OS X 10.5.8, Leopard, has the following useful characteristics:ġ) it allows 64-bit data, so apps written for it can process massive data sets when used with 64-bit capable processors Ģ) it comes on optical media, and is both easily installed and duplicated ģ) it is beginning to receive support from the user community (as opposed to Apple) for the bugs Apple left in it (console messages in error with cron operations, anyone? - not anymore)Ĥ) it supports a wider range of available drivers than either Snow Leopard or Lion (or presumably, any of their successors) ĥ) it supports PPC emulation, consequently doesn't obsolete all those years of software, as does Lion Ħ) Apple updates for Leopard that don't implement the problems of Snow Leopard and Lion are available as files ħ) Most responsible developers still support Leopard (it's still used by ~30% of the installed base)Ĩ) The more people use Leopard, the healthier the OS X software community will beĩ) No sandboxing - straight up access according to user permissions. It's also abhorrent to geeks because they fear lock-in although personally I think it's difficult to imagine lock-in in an internet connected world where the first feature users ask of their software is easy sharing. This seems much more intuitive to normal people and works well with sandboxing. The data stays in the app where you "left it" until you explicitely export it in some way. Arguably Apple already does this with iTunes and iPhoto which are backed by folders but folders you never need to go into because you access your data through the apps. Another solution is to keep data tied to an app. Apple also does this with Spotlight, its system wide search. Part of this is solved by search, like Gmail does: don't sort your mail, just search it. As in: a stack of papers on my desk ("it's in here somewhere") and a stack of files on their desktop. We are catagorizers, we think in trees and hierarchies, normal people just use stacks. People who do this all say the same thing: it's convenient, they know where the files are and don't have to think about it.
SANDBOX SOFTWARE FOR MAC WINDOWS
The fact that they had to create an automatic desktop cleanup wizard for Windows speaks volumes. Just go look at some Windows users in the wild.
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