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Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork

#15 User is online   Cramertivity Icon

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Posted 06 January 2009 - 12:52 PM

On the list of updates for Keynote, I didn't see any mention of sound control. Many have been asking for some simple sound fades or cross-fades since the product was introduced. Does anyone know if this feature was added?
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 01:02 PM

anyone have any luck actually connecting to iwork.com
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 01:18 PM

wbarek said:

I have no idea of what's Apple's vision of productivity in iWork. No database?


I agree. Adding something like Bento would be ideal. However, it's pretty clear that's not going to happen. Also, MS Office on the Mac doesn't come with a database, so Apple has no real incentive to do so.

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But then again, there are many mistakes evident (17" as glossy screen only, - photographers of the world - unite and press Apple to stop this foolishness - glitz vs quality).


Two things. You must have missed the part where the matte screen is now an option. Also, not all photographers share your opinion of the glossy screen. Avoiding glare typically amounts to a minor adjustment of the viewing angle. For a laptop, this is trivial. In exchange, the glossy screen provides a much richer and more vibrant display. I specifically chose a glossy screen when I bought my Macbook Pro last spring. I'm sure Apple's own sales analysis made it clear that glossy was preferred, despite the vocal minority on these forums who insist otherwise.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 02:10 PM

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Anyone knows exactly what the difference is between a matte screen and anti-glare screen?


Pages and pages of whining on the Internet?

Matt screen's are dimmer and softer, but are less reflective.

Gloss screens are brighter, sharper and typically have richer color - but they are more reflective. Personally, I find the glossy screen on my new 15" MacBook Pro a vast improvement over the matte screen on my PowerBook G4 - when I'm actually using it and have the brightness up (rather then staring at it with the power off as many commenters seem to do) reflections are pretty minimal. One unexpected benefit of glossy - it's bright enough I can use it in full sun where the dimmer screen of my PowerBook is useless.

You'll see all kinds of irrational exuberance on the Internet from "glossy screen's are the debil" to "matte screen's are the only screen's for Pro's" and other such nonsense. It's purely a matter of personal preference, and sadly many people have seemed to have formed opinions based solely on the vocal minority on the Internet or 20 minutes of use in an Apple store. I'm glad I ignored the naysayers and got the new MacBook Pro - it's fantastic.

And for those predicting the end of the world since Apple (until recently) only offered glossy - funny how there are still NEW previous generation Matte display PowerBooks in the Apple store in the clearance section (let alone refurbished). Face it glossy haters, you ARE in the minority and I have no problem with Apple charging $50 for the minority few. They finally offered a choice - hopefully they will do the same to the 15" and shut people the heck up (I know, I'm dreaming).
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 03:49 PM

gfsh73 said:

anyone have any luck actually connecting to iwork.com

At this time Apple has only posted a typical pre-production page that forwards requests for iwork.com & www.iwork.com over to the existing public page of www.apple.com/iwork

If you do a curl in the Telnet app instead of using Safari or use a browser that simply shows the page, you'll see the forwarding link as follows:

<html>Found<body>

Found

This document has moved to a new location.
Please update your documents and hotlists accordingly. http://www.apple.com/iwork


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Posted 06 January 2009 - 04:07 PM

Just a remark on the screen. It is not much the reflection that bothers me, but the changes in perceived colours that the glass provides. I am not sure who are your photographers, but all professional photographers I interact wouldn't touch the glossy screen. The professional printing shops would not touch it either. The sugar coating vibrant colours are not acceptable by professionals.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 04:24 PM

I guess I'm mildly surprised that iWork.com is not going to be a part of the paid MobileMe service. Or at least they didn't say anything about it...just that after the beta, it would be a paid service.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 04:25 PM

wbarek said:

Just a remark on the screen. It is not much the reflection that bothers me, but the changes in perceived colours that the glass provides. I am not sure who are your photographers, but all professional photographers I interact wouldn't touch the glossy screen. The professional printing shops would not touch it either. The sugar coating vibrant colours are not acceptable by professionals.


You guys are in the iWork thread. There's an active MacBook Pro thread already going where you'd surely get more mileage out of your glare/matte screen comments.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 04:35 PM

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I guess I'm mildly surprised that iWork.com is not going to be a part of the paid MobileMe service. Or at least they didn't say anything about it...just that after the beta, it would be a paid service.


ditto!

And why should someone who might have a MobileMe service which includes iDisk be enticed into paying for another service that lets them access files from anywhere. The iDisk already does that. Am I now also going to have an iWorkDisk on my desktop, another config panel in my System Preferences? Very strange. I hope it's not the dreaded large-corp "silo effect" in which one group totally ignores the other and each chooses to reinvent what the other has already accomplished.

Stick another tab dedicated to business work in MobileMe and they're all set. That's all they had to do, not build a whole new service.
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Posted 06 January 2009 - 05:49 PM

Can Numbers do pivot tables like Excel?
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 02:21 AM

Does Numbers now allow a split screen I wonder. I gave up on it because I couldn't freeze column headings.
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 03:39 AM

If you do financial work in numbers everyday and your co-workers are jealous, y'all must be doing some pretty lightweight number crunching.
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 03:42 AM

If you do print work, glossy screens make color matching, etc. much more difficult. But the whole over-brightness issue (which consumers love, along with their glossy screens) and working with print ... are pretty much mutually exclusive.
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 08:05 AM

wbarek said:

I am not sure who are your photographers, but all professional photographers I interact wouldn't touch the glossy screen. The professional printing shops would not touch it either. The sugar coating vibrant colours are not acceptable by professionals.


I'll just politely suggest to you that glossy vs. matte is strictly a personal preference. To suggest one or the other is not acceptable for professional use is both absurd and unsupported. I don't deny that opinions are strong on the matter. But, opinions are not facts. Speaking of photography, I know some professionals who still insist on film. Does that mean digital is unacceptable. Of course not, it's simply someone's opinion. Just as many professional photographers have moved to digital, many are now happily working with glossy screens. When you print pictures, you have an option for glossy or matte, right? This is about personal preference, not about right or wrong (or professional vs. consumer use), etc.
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