Yesterday’s Feature Presentation took a look at the new Front Row in Leopard, which provides a simple, media-center like way to view your music, your TV shows, your movies, your podcasts, your photo slideshows, and your DVDs, things that you could already do just fine with already built-in apps on your computer like iTunes, iPhoto, and DVD Player. Although I did lavish praise yesterday on the new Front Row for being a lot better than the old Front Row, the mere fact that these applications already exist and already work with the Apple Remote really means that the Front Row’s simpler interface and mind-boggling graphics are the only thing keeping it from fading into non-importance. Indeed, in the case of DVDs, Leopard’s DVD Player includes numerous new features that probably help to rank it among the most advanced DVD players out there.
Continue reading »

Tags: chapters, DVD Player, entertainment, features, full screen, Leopard Feature Presentation, Mac OS X Leopard, movies, review

WriteRoom is a very interesting application that’s based on the very simple idea that when you’re working on getting a document done, your computer can be very distracting. It seeks to rectify this issue by creating a full-screen writing area reminiscent of the commandline computers of the good ole days, where you can focus on just what you’re writing about free from any distraction. In fact, just to give it the ultimate test, I’m writing this review in WriteRoom right now.
Continue reading »

Tags: full screen, Mac, plug-in, review, Software, text editing