Nobody thumbs their nose at the competition better than Apple.
And at WWDC, they are making the most of Longhorn’s ever-slipping release schedule with a variety posters at featuring slogans mocking Billy’s new baby. Remember how Apple used .Mac to poke fun at the hopelessly confused .NET at the Jaguar launch? That spirit is back, baby.
These posters remind folks that Apple has today what Microsoft’s Lognhorn will deliver in 2006 at the earliest. There were four: “Redmond, we have a problem,” “Redmond, start your photocopiers,” “This should keep Redmond busy,” and “Introducing Longhorn.” Eat that, you belt-and-suspender wearing Microscum!
New at WWDC: sexy aluminum LCDs and of course OS X.4 Tiger.
Of the Tiger features, the Expos?-enhanced Dashboard and Automator lightweight macro facility seem slickest at first blush. Some think the former is a bit of a ripoff, but it’s really just the return of desk accessories.
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Mozilla pushed two new releases on Monday — the Firefox 0.8 web browser and the Thunderbird 0.5 mail client. I can’t help but think of a certain Clint Eastwood-directed winner when I hear the new name for the browser but, hey, finding good names is tough and it’s fine for those with shorter memories than mine.
All the naming issues are really a side show, though. What’s front and center are the impressive feature sets and high reliability. Even in their pre-1.0 state, these products are better than those offered by a certain monopolist we all know and love. So, get downloading!
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Mozilla isn’t just mature, it’s flat-out wicked. With features like pop-up blocking, spam blocking, and the ability to tame javascript, there’s not much point in looking elsewhere for your browsing and mail needs. With Firebird and Thunderbird on the way, things are just starting to get interesting… Try it!
(Now if Cerulean would finally push Trillian 2 out the door, the stars will be that much closer to aligning.)
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