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OS Wishlist; Two Small Conceptual Steps Forward
There were some who were disappointed with the new OS X when it was released saying it wasn't revolutionary enough - that it was time for the 3-D interface and a completely new way to navigate our files. Unfortunately these people are probably gamers -- and wrong.
Average (and most professional) people still use computers to do things like write emails and documents, listen to music, surf the internet, and play with some interactive media. Things like spotlight are actually useful to that end, as well as many other minor refinements that really add polish to features that we are all accustomed to and even quite good at using by this point.
I think 10.4 brings the current concept of a computer UI near full realization and now there are only a few items to add to make it nearly perfect for what it claims to be and do:
- Address Book History: It would be great to be able to take a vCard and click "archive" and have a dated copy made before changing an address, last name, or phone number. I was recently applying for something and could not, for the life of me, remember my previous address and with my paper address book gone I would have had to dig into my taxes from 4 years ago.
- System-wide decible control: You've got it in iTunes; that fun little feature that smooths out the volume on all of your different songs so they play at the same level. Now apply that system wide so that you don't get blasted out by web Flash videos, or have to tweak 3 or more volume controls to get a consistent user experience (speaker knob, keyboard controls, application controls if they exist).
Posted by Aaron R. Deutsch on May 25, 2005 9:31 AM