iLife and Tabbed Apps?

[Ashley Aitken]

Hi Steve (et al.),

On 14/06/2007, at 2:10 AM, steve harley wrote:

> they whom i call Ashley Aitken wrote:
>> If it was going to be a part of OSX I assume Steve would have  
>> mentioned it at WWDC (just like he mentioned the new Desktop,  
>> Finder, ... all of which are hardly developer related).  As I  
>> mentioned, I suspect they are just waiting on the new spreadsheet app
>
> it sounds like you're conflating iLife and iWork;

Yes, sorry my mistake, I always do that for some reason (probably  
lack of sleep ;-).

> i don't see a lot of incentive for rolling the iWork apps into the  
> OS; the cost is low enough that it's not a big barrier for those  
> who'd actually use the apps, and i doubt inclusion in the OS would  
> speed Office's diminishment

I agree.

(Previously) I thought there was a slim (low) chance of Apple  
including iLife in MacOSX but I never really thought they would  
include iWork.

> otoh, iLife is in a funny position; since it comes with the  
> machine, it feels like part of the OS package, but then it costs  
> extra at upgrade time; i think Apple uses it as a hardware purchase  
> incentive -- if you want the iLife upgrade, and are considering a  
> hardware upgrade, having the next version of iLife included with  
> the machine looks like a discount on the machine's price; thus  
> Apple probably times iLife releases in part to help bump hardware  
> sales; i could save a little cash, though, if iPhoto were rolled  
> into the same "free" category as iTunes (realistically, i never  
> find time to use iMovie, iDVD or GarageBand)

Again, I agree (with the hardware purchase incentive).

In the last 12 months I have used iMovie and iDVD quite a bit (mostly  
for an in-law's wedding) and was quite impressed (after I worked  
things out).

Finally, what do you think about tabbed apps?  Do you think other  
multi-document apps could benefit from having (the option) of tabs?   
I think Finder could (PathFinder does) ...

Cheers,
Ashley.

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Ashley Aitken
Perth, Western Australia
mrhatken at mac dot com
Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)