I love Apple as much as the next guy, but it seems to me that Apple’s latest upgrade to OS X, Tiger, isn’t filled with as much innovation as we’ve come to expect (especially since Apple was bashing Microsoft in banners posted throughout WWDC).
It’s new features basically copy some third-party utilities that have been around for awhile. Granted, the implementation might be a little cleaner, since it is built into the OS (hello bloat!), but the actual ideas have been around awhile.
Two of the greatest “features” in Tiger include:- Spotlight a.k.a. Launchbar
- Dashboard a.k.a. Konfabulator (who takes a nice stab at Apple on their front page)
However, XCode 2 looks good, and the RSS reader integration in Safari also looks pretty clean.
I am also digging the refinements to the menu bar and classic ‘Pinstripe’ GUI elements (not metal). They look a bit more smooth.
The new displays look very nice, though.
