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Confession to make
I've been a long-time Mac guy. I still own four of them, two of which are actually switched on. These days I mainly do Linux work (I also own two Shuttle boxes running various...
Confession to make
I think you (or somebody) has been playing with the configuration of that Mac. I'm pretty sure control-space...
Mac Security: This Week In FUD &A#JD1Tg!d8!' 3229
Mac Security: This Week In FUD I have been staying on the side lines regarding this issue, but I think it is...
The Need for "Single Window Mode
Aqua represented a big change for Apple's UI; more than just lickable buttons. Aqua reduced the number of windows you have drastically. In the original Mac UI...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3231
Dan Johnson It's important for a non-spatial interface with a relatively small amount of screen real estate. Very good for people still using 1024x768 on a 17" CRT...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3232
snip Apple's approach in Aqua is to mostly cut down application interfaces to a single window. This effectively turns apps into little self-contained "widgets" which the user can arrange as...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3233
Actually, the overlapping windows are best for small screens. On the old 9-inchers, you needed to keep each window simple, or its content area would be too small to use. Of course, high...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3234
Dan Johnson Because the interface was designed to work in that manner. Indeed, anything *but* a full-screen window doesn't make much sense on a 9" display...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3235
No, I don't agree; you need some way to switch windows, you you want big but not quite fullscreen windows. The thing is, if you keep each indivual window very simple, you...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3236
Dan Johnson That's not true. Complicated tasks can be performed with simple tools, even without multiplying the number of tools used. It just requires a well-considered design. Apple's solution is one...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3237
I'm afraid it is true, in practice. Yes, in theory, you could come up with a brilliant design that removes controls and content from your windows but does not move...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3238
ZnU Computer interfaces are fundamentally virtual things. The laws of physics do not apply in a virtual environment, and therefore more abstract...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3239
Quite. They can. And they will. And it's a bit of a waste; surely here is a task the computer can...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3240
Yeah, you can't do that on your desk either, unless you're some kind of ambidextrous freak or something. That doesn't mean spacial task...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3241
It is not entirely clear to me why it IS useful, however. Still, what maximize gives you is not spatial task organization but tidyness. Users do value this, though one may argue that they should...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3242
Having multiple windows on-screen is not untidy. Having lots of unrelated overlapping windows most of which are covered to the extent you can't see what's in them is, but it's easily avoidable. Yeah...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3243
It is if you don't place and size the windows suitably. You can avoid it; but it means fiddling with all those windows. It's not rocket science, but who needs it? snip It's...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3244
The physical world often isn't 3D in any practical sense either, for the kind of tasks we're talking about. Work...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3245
ZnU Even a desk isn't two dimensional. One can lift objects just fine. It's not commonly used for the static arrangement of information, but people move objects around a desk...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3246
snip I wouldn't trust this buttessment without some actual user testing to back it up. One thing that emerges again and again in user testing is...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3247
ZnU Small amounts of time are often masked by mental context switches (which take time). This would not be...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3248
snip Well, even small children can track moving objects though space and such. Anyway, it doesn't really matter whether it's instinctive or early developmental. The point is, everyone...
The Need for "Single Window Mode" 3249
ZnU If it's instinctual, it means we probably have some sort of biological 'hardware acceleration' for processing spatial relationships. If it's...
10.5
They do say that a lot of the "stuff" is still secret. My brother tells me they are hyper-paranoid of Microsoft stealing...
10.5 3251
Let's hope so. I think this has come about as a result of the fragile nature of the Windows OS. "System Restore" has evolved as sticking plaster to...
10.5 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
Snit wrote I'm stunned that you posted on topic. Congratulations. I knew you could do...
10.5 3253
250 Gig is a small HDD? BTW, Apple suggests using a seperate drive to back up Time Machine to. Because...
ZnU's New Out
Actully most ofit is just reprints from AP and such. And its only irrational to a radical Christian hating communist. The...
mouse will not work on MI's iBook 3255
At least it's not doing what my PC used to do, where plugging in the mouse would make the cursor go crazy all over the screen at random intervals, sending click input to...
mouse will not work on MI's iBook 3256
We went through this months ago. There are a couple of wireless mice that don't follow the usual USB protocols and therefore need a driver from the manufacturer even to...
Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan 3257
Perhaps you missed the smiley at the end? I would agree. Yet that's exactly what has happened to me. I agree. I have no problem with Derek or...
Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan &A#JD1Tg!d8
There is a whole lot of blethering down below. Read the whole thing if you like, but there is what I am concerned about: 1) Josh...
Final Word was Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan 3259
Intelligent malware installs a rootkit: In fact, Sony installed one on Windows computers in order to install some hidden copy-protection software. In fine, UNIX computers are hard...
Final Word was Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan 3260
Which is enough, if root is enabled and has no pbuttword or has a weak pbuttword. Do you think malware authors are going to feel duty-bound to comply...
Final Word
OS X has as many logs as you configure it to have and if a process decides not to write to the log, it...
Final Word was Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan 3262
Snit There is no "regedit32" but buttuming you meant regedt32 and regedit they execute the same program. I just type "regedt32" from years of habit. In days of...
Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan 3263
Also, there used to be viruses on the previous Macintosh OS, which had an even lower market...
OT An Inconvenient Truth
Its an editorial that presents several facts and then bases its opinion upon them. You seem to think that editorials contain nothing but lies and fairy tales. If you want...
Daughter's new HP no better than old Compaq
Anyone who has been around CSMA knows a bit about my daughter's Compaq Presario. It had several hard drives, a new motherboard, USB port...
Fixing Spotlight's abuse of external drives with Optin Indexing
I have a modest proposal for correcting Spotlight's (ab)use of external drives: Opt-in Indexing - only index the following locations... Spotlight currently implements Privacy by allowing you...
Strong reasons to prefer OS X over Windows 3267
Well, in college I was raised on NextStep. So naturally I adapt to the OS X way of doing things. And it'd be...
Strong reasons to prefer OS X over Windows 3268
In 1984 (and really until about 1991 or 1992) the difference between Macintosh and PC was the difference between GUI and CLI. Since then, Windows has played a game of catch...
Sun & MS Scored a Major Education Win Where was Apple
Hi Ed, Your analysis is questionable at best. A lot of stocks have lost value since last May. If you had selected january of 2000 as your comparison point you'd...
Spotlight crap
When spotlight first came out, there were many gripes with thew feature from my end. The Mac-Jihad rebuttured me: "They will get things fixed" or "it's too new and all the wrinkles haven't...
More great mac quality
Picked off "alt.mac" - posted by Jerry McEwen eMac 1.25 ghz I only used it to test...
More great mac quality
Haha, you want to talk about great PC quality? Since PCs are actually cobbled together from multiple cheap manufacturers rather than seamlessly integrated like a Mac, you get to...
Why did Microsoft sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3273
True, it took some time for the computing mbuttes (the vast public that purchased IBMs and IBM-compatible PCs) to move from a command-line...
Why did Microsoft sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3274
Once upon a midnight dreary, while alt pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore...: I have an additional tidbit, something to think about maybe... Cray introduced the 64...
Why did Microsoft sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3275
Jim Waiting for memory prices to go lower than $15.00 a megabyte. 64 bit computing uses memory about half as efficiently as 32 bit computing, so The 1 gigabyte of Ram...
Why did Microsoft sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3276
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:13:12 +0000, Jim That is a whole other topic, no...
Why did Apple sell a crappy OS for over twenty years
Well, to start with, all the EXPOSE options are about giving the same kind of access and clarity to...
Why did Apple sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3278
Well it's thanks to these computers' ability to do that stuff (ones that run windows too) that most people who want to do...
Why did Apple sell a crappy OS for over twenty years 3280
everything is available on OSX, except for a few proprietary MS tools. but in terms of...
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