These screenshots (and the build in general) are probably what we’re going to see in the final shipping OS next month, and I’m excited. Lots of features, lots of eye candy, and lots of solid visual design. Excellent.
^^^click^^^
And check that out — locked/unlocked icons for Wifi signals in the Airport menu dropdown. Cool. I’ve been using the wonderful but $8 Wifind by Tastyapps.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I never knew how much I missed such a simple feature as being able to see which networks were open and which were secured from the menu bar as when I spent almost a year using Xubunu (with Gnome’s Network Manager installed) and then switching back to a Mac for my portable computing. My MacBook is wonderful and a much better experience overall than the ThinkPad A22p and Xubuntu 7.04.
Thanks for the Leopard update link Matt.
Nathan
October 9th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Well I really munged my previous comment. What I said, “My MacBook is wonderful and a much better experience overall than the ThinkPad A22p and Xubuntu 7.04.” and what I mean to add:
Network Manager makes it very easy to see what networks are available and even what the signal strength is with a simple click and glance. While the security status addition to the Airport menu is a nice touch, I wouldn’t mind a wireless strength meter as well. Still a step in the right direction. Thank you Apple.
Please check out this image, direct image below, to view an example of Gnome’s Network Manager:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-tealuxe.png
Link to Network Manager itself–>http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
Nathan