![]() ![]() For example, you could see the familiar draggable list where you could set the OS in one language by dragging it to the top of the list. Some early signs of an internationalized Mac OS were already taking form. (The Calculator would lose these scientific options altogether already beginning with Developer Preview 4. Meanwhile, the Calculator would receive a major overhaul that, sadly, would be kept from the Mac public's view until Mac OS X 10.2 - it included scientific options. TextEdit made its very first debut on this first developer preview release of Mac OS X. ![]() Open and Save dialog boxes were somewhat altered with this version, with some hanging on to Navigation Services while others starting to adopt the new, multi-column dialog box of the Mac OS X era.Īlready before their first public debut with Mac OS 9.1, the Window menu appeared.Ī prototype of Apple Mail debuted as MailViewer, with the interface to remain the same throughout the Public Beta. Also, the arrows of aliases were made larger (a la Windows). Icons were made somewhat larger, with the font beneath the fonts no longer a standard 9- or 10-point Geneva. For example, column view debuted (albeit designed in a very different manner), and the Mac OS X folder layout started bearing fruit. However, although the interface appeared like that of Mac OS 8, the system layout and some names of system applications started bearing a Mac OS X flavor. The system font remained primarily Charcoal. Instead, the Platinum interface from Mac OS 8 (and earlier on, from Copland) was still used. Mac OS X DP's interface did not yet adopt the Aqua interface used today. ![]()
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