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Panther goodies

Lots of interesting tips and tricks for Panther are showing up on the web now that it’s been out a few days. Some of the niftier ones I’ve run across so far:

  • The Exposé blob (an on-screen trigger for the Exposé effect).
  • SIPS (Scriptable Image Processing System — Panther-specific command line image processing similar to ImageMagick or NetPBM).
  • System-wide inline text autocompletion.
  • When you hit command-tab to bring up the application list, you can choose which application to switch to with the mouse as well as with the keyboard.
  • Exposè is usable during a drag (start to drag a file from a visible window, invoke Exposè to find the target window, then drop the file into the target window).
  • Easily find special characters (accents, math functions, currency symbols, etc.) by choosing Edit > Special Characters… in any application.
  • Choosing your desktop picture now ties directly into your iPhoto library.
  • Lots of high-powered upgrades to the text services engine, giving us professional level typography options by default.

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By Michael Hanscom
October 26, 2003

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  1. jim said
    on October 27, 2003

    couple of things more to add: 1) you can hide or quit when you select the apps when you command-tab by pressing (H) or (Q) upon selection 2) selection as you said, can be done by the mouse…and also the scroll on your mouse (if u use them) 3) text shadows in Safari using CSS - very cool

    yummy yummy … still need to explore…:)

  2. jim said
    on October 27, 2003

    oh lurve the black (panther) look…

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