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BOOM! over and over again

The next 48 hours are going to be sooooo slow ....

I agree! I hear the song in my head over and over again.....

BOOM! Here comes the BOOM!

Wow, that was amazing! They shipped the Mac 30 years ago! At the same time as the Apple II. Boy, that was some real innovation!!

hm... wow... im pumped! are you?

Off to my second interview with apple wish me luck

Ok...do I have a "problem" and need therapy if I took off of work monday just to watch a live update feed of the keynote from my MacBook pro?

Cool factor notwithstanding animation can be incredibly annoying. Dancing hamsters? Animated gif vomit everywhere on amateur web pages? Heaven forbid there should be any empty spaces. That animated opening and closing non-stop mailbox was a crime against humanity. Even subtle animation can be distracting especially if it's repetitive.

Here are some examples:
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Off switch, please. Or better yet, animations that are UI tested and useful.

here come the chairs!

"Off to my second interview with apple smile wish me luck"

I certainly hope it's a corporate job and not retail.

@Alice. I hope you get it Alice!

I'm smoking hot for Leopard - RELEASE THE CATS!!

Good luck, Alice. I would love to work for the mothership!

No, smackman. The feed is your therapy. Just get a Mac-using doctor to write a note for you!
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WWJD? (What would Jobs do?)

Something that Apple (and probably a lot of us Mac users) have known for some time. Animation, aka Eye Candy,aka visual feedback is actually supremely useful. Small magnification in the dock for extra feedback on cursor position. Animating closing windows to show where they went. Spinning beachballs etc.

Cool! Can't wait to see the REAL Leopard power.
I will be sitting in from my MBPro to witness the LIVE coverage of WWDC Keynote from Asia!

I think Apple's going to intentionally take OS X places they know Microsoft can't easily take Windows.

JESUS, I HOPE APPLE DOESNT DO ANYTHING RIDICULOUS LIKE THIS TO THE INTERFACE. Keep the interface USABLE, not FLASHY & IN YOUR FACE. Time Machine is barely usable because it pays more attention to animation than functionality. STOP IT, APPLE!

Well.... Does this mean.... The Vista Aero interface will be already obsolete when Apple release Leopard?

WOW !!!!!!!!!

If you want me to read your articles, get that animated brunette off my screen.

She makes me worry that if she took a deep breath there won't be enough air for the rest of us.

MacBill, I am also scared to death. Although Core Animation provides amazing capabilities, in the wrong hands this could spell disaster. Let's hope Apple defines some clear guidelines on how to use animation in applications.

SO NOW WTF?

I was so used to the security and stability of OS 9 and PowerPC processors, then Steve Jobs goes and upsets everything by using inferior Intel chips and a flashy, insecure interface.

I don't need no stinking EFI, no Mac OS X or flashy glitzy stuff. Everything for me worked JUST FINE, all this glitzy kids stuff hasn't added anything to the usefulness of the personal computer.

It's doing the same darn thing only it's GRAPHICY FEATURE BLOATED TO ALL HELL!!!

Heck Pagemaker and Adobe Illustrator 2.0 runs faster on my MacSE than present versions types my iMac G5.

BRING BACK OS 9!

MDW: Period!

Yes I'm crazy.

That sounds awesome. I imagine that the finder and other UI will enjoy an update from this technology too. The downside is that, since MS doesn't have anything like this, the really big companies that make apps for both platforms (read: Adobe) will remain stale.

MacGrumpy.... the 80s are calling you...

The thing I noticed about the new iPhone ads is that Apple is FINALLY showing what Mac OS X looks like and what it can do. Granted, it's shrunk down to the iPhone screen, but the masses are probably seeing the Mac UI for the firs time.

Imagine if Apple actually made a commercial that was about the Leopard UI running on a full featured Mac... I can dream, can't I?

... and while we're on the subject of UI, when is Apple going to bring back sound sets?

@Wingsy
What the crap are you talking about? What animated brunette?

I think Core Animation sounds really sweet. I just hope we aren't getting all excited for the "revolutionary" look of iTunes without the blue gel.

Boy I hope interfaces don't go crazy with animation. I don't want to 'watch' my computer, I need to do work on it!! Too much visual busy-ness is a very bad thing. Notice how OS X 10.00 looked really glossy and had those lines on everything, and now the UI is much flatter and solid colored; visual interface and readability are not changeable, they must be legible all the time.

Maybe the Core Animation explains why Microsoft showed their new table surface interface, they were in a hurry to show off something or anything related to what could rip some hair out of Leopard.

Back in late 90's we were playing with the SmartBoards and thinking how cool it would be to be able to use couple of pens at the same time. The problem was that computers were designed only for one mouse. Some of the geeks were saying that a new multilayered interface system is needed, it would be burried deep in the OS and would change how we use computers. It would be a bit like replacing the steering wheel of the car. Maybe Apple is up to something, and what is that talk about expanding universe?

Big deal. Vista already has this--and another thing you Mac lemmings wish you had: GAMES! Nice try, Apple.

Your potential. Our passion.

grifterus: The Vista Aero interface is already obsolete.

"...likely to give the world..."
"...could herald the biggest changes..."
"...will probably show off Leopard..."
"...perhaps the most important feature..."
"...Some developers think..."
....you know...the writers could get me roused with their coulds and likelys ...they could likely be in for a surprise, themselves ...they could be furry, reclusive and anatomically abhorrent ...they could be. I think Charleton Heston said it best ..."get your hands off me you damn dirty ape." thank you, thank you all to hell ..but seriously, I could just cry.

Zune Tang, buy a Mac and run your VISTAROID alongside Tiger.
I bet you won't be in Vista for long. It'll just be your secret. Just don't drool, and nobody will know.
The Games issue yet again...is that all you have left...should we call you Red Zune Tang now? The odds of people spending real amounts of time on multiple games are very low, not to mention
the fact that most people use a Playstation to get their fix.
C'mon Red Zune, you can do better than this.

I hope developers use constraint. Otherwise Mac OS could end up looking like a bad Flash site.

BOOM, BOOM, incredible, one more thing...

Somehow I doubt that, as cool as Core Animation may be, it will really usher in the "biggest UI change in 30 years."

At least not on the desktop. Now its role in the iPhone, on the other hand...

The "animation" in Core Animation is not hampsters dancing, nor is it some "shoot the rapper" flash crap. It relates more to the effects in the iTunes ad where small cards, each displaying its own video are displayed in a 3D environment and the user can select a card and then (with animation effects) interact with the card while it is playing the video. The power is the developer doesn't have to do any of the coding, Core Animation just does it automatically, all they need to do is set a flag or variable when creating the application.

The Leopard overview available in iTunes for several months actually shows a lot of the CA in action and that is indeed fscking cool

MacGrumpy:

You forgot "And you kids! GET OFF MY LAWN!"



I still keep an original iMac DV on my desk. I'll give it up when I stop breathing.

I'm sure Apple will make any or at least most animations added USEFUL and not bloat. There may be one or two things that will surely annoy some, but most I'm sure will do just fine with it. I hope they give use good options to turn off individual animations for what we don't want. Apple waited to see Redmond's hand first and then waited for the Vista dust (primary ingredient of Vista's OS actually) to settle first. Can't wait to see what they will unleash

That's not the real Zune Tang

S Ballmer only has very few hair strands left......I'm sure even those will be gone come october.

@No Squirt For You:

Um, instead of webpagesthatsuck.com, did you actually mean to say "99% of the pages on MySpace"?

This animation isn't something to fear. It's not dancing monkeys or rhinos or whatever. It's going to be animation like life. (To animate is to give life.)

when you open a door it moves. When you go down stairs you move. To turn on water the handle moves from one position through many intermediate states very quickly to the other position.

Right now computers are too jerky. Click a button and a screen suddenly just appears. Click another button and a screen suddenly disappears.

Core animation will be 90% background, but it will make your brain very happy.

We don't have to worry about overuse of Core Animation. The Mac using public will decide which apps use it effectively.

An Apple pundit from a while back said "crap does not survive on the Mac platform". I still believe this is true.

Woody: 99%? That's too generous.

Is core animation not just the codename for multi-touch for the mac?

New imas with touch-screens in october??

Nice post anti-creative cretin. So true!

I can't wait to see what Uncle Steve brings us tomorrow in Leopard. I sense big things!!!

It's like Christmas in June!