You've probably all seen the new iPod touch. (http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/)
You've probably all seen the coverflow for finder.(http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/finder.html?)
You've probably all seen QuickLook. (http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/quicklook.html)
Well. I posted a while ago on my blog about what I'd like to see happen with future releases of OSX.
I want to see a mode that is similar to Front Row, but for the actual OS. It would have a graphical layout of your current location and using the touchscreen technology it would allow you to select where you want to go. Previously visited locations that haven't been quit would be displayed as little icons or little windows on the side/top/bottom and files could be dragged to them like normal. The files would be scrolled through with cover flow and different viewing options would be shown up at the top (ex - in iTunes it would have something like: Artist, Song, Genre [those types of things], in iPhoto it would have something like: Date, Album, Roll [you get my point]). Also, the quick look would allow you to see the file before its opened, much like Leopard will already do.
It would be cool if this were an additional "mode" similar to how Front Row is, so there could be a more traditional GUI as well, for people that don't like this. Or if it were possible to expose(the fancy accented e thing should be here cuz I mean the OSX expose.. not expose as in to reveal something lol) the windows or move them away with the f keys like you can now which would show a normal desktop or drop area and then it would go back to this Front Row/Coverflow/Touchscreen thing. The dock would be useful to keep in this mode as well.
Anyway. I can picture it in my head but I can't explain it well.
Add your insights and we'll work out any bugs with my plan and add new features and make a really cool OS for Mac to sell to us lol.
Pee Ess - This would work best on an iMac. It would also work on their laptops. Desktops like the MacPro and the Mini would suffer because you'd have to purchase a special Apple monitor for touch screen ability. This is likely why we wouldn't see Apple go this route right away. Not until they can market their monitors (both external monitors and the touch screen ones that would have to be put into the laptops and iMacs) at a lower price. It would likely be too expensive to do anytime soon but I'm thinking the next 7 yearsish perhaps we'll hear more about this. Maybe before. Who knows what they've got cooked up.
Anyway. I'm out for real now.
You've probably all seen the coverflow for finder.(http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/finder.html?)
You've probably all seen QuickLook. (http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/quicklook.html)
Well. I posted a while ago on my blog about what I'd like to see happen with future releases of OSX.
I want to see a mode that is similar to Front Row, but for the actual OS. It would have a graphical layout of your current location and using the touchscreen technology it would allow you to select where you want to go. Previously visited locations that haven't been quit would be displayed as little icons or little windows on the side/top/bottom and files could be dragged to them like normal. The files would be scrolled through with cover flow and different viewing options would be shown up at the top (ex - in iTunes it would have something like: Artist, Song, Genre [those types of things], in iPhoto it would have something like: Date, Album, Roll [you get my point]). Also, the quick look would allow you to see the file before its opened, much like Leopard will already do.
It would be cool if this were an additional "mode" similar to how Front Row is, so there could be a more traditional GUI as well, for people that don't like this. Or if it were possible to expose(the fancy accented e thing should be here cuz I mean the OSX expose.. not expose as in to reveal something lol) the windows or move them away with the f keys like you can now which would show a normal desktop or drop area and then it would go back to this Front Row/Coverflow/Touchscreen thing. The dock would be useful to keep in this mode as well.
Anyway. I can picture it in my head but I can't explain it well.
Add your insights and we'll work out any bugs with my plan and add new features and make a really cool OS for Mac to sell to us lol.
Pee Ess - This would work best on an iMac. It would also work on their laptops. Desktops like the MacPro and the Mini would suffer because you'd have to purchase a special Apple monitor for touch screen ability. This is likely why we wouldn't see Apple go this route right away. Not until they can market their monitors (both external monitors and the touch screen ones that would have to be put into the laptops and iMacs) at a lower price. It would likely be too expensive to do anytime soon but I'm thinking the next 7 yearsish perhaps we'll hear more about this. Maybe before. Who knows what they've got cooked up.
Anyway. I'm out for real now.