Phine Solutions web work notes

Pre-ordered Snow Leopard and received it on Friday (the official release day) afternoon via Fedex. For a total order of $29 this is some treatment.

The upgrade was smooth for me. Just pop in the DVD and let it run the course. There are some nice interface tweaks, and not to mention the saved disk space. But a few enhancements that I like the best are:

• Access over local network are much much faster. I have a shared drive in the LAN and it used to be a pain to view large images and QuickTime movie files over the network. After the upgrade, the delay is gone and the video plays smoothly.
• The new QuickTime Player has the video, audio and screen recording built in now. Since my MacBook has the camera and microphone built in, making an video is as conveniently as making a few clicks and start talking.
• The Microsoft Exchange support. Works very well. Enough said.

I’m no Apple fanboy but sometimes I love using Apple product because it provides an “environment”. An environment that has a nice mixture and balance of great design and usability. For us web builders, this is both an influence and inspiration. It helps us, in a subtle way, to make product with good taste and also works.