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Snow Leopard screenshots show web app support

06/22, 11:15pm

Snow Leopard Screenshots

A German web site has posted photos of the test build of OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard,” and describes it as “interesting -- but not overwhelming.” Apple has told developers Snow Leopard will focus on boosting performance, not on new features. But Apfleltalk.de found at least one new feature -- the ability to create desktop web applications, much like the iPhone version of OS X. The site says Safari 4 includes a pull-down menu called “Save as Web Application” allowing users to create desktop versions of web apps, and place them in the Dock. It’s not clear if these are simply web bookmarks, or actual applications that can be used offline such as Flicker or Photoshop Express. Clicking a saved item launches a stripped-down version of Safari with immediate access to a particular site or web application, similar to the way the iPhone stores web bookmarks.