Apple: Leopard Security, Leopard Impressions And Leopard Universal Access

This post goes out to an offline friend named Chris. He is one of the few Apple fans out there that isn’t a full on zealot to the “Cult of Apple”. Yes Virginia there are normals out there. So I’ll throw him a bone and post some interesting Leopard news.

Security in Leopard: Ars Technica takes a closer look at the new security features found in OSX 10.5.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/24/examining-the-security-improvements-in-leopard

Leopard Impressions: This article from Mac Rumors has been sitting on the Digg Top 10 long enough for me to read it.. so you know it is a slow day for me then.

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/23/mac-os-x-10-5-leopard-first-impressions/

17 Universal Access Features And More: Neat blog on AT for the Mac. And this article outlines other features in the recent Apple announcement that would also aid those of us who use Magnifier or Voiceover.

http://atmac.org/2007/10/20/leopard-17-universal-access-features-or-more/

OSX 10.5 Only Apps: So how do you deal with App Compatibility? Why you just ignore it of course. I swear I throw a Mighty One Button Mouse at the next Mac Zellet who cries Vista App Compat FUD. Grr..

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/02/list-of-leopard-only-apps-is-growing/

Why things look better when you squint: And we visually impaired people thought it just made us look cool.

http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/070102_squint.html

Office 2007 Review Intro from Windows Super Site: Paul has begun his heroic task to fully review Office 2007. As if he hadn't written enough on Vista. And as good as his reviews are they take some time to write and read. I expect by Easter he should be able to walk away from the keyboard. Then begins Vista Service Pack 1. Until then read his introduction to what I am sure will be a fantastic read over the next month.

http://winsupersite.com/reviews/office2007.asp

OSX 10.5 To Have Native Braille Support!

Those guys at Mac Visionaries must be going nuts about now. Looks like Universal Access gets a Braille upgrade. See a run down of the Jobbs Keynote from Ars Technica below.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060807-7437.html