A new beta of the Chax plugin for iChat has just been released, and with it comes the one feature from Adium that I truly miss: a Unified Contact List!
Also new is the inclusion of a unified contact list, which displays all contacts from all logged-in accounts. It will appear automatically at startup on first run, but it can also be shown from the Window menu. You can’t yet add or remove contacts from this list, but it will immediately reflect changes made to the original contact lists.
Finally my AIM, Google Talk and LJ Talk buddies can live happily all in one iChat list!
Check out the release notes for the latest beta version. (via TUAW)
This time, the Leopard Love comes from Tom Yager, an InfoWorld Technologist with some pretty impressive credentials.
Leopard is a legitimately big deal. It’s underhyped compared to iPhone, and yet unlike iPhone, Leopard is a genuine triumph of customer-focused engineering. It’s a pleasure and a relief to see that Apple remembers how to deliver open, affordable, standards-based products. There probably won’t be lines around the block at Apple retail stores for people who can’t wait to get their hands on Leopard. If they had been using Leopard as long as developers have, Apple wouldn’t be able to stamp Leopard DVDs fast enough. Word will get out.
Full Article at InfoWorld (via TUAW)
A coworker of mine pointed me in the direction of an article on TidBITS by security consultant Rich Mogull that outlines some of the major security updates in Mac OS X 10.5, due out this coming Friday.
Overall, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is perhaps the most significant update in the history of Mac OS X - perhaps in the history of Apple - from a security standpoint. It marks a shift from basing Macintosh security on hard outside walls to building more resiliency and survivability into the core operating system.
Check out the article to learn more about the security perspectives of Time Machine, how Library Randomization will help prevent buffer overflow attacks, and several new features that will improve the overall integrity of your system.
I will not install Leopard until…
- All the laundry is done
- The apartment is dusted and vacuumed
- The refrigerator is cleaned out
- The wiring behind the TV is tidied
- My desk is clean and I come up with some sort of wire management scheme
It will be difficult, but I can do it!
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