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We (Mary & I) just watched they 2007 WWDC Keynote in (almost) it's entirety and I felt compelled to jot a few notes down (via Safari 3 on OS X Tiger).

1. New desktop: first, what's wrong with a blue background? second, i hope there's a way to turn off the fancy Dock effects; last, the menu bar enhancements (though grainy in the video) seem decent
2. Stacks: meh
3. New Finder: meh (though CoverFlow is growing on me every time I see it)
4. Spaces: gimme VirtueDesktops back
5. BootCamp: the fast switch mode is very cool (need to look past they keynote for that info, tho)
6. CoreAnimation: rocks!
7. Quick Look: it's growing on me
8. Network sharing: scary (from a security point-of-view)
9. Time Machine: yeah, yeah
10. Safari: best thing to happen to Windows and will be glad to see it gobble up market share
11. iPhone: lots of folks poo-pooed it today, but I think it's the most intelligent way to develop apps for the mobile, connected platform. it's *way* better than using some huge development environment to compile code that has to be "sync'd" and will enable far more interesting mobile apps than one might think. I just hope there's a way to have some local storage.

UPDATE:

I apparently forgot the WebClip/Dashboard feature. To that I give a firm "meh."