Coda, someone got it right! Where to go from here.

Thank you, Panic Software, for making such a wonderful application. I have been using Coda for a good bit of time now and I love it. There were two things missing from my old method of development and testing using textmate, safari and terminal.

First, I spent far too much time in terminal and textmate without a well managed set of sites, ssh/scp, subversion, and other related info as well as lacking any sort of information on the project. I have tried to manage my site info with Serverskine but, I just couldn't get it where I wanted it. Serverskine had information I didn't need and was lacking fields that I did need. It also lacked sufficient ties to other applications.

Second, good tabbed terminal. I know there are other terminal applications out there but, nothing is as good as terminal in my opinion, even without tabs. It is pretty darn quick and the simplicity is worth it. All I really wanted was tabbed windows and perhaps some ties to the aforementioned information.

Oh and it is drop-dead gorgeous, too!

Now, what would be even better is the intertwining of information that Apple has in OS X. iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie all create a pile of media that is accessible to many other applications or, any application that wishes to take advantage of the little media browser.

What I would like to see is Serverskine become a truly useful app with ties to a terminal that is fast, simple, lightweight and tabbed. In addition, ties should be made to textmate which, face it, is still the longstanding king of text. I still use TM for so much. Top it all of with great control of subversion or cvs in a freestanding application that, again, allows simple tie-ins from other applications. Specifically simple access to commit, update, add and delete from an existing subversion repository.

What I'm Looking Forward to in OS X 10.5 Leopard

Of all the things Apple has posted on their Leopard "Sneak Preview" page, I believe that the next iteration of iChat is the thing I look forward to, the most. Yes, I know, TimeMachine is beautiful and functional and I would really love to have it but, it doesn't hold a candle to the functionality of iChat. Being able to videochat and show a slideshow, keynote, or, with an invite, control another user's mac with remote desktop, without any setup, through iChat; it all makes my mouth water.

Some of iChat's features I could care less about, such as: video with backgrounds or tabbed chats (I already have it quite nicely with chax.) Just the remote desktop over iChat alone would make my life of habitually repairing any and every problem with the computers of my family, friends and their pets, infinitely easier. Just imagine, if you will, the utility (not to mention awe) of fixing a family member's computer, while they watch you work your 'voodoo computer-magic.' I look forward to it and I am willing to wait until October.