Brian Sweeting

I’ve pre-ordered Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger from Amazon.com and it should be arriving soon. The features I look forward to most are Spotlight, Dashboard, and Automator…in that order.

Spotlight

I think Spotlight is going to be the biggest change in my everyday computer use. I always find myself needing to search for things (other than just files) from a single interface. The introduction of Spotlight is only the beginning, in the future there should be some cool ways of extending this functionality.

Dashboard

Dashboard consists of widgets: mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information. With a single click, Dashboard appears, complete with widgets that bring you a world of information — real-time weather, stock tickers, flight information and more — instantly. Dashboard disappears just as easily, so you can get back to what you were doing. Since these widgets are just javascript, html, & css, I’m looking forward to developing a few of my own.

Automator

Automator allows you to create workflows to accomplish repetitive tasks. This is really going to put the power of AppleScript into the hands of the masses.