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post #1 of 23
7/9/03 at 2:01pm
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How many of you still have the @ sign on a spring (that links to apple) in their dock ?

Mine is still there, I want to throw it away but somehow can't.

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post #2 of 23
7/9/03 at 2:12pm
just drag it off the dock. That's the first thing I did when I installed OS X.
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post #3 of 23
7/10/03 at 2:29am
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when I say I can't I don't mean I "can't" I mean I can't make myself. :-)

thanks for the help anyway

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post #4 of 23
7/10/03 at 3:09am
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Massive spring obsession?
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post #5 of 23
7/10/03 at 4:06am
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Massive spring obsession?

or feitsh
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post #6 of 23
7/10/03 at 6:07am
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Originally posted by johnrp
when I say I can't I don't mean I "can't" I mean I can't make myself. :-)

thanks for the help anyway

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all you gotta do is drag a URL to the "folder" side of the dock...
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post #7 of 23
7/10/03 at 6:11am
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No No No guys.. thanks for the help but you misunderstand me.

I know how to delete the spring, I just don't want to and I din't know why.

I was wondering who else has kept it (even though there is absolutley NO reason to keep it in there).

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post #8 of 23
7/10/03 at 6:39am
if you've kept it this long, then i say......
"ride on, my son, ride on"
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post #9 of 23
7/10/03 at 7:30am
He can't delete it for a few reasons, some of which may be...

1) Having the icon there maintains a sense of purity in the OS; that is since the Mac OS X installer places it there after a fresh install... it is sort of like an air freshener with that 'new car' scent.

2) He really digs the way the icon looks, even though he will never click it. Copying that icon onto another URL just wouldn't be the same.

3) He has a fetish for springs. I've seen British porn, you people are just as kinky as Americans

4) He fears that as soon as he deletes it, he will for some reason either need the icon or need to click it.
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post #10 of 23
7/10/03 at 8:16am
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LoCash

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

ALL 4 of you reasons are totaly true (especially no 3)

I don't realy understand why there is an @ sign on a weblink but hay who am i to question apple.

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post #11 of 23
7/10/03 at 9:40am
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Originally posted by johnrp
LoCash

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

ALL 4 of you reasons are totaly true (especially no 3)

I don't realy understand why there is an @ sign on a weblink but hay who am i to question apple.

j.

You realize that any link you drag to the dock will come with an @ on a spring, don't you?
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post #12 of 23
7/10/03 at 11:18am
I just tried it, totally untrue. It's a standard document icon with "@ http" on it.
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post #13 of 23
7/10/03 at 12:05pm
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Originally posted by LoCash
I just tried it, totally untrue. It's a standard document icon with "@ http" on it.

Probably depends on the web browser. Dragging a Safari link from a webpage to the folder side of the dock gave me the @ with a spring. Plus, dragging Safari links is so damn elegant.
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post #14 of 23
7/10/03 at 12:44pm
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Originally posted by LoCash
I just tried it, totally untrue. It's a standard document icon with "@ http" on it.

What browser are you using?

The @ spring is created by Safari, OmniWeb, Camino, and Mozilla when you drag a link to the Dock.

Moving to Mac OS X.
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post #15 of 23
7/10/03 at 12:58pm
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Originally posted by torifile
You realize that any link you drag to the dock will come with an @ on a spring, don't you?

thats what I was getting at...
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post #16 of 23
7/10/03 at 2:12pm
I'm sorry, but the spring's deletion is the first change I make to any installation of X
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post #17 of 23
7/10/03 at 2:17pm
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Dohh... sorry Brad you are right OS X
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post #18 of 23
7/11/03 at 5:21am
I'm using Safari, and that does not happen on my box.
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post #19 of 23
7/11/03 at 10:25am
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I'm using Safari, and that does not happen on my box.

That's odd. \
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post #20 of 23
7/11/03 at 12:22pm
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Control- or right-click on it. Does the menu say "URL" (grayed out) or "Show In Finder"? If it says "Show In Finder", what happens when you click that? Filepath? Also, when you click the icon does it open the in Safari without changing apps or does it flash to the Finder then back to Safari to open the link?
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post #21 of 23
7/11/03 at 12:52pm
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Originally posted by LoCash
I'm using Safari, and that does not happen on my box.

Originally posted by agent302
That's odd. \

Dragging a URL from Safari's address bar to the Desktop creates a document looking icon, while dragging the URL directly to the Dock produces the spring looking icon.
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post #22 of 23
7/11/03 at 9:14pm
i still have it, probably for the same reason, i never use it though!
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post #23 of 23
7/12/03 at 5:57am
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Dragging a URL from Safari's address bar to the Desktop creates a document looking icon, while dragging the URL directly to the Dock produces the spring looking icon.

You win this round.
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