Leopard’s Evolution To Date…
This post will be edited until Apple’s official release. Ground Rules: I am under NDA with Apple as a developer and will only point to that which is posted elsewhere and comment on THAT. However, I’d highly recommend becoming an ADC Select developer. You’ll get in on all the early goodness, get discounts that easily pay for the membership AND you’ll save a good deal of time roaming about trying to make sense of the latest gossip 🙂
That said, please bookmark this page. It’s going to morph into the best single spot you’ll find regarding Leopard’s GUI as time rolls on.
LINKS
- Apple’s Official Leopard start page – A good early primer on what’s up at Apple with their next gen OS.
- Apple’s Leopard Developer Center – If you’re as hooked as a lot of us… THAT link is indispensable. Behind the login is an AWESOME display of content from WWDC06: Full sessions; the mini-keynotes; the whole shooting match. VERY NICE!
- A bit less glamorous but worthwhile is the Leopard Developer Application Technologies Overview. Probably nothing you didn’t already know… just a little more detail before you have to pony up and spend some $ to see the show.
- Technorati link for apple AND leopard results (good for an RSS feed anyway)
- 9A321 Developer release link (Technorati feed)
- 9A326 Internal release link (Technorati feed)
- DIGG and Leopard
ILLUMINOUS – As of 12/10 I hadn’t heard boo about “Illuminous”. Apparently MacShrine and MacGazette are reporting their respective angles on a supposed new GUI of Leopard and have either dubbed it Illuminous themselves or are privvy to some code name we’ve not really heard of yet. I’ve downloaded both of the developer seeds and will not give credence to either of these reports that an Illuminous GUI appears in the build. However, Macshrine’s subsequent posting might be of interest.
SIGHTINGS
- MacRumors Leopard page are appear to be sporting pics from previous builds. There might be more coming (or not).
- Less of a sighting and more of a yearning… There was nothing of note regarding Leopard at the MWSF07 show. Instead, the iPhone and iTV dominated stage center. And, despite my “Tuesday” release predictions… there was no new Developer seed during MWSF. Odd.
EMERGING “FEATURES”?
Mr. Jobs’ keynote tipped us off that we weren’t going to see all the neat new bells and whistles at WWDC06. There were a lot! But, we were left with the sense, “There’s definitely more you’re not seeing…” I’m endorsing/expressing/implying ZERO warranty of the tidbits below. Yes, there are a LOT of speculations out there. Yes, I’m editorializing by cherry picking and not posting them all. Still… I make no claim to the validity.
- iChat answering machine
- Looks like XAR is going to be coming. Interesting…
- ZFS is an on again, off again rumored deal. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
- DVD Player may sport some nifty new UI.
gWHIZ 
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