Browsing through the features and technology of the fast-approaching Leopard, I happened across the UNIX page and a mention of “Terminal 2,” an updated version of the bundled term application. Here’s the spiel:

The Terminal application in Leopard takes advantage of the operating system’s native text and graphics capabilities, using Input Manager and CoreText to fully support non-English languages. The updated layout engine provides very fast rendering of ASCII, ISO, and Unicode text, and a new user interface gives users around the world the ability to harness the power of UNIX. A simplified inspector and integrated settings pane make it easy to change the look and feel of Terminal.

New user interface, eh?

Now, I spend a lot of time in the CLI environment, although it’s currently shifted over to iTerm due in large part to its tabbed windows. Lo and behold, check out the top of Terminal 2’s window: