Well, they had to do something, since they obviously shipped the OS before it was truly ready for release. But when you release based on $$ instead of "its solid", you're going to get visual updates afterwards as they add in the pieces that didn't make the original cut.
Or Steve was just an idiot thinking "Why would anyone want to remove a widget?" Of course, they also don't see why anyone would want to turn off dashboard completely, or, for that matter, spotlight. Or that maybe they should spend a couple of months just working on the interface of their included apps so they're all, I don't know, consistent (how many different types of windows and buttons can these idiots put together?). Or that people actually liked the System preferences interface previously (hey, how about putting back the freakin' toolbar so I don't have to keep searching for the few panels I use all the time over and over and over again - geesh, stupid breaking stuff that worked).
Of course, I would just like it if I could figure out how to specify a default list view, as everytime I try fixing the column widths, the view options change to 'this window only', and when I change it to "all windows", the widths keep changing back. And then the 'calculate folder sizes' never stays turned on, either. And changing privileges on a directory is just not working right (how hard is it to get it so I don't have to be logged into the system as an administrator to see some files). Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
But fixing all these would mean Apple actually cared what their users thought, and making sure the software worked consistently and easily, which seems beyond them. Its all about glitz, who cares about actually functionality.
You don't want to turn Spotlight off...it's more than you think it is. Spotlight is entrenched in the OS. Turn it off and you lose search capabilities in many apps (and soon 3rd-party apps.) If you don't want to use it, don't. But the system-wide API makes it worth being in the OS. Don't spoil the fun for others that find it useful.
Maybe people should be able to turn off Exposé too?
I would personally love to turn off the Finder, but I'm not crying like a louzer.
You don't want to turn Spotlight off...it's more than you think it is. Spotlight is entrenched in the OS. Turn it off and you lose search capabilities in many apps (and soon 3rd-party apps.) If you don't want to use it, don't. But the system-wide API makes it worth being in the OS. Don't spoil the fun for others that find it useful.
Maybe people should be able to turn off Exposé too?
I would personally love to turn off the Finder, but I'm not crying like a louzer.
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun? And, yes, people should be able to turn off Expose, since the only time I use it is when I accidentally hit the wrong key on Apple's crappy keyboards! And is it a good thing to have any feature 'entrenched' in the OS? I thought that's what made OS'es unstable (IE is entrenched in Windows, and everyone is up in arms, Apple entrenches something, its a good thing?).
The problem with Spotlight is that it has to index everything to find anything (people complain that you can't just find files in directories marked as 'private', not even allowing you to find it on file name), and indexing sucks up processor usage, esp if you do anything that creates lots of temp files. Plug in a firewire disk (like I did), and what it just spin and spin as OS X tries to index it. great. But can I get work done.
There should be a way to turn off dashboard as well.
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun? And, yes, people should be able to turn off Expose, since the only time I use it is when I accidentally hit the wrong key on Apple's crappy keyboards! And is it a good thing to have any feature 'entrenched' in the OS? I thought that's what made OS'es unstable (IE is entrenched in Windows, and everyone is up in arms, Apple entrenches something, its a good thing?).
There should be a way to turn off dashboard as well.
You can turn off Expose by setting the keyboard combinations to '-' in the System Preferences.
Dashboard is off UNLESS you activate it. So dont activate it !?!
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun?
Every time you include an "option to turn off" in a feature, it creates a myriad of situations that have to be tested for and debugged.
For every additional "option to turn off" something else, the number of situations to be tested goes up exponentially. Developers go apeshit testing for "let's see, what if the user has Expose off and Dashboard on and Spotlight off and turned off Quartz 2-D" ...etc, etc.
So in terms of getting stable OS builds, yes, calls for every feature to be able to be "turned off" are counterproductive, and DO affect other users as it slows down the testing and release of new builds.
Well, they had to do something, since they obviously shipped the OS before it was truly ready for release. But when you release based on $$ instead of "its solid", you're going to get visual updates afterwards as they add in the pieces that didn't make the original cut.
Or Steve was just an idiot thinking "Why would anyone want to remove a widget?" Of course, they also don't see why anyone would want to turn off dashboard completely, or, for that matter, spotlight. Or that maybe they should spend a couple of months just working on the interface of their included apps so they're all, I don't know, consistent (how many different types of windows and buttons can these idiots put together?). Or that people actually liked the System preferences interface previously (hey, how about putting back the freakin' toolbar so I don't have to keep searching for the few panels I use all the time over and over and over again - geesh, stupid breaking stuff that worked).
Of course, I would just like it if I could figure out how to specify a default list view, as everytime I try fixing the column widths, the view options change to 'this window only', and when I change it to "all windows", the widths keep changing back. And then the 'calculate folder sizes' never stays turned on, either. And changing privileges on a directory is just not working right (how hard is it to get it so I don't have to be logged into the system as an administrator to see some files). Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
But fixing all these would mean Apple actually cared what their users thought, and making sure the software worked consistently and easily, which seems beyond them. Its all about glitz, who cares about actually functionality.
It Sounds like you would rather be a XP user waiting for Longhorn.
Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
Yeah, that's particularly annoying.
Even iTunes-like Auto Size Column and Auto Size All Columns functionality in Finder would be an improvement. But I'm mostly in the "nothing can save the current OS X Finder" camp and have basically given up hope for it ever being "fixed", especially since it's really begging for a superior replacement.
I just came up with a badass idea for a Dashboard update - Apple should utilize Exposé features to add an "Arrange Widgets" feature. It's a pain to rearrange my widgets whenever I want to add some new one that takes up more space than the others.
i was half expecting exposé to work on widgets so I was a little disappointed. It would be cool to have the F9 function though.
(its really annoyning if i have to check manually when a widget is updated)
Smart widgets will perform built-in version checking. Mine does.
But Apple could provide widget functionality for this. You just need to provide a URL that Dashboard could use to check for updates and it could handle the rest. Perhaps in a future release Apple will add this. The beauty is that it won't break existing widgets, they just won't be compatible with the feature. But adding a single URL to the config plist is about as easy as it gets.
But Apple could provide widget functionality for this. You just need to provide a URL that Dashboard could use to check for updates and it could handle the rest. Perhaps in a future release Apple will add this. The beauty is that it won't break existing widgets, they just won't be compatible with the feature. But adding a single URL to the config plist is about as easy as it gets.
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Originally posted by coldfusion1970
I've not experienced a single bug in Tiger and i've been running it since it came out. I think its a great ".0" release.
The only problem i've had is with the translation widget, which doesnt work for me.
I love comments like this.
Your second sentence contradicts your first.
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Originally posted by coldfusion1970
I've not experienced a single bug in Tiger and i've been running it since it came out. I think its a great ".0" release.
The only problem i've had is with the translation widget, which doesnt work for me.
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I love comments like this.
Your second sentence contradicts your first.
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Come on don't be so anal
Originally posted by Louzer
Well, they had to do something, since they obviously shipped the OS before it was truly ready for release. But when you release based on $$ instead of "its solid", you're going to get visual updates afterwards as they add in the pieces that didn't make the original cut.
Or Steve was just an idiot thinking "Why would anyone want to remove a widget?" Of course, they also don't see why anyone would want to turn off dashboard completely, or, for that matter, spotlight. Or that maybe they should spend a couple of months just working on the interface of their included apps so they're all, I don't know, consistent (how many different types of windows and buttons can these idiots put together?). Or that people actually liked the System preferences interface previously (hey, how about putting back the freakin' toolbar so I don't have to keep searching for the few panels I use all the time over and over and over again - geesh, stupid breaking stuff that worked).
Of course, I would just like it if I could figure out how to specify a default list view, as everytime I try fixing the column widths, the view options change to 'this window only', and when I change it to "all windows", the widths keep changing back. And then the 'calculate folder sizes' never stays turned on, either. And changing privileges on a directory is just not working right (how hard is it to get it so I don't have to be logged into the system as an administrator to see some files). Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
But fixing all these would mean Apple actually cared what their users thought, and making sure the software worked consistently and easily, which seems beyond them. Its all about glitz, who cares about actually functionality.
You don't want to turn Spotlight off...it's more than you think it is. Spotlight is entrenched in the OS. Turn it off and you lose search capabilities in many apps (and soon 3rd-party apps.) If you don't want to use it, don't. But the system-wide API makes it worth being in the OS. Don't spoil the fun for others that find it useful.
Maybe people should be able to turn off Exposé too?
I would personally love to turn off the Finder, but I'm not crying like a louzer.
Originally posted by kim kap sol
You don't want to turn Spotlight off...it's more than you think it is. Spotlight is entrenched in the OS. Turn it off and you lose search capabilities in many apps (and soon 3rd-party apps.) If you don't want to use it, don't. But the system-wide API makes it worth being in the OS. Don't spoil the fun for others that find it useful.
Maybe people should be able to turn off Exposé too?
I would personally love to turn off the Finder, but I'm not crying like a louzer.
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun? And, yes, people should be able to turn off Expose, since the only time I use it is when I accidentally hit the wrong key on Apple's crappy keyboards! And is it a good thing to have any feature 'entrenched' in the OS? I thought that's what made OS'es unstable (IE is entrenched in Windows, and everyone is up in arms, Apple entrenches something, its a good thing?).
The problem with Spotlight is that it has to index everything to find anything (people complain that you can't just find files in directories marked as 'private', not even allowing you to find it on file name), and indexing sucks up processor usage, esp if you do anything that creates lots of temp files. Plug in a firewire disk (like I did), and what it just spin and spin as OS X tries to index it. great. But can I get work done.
There should be a way to turn off dashboard as well.
Originally posted by Louzer
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun? And, yes, people should be able to turn off Expose, since the only time I use it is when I accidentally hit the wrong key on Apple's crappy keyboards! And is it a good thing to have any feature 'entrenched' in the OS? I thought that's what made OS'es unstable (IE is entrenched in Windows, and everyone is up in arms, Apple entrenches something, its a good thing?).
There should be a way to turn off dashboard as well.
You can turn off Expose by setting the keyboard combinations to '-' in the System Preferences.
Dashboard is off UNLESS you activate it. So dont activate it !?!
Originally posted by Louzer
How in the hell would me turning off Spotlight spoil your fun?
Every time you include an "option to turn off" in a feature, it creates a myriad of situations that have to be tested for and debugged.
For every additional "option to turn off" something else, the number of situations to be tested goes up exponentially. Developers go apeshit testing for "let's see, what if the user has Expose off and Dashboard on and Spotlight off and turned off Quartz 2-D" ...etc, etc.
So in terms of getting stable OS builds, yes, calls for every feature to be able to be "turned off" are counterproductive, and DO affect other users as it slows down the testing and release of new builds.
Originally posted by Louzer
Well, they had to do something, since they obviously shipped the OS before it was truly ready for release. But when you release based on $$ instead of "its solid", you're going to get visual updates afterwards as they add in the pieces that didn't make the original cut.
Or Steve was just an idiot thinking "Why would anyone want to remove a widget?" Of course, they also don't see why anyone would want to turn off dashboard completely, or, for that matter, spotlight. Or that maybe they should spend a couple of months just working on the interface of their included apps so they're all, I don't know, consistent (how many different types of windows and buttons can these idiots put together?). Or that people actually liked the System preferences interface previously (hey, how about putting back the freakin' toolbar so I don't have to keep searching for the few panels I use all the time over and over and over again - geesh, stupid breaking stuff that worked).
Of course, I would just like it if I could figure out how to specify a default list view, as everytime I try fixing the column widths, the view options change to 'this window only', and when I change it to "all windows", the widths keep changing back. And then the 'calculate folder sizes' never stays turned on, either. And changing privileges on a directory is just not working right (how hard is it to get it so I don't have to be logged into the system as an administrator to see some files). Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
But fixing all these would mean Apple actually cared what their users thought, and making sure the software worked consistently and easily, which seems beyond them. Its all about glitz, who cares about actually functionality.
It Sounds like you would rather be a XP user waiting for Longhorn.
Originally posted by Louzer
Oh, and I noticed yesterday that changing the size of columns is now all hit and miss because Apple doesn't change the mouse cursor to the 'left-right arrows' cursor until you click, so you don't know whether you're close enough to resize columns, or are going to be in 'move column' mode.
Yeah, that's particularly annoying.
Even iTunes-like Auto Size Column and Auto Size All Columns functionality in Finder would be an improvement. But I'm mostly in the "nothing can save the current OS X Finder" camp and have basically given up hope for it ever being "fixed", especially since it's really begging for a superior replacement.
Originally posted by sjk
Yeah, that's particularly annoying.
Even iTunes-like Auto Size Column
You can do this now by double-clicking the column resize widget to the right of the column you want to resize.
Originally posted by Endymion
You can do this now by double-clicking the column resize widget to the right of the column you want to resize.
Yes, in column view (sort of), but not in list view.
Originally posted by Endymion
You can do this now by double-clicking the column resize widget to the right of the column you want to resize.
OMFG! Can I have your baby? I can't believe i've gone this many years without stumbling across this.
Originally posted by dfiler
OMFG! Can I have your baby? I can't believe i've gone this many years without stumbling across this.
Always double-click and option-click everything you can find.
Originally posted by Endymion
You can do this now by double-clicking the column resize widget to the right of the column you want to resize.
WOW. Thank you for this. Huge time saver. (And I can't believe I am learning this now.)
Originally posted by jballer
I just came up with a badass idea for a Dashboard update - Apple should utilize Exposé features to add an "Arrange Widgets" feature. It's a pain to rearrange my widgets whenever I want to add some new one that takes up more space than the others.
i was half expecting exposé to work on widgets so I was a little disappointed. It would be cool to have the F9 function though.
Originally posted by mat79
will this include a widget update manager?
(its really annoyning if i have to check manually when a widget is updated)
Smart widgets will perform built-in version checking. Mine does.
But Apple could provide widget functionality for this. You just need to provide a URL that Dashboard could use to check for updates and it could handle the rest. Perhaps in a future release Apple will add this. The beauty is that it won't break existing widgets, they just won't be compatible with the feature. But adding a single URL to the config plist is about as easy as it gets.
Originally posted by Xool
But Apple could provide widget functionality for this. You just need to provide a URL that Dashboard could use to check for updates and it could handle the rest. Perhaps in a future release Apple will add this. The beauty is that it won't break existing widgets, they just won't be compatible with the feature. But adding a single URL to the config plist is about as easy as it gets.
good point