even look remotely like iTunes 7...
I'm expecting big changes for the leopard UI, way more than changed scrollbar-colours.
For that reason alone I hope apple takes all the time it needs to get it perfect.
Even though I was hoping for leopard to appear before may so I could get it with the macbook I plan on buying before a conference I go to in may, I am pretty convinced by now WWDC will be the release-event.
What, it ain't gonna be ready for release in June?
You'll see heads on pikes in front of Steve's office and job openings for software engineers and programmers.