Leopard
It’s probably about time I wrote a few words about Leopard. I bought it within a week of it coming out, after having run it at work within a couple of days of release. I am definitely enjoying it immensely. Most of the changes are subtle since I don’t use Time Machine, but I am discovering new features all the time.
The only issue I have had is with Spaces which was the first thing I set up. I’m a huge fan of virtual screens, particularly since I only have a single monitor plugged into my Mac Mini. Spaces was great at first, and I particularly liked the way you could lock apps to all spaces, so for example whichever space you went to, Mail was there, or Safari, or whatever. However, quickly found that it got a bit confused when you minimized windows in spaces and got really upset over Adium windows. It was very easy to get a window stuck so that it couldn’t be minimized again or even moved. Adium ended up “between spaces”: it appeared as a uber-app sitting in between the spaces when you pressed F8. So eventually I turned spaces off. 
Sniff. I’ll go back to it after a few revs – maybe they’ll fix it.
I love stacks – a great way to group like minded data. I didn’t like that it was crazily difficult to create stacks. Why can’t I just drag data to the Dock and create a stack? Try Autostacks . It sits in the Dock and when you drag data on to it, it creates a stack for you. Great! Hopefully Apple will add auto-drag to Dock, or at least a context menu with the “Create a stack” option.
The new Leopard Mail recaptured my interest too, mainly because of its data detection widgets and stationary; and I switched back to Mail and iCal, from Thunderbird. Thunderbird had begun to annoy me because I had the Lightning calendar extension and when I last upgraded it, it erased my entire calendar!! Rule #1: NEVER destroy the user’s data. So now I’m back on Mail and it’s kind of nice using the “official” apps because they usually integrate nicely with everything else. GrowlMail is a nice plugin if you use Growl.
