Two days ago, I got Kung-Tunes up-and-running on my Powerbook. Today, I installed a pre-release of Panther and knocked it dead. Killed Toast in the process as well: the application doesn't seem to work at all in 10.3. On the plus side, Panther is mucho neato, even with its "I'm so Beta" quirks and the aforementioned neutered apps.
In other news, I got selected as a beta tester for TypePad, the new weblog service from the creators of the ever-so-excellent Movable Type. And as soon as I've got some time, I'll get a new log going with that. Probably a photo log, so I can show off my cool Lomo pics.
In OTHER news, I think I've sweated out about half my body weight in the last week. This heat is knocking me around like a schoolchild, and the site of a perfectly functional air conditioner that's sitting useless on the floor of my dining room because I don't have the stupid frame for mounting it in the window is close to driving me nuts. It's laughing at me, I tell you...
Panther seems right now to be incredibly overpriced and featureless...
I like the window-management features, and it seems a bit faster, but I sure wouldn't pay $129 for it as it currently stands. Of course, it's not done yet...
It seems that Panther is more of an evolutionary software release than the more revolutionary jaguar. It polishes some things and adds slight improvements but is it worth $129? I just can't wait 'till every customer at tekserve asks that question over and over again.
I'm dissapointed that the dock has been left to wither away... it has so much potential but somehow apple can't get their shit together.
It better not be done yet!
What, did they change something on the dock? I didn't notice. Been too busy playing around with the flashy windows.
On another note, can Apple get over the whole brushed-metal look already? I can't tell my iTunes from my Safari from my Finder any more.