ok, finally got it (with some help from apple discussions board). i had moved the dictionary app into a new folder inside the main apps folder. apparently tiger couldnt find it inside that folder. moving it back to the main apps folder solved the problem.
All open/save dialog boxes appear to have resizable columns now. In Panther and earlier you had little control on the column width (the little column resize badges weren't there) in apps like those from AdobeCS.
All open/save dialog boxes appear to have resizable columns now. In Panther and earlier you had little control on the column width (the little column resize badges weren't there) in apps like those from AdobeCS.
Consider that as a kindness on Apple's part by duplicating functionality in Cocoa AppKit to expose it for Carbon apps.
Perhaps Adobe CS3 will actually be written in ObjC++, atleast?
the same problems are coming up for me with the dictionary thing. I gave up already because its a function I doubt I would use regularly.
One problem that REALLY does affect me is the new use for apple/commd + spacebar. This brings up spotlight now. In panther it would switch my language settings from the little american flag to my japanese. Now everytime I want to switch languages on the go I need to click the little flag by the time and date(top right hand corner) and switch languages. This may sound small but since I am a language student I write one sentencce and switch languages three times or so just for one sentence.
Anyone know any short cuts? I know some people are able to set function keys to do these types of actions. How would I do that so I could just hit F11 or something every time?
Anyone know any short cuts? I know some people are able to set function keys to do these types of actions. How would I do that so I could just hit F11 or something every time?
You can modify your keyboard shortcuts at:
System Preferences-->Keyboard & Mouse-->Keyboard Shortcuts
i cant seem to get the ctrl+cmnd+d definition thing to work? i'm on a PB 1.33, is it not possible for me? seems like it wouldnt be a big deal. do you have to turn that on somewhere?
go into dictionary and preferences there is an option to open the application or pop-down menu.
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? explain please
press command-option on the weather icon and then it changes to nowhere, then keep that held down and you can cycle through the weather.
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
I'm with you to, I still wish Apple would allow us to tone down the effects or even better yet turn them off completely. I know half the fun of OSX is the GUI goodness but when I?m at work I want nothing to do with it. In fact when I'm programming in C or Java I usually kill Aqua and use a X11 desktop manager like Afterstep. Eclipse (my IDE) runs better in an X11 environment then Aqua, actually pretty much any Java app for that matter.
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
You don't have to wait for it to finish ya know. You can actually overlap multiple widget ripples if you drag fast enough. Also, if you click the widget that's rippling it'll stop and jump to it's finished state.
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Don't know what to tell ya.
ctrl+apple+d
ctrl+cmd+d
ctrl+command+d
...while over a word.
Not much to it.
You are running Tiger, I trust?
thanks for the help btw.
Originally posted by jedifunk
still cant get the dictionary popup thing to work. wtf! anyone got any suggestions? thanks.
Move your mouse over a word until the I-beam cursor appears.
With your left hand. Roll control->Command->D: Hold it and it should appear.
Originally posted by jabohn
All open/save dialog boxes appear to have resizable columns now. In Panther and earlier you had little control on the column width (the little column resize badges weren't there) in apps like those from AdobeCS.
Consider that as a kindness on Apple's part by duplicating functionality in Cocoa AppKit to expose it for Carbon apps.
Perhaps Adobe CS3 will actually be written in ObjC++, atleast?
One problem that REALLY does affect me is the new use for apple/commd + spacebar. This brings up spotlight now. In panther it would switch my language settings from the little american flag to my japanese. Now everytime I want to switch languages on the go I need to click the little flag by the time and date(top right hand corner) and switch languages. This may sound small but since I am a language student I write one sentencce and switch languages three times or so just for one sentence.
Anyone know any short cuts? I know some people are able to set function keys to do these types of actions. How would I do that so I could just hit F11 or something every time?
Originally posted by Chikara
Anyone know any short cuts? I know some people are able to set function keys to do these types of actions. How would I do that so I could just hit F11 or something every time?
You can modify your keyboard shortcuts at:
System Preferences-->Keyboard & Mouse-->Keyboard Shortcuts
I must be missing something here because I am able to see the ripple just fine and I have an eMac w/ a Radeon 7500 32MB.
Originally posted by Cam'ron
a_greer, are you not able to see the widget twist (i assume that is the ripple)?
I must be missing something here because I am able to see the ripple just fine and I have an eMac w/ a Radeon 7500 32MB.
That's not the ripple, apple's quicktime movie will show it (while adding a widget):
http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/dashboard.html
Originally posted by jedifunk
i cant seem to get the ctrl+cmnd+d definition thing to work? i'm on a PB 1.33, is it not possible for me? seems like it wouldnt be a big deal. do you have to turn that on somewhere?
go into dictionary and preferences there is an option to open the application or pop-down menu.
? explain please
press command-option on the weather icon and then it changes to nowhere, then keep that held down and you can cycle through the weather.
Originally posted by Cam'ron
My bad. Man, I wish I had that happen. The ripple is much cooler than the twisiting/spinning trick.
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
Originally posted by MacCrazy
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
I'm with you to, I still wish Apple would allow us to tone down the effects or even better yet turn them off completely. I know half the fun of OSX is the GUI goodness but when I?m at work I want nothing to do with it. In fact when I'm programming in C or Java I usually kill Aqua and use a X11 desktop manager like Afterstep. Eclipse (my IDE) runs better in an X11 environment then Aqua, actually pretty much any Java app for that matter.
Originally posted by MacCrazy
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
You don't have to wait for it to finish ya know. You can actually overlap multiple widget ripples if you drag fast enough. Also, if you click the widget that's rippling it'll stop and jump to it's finished state.
Originally posted by MacCrazy
that ripple annoys me - I'm in dashboard adding something quickly and that bloody transition sets in!
Originally posted by ipodandimac
haha
I think in Panther it brought up 1 unified window, now it brings up 1 window for each item unless you hold down the option key.