@ on a spring link

johnrp · July 9, 2003 4:01PM

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.

j.

placebo · July 9, 2003 4:12PM

just drag it off the dock. That's the first thing I did when I installed OS X.

johnrp · July 10, 2003 4:29AM

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

j.

anders · July 10, 2003 5:09AM

Massive spring obsession?

ghost_user_name · July 10, 2003 6:06AM

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Originally posted by Anders

Massive spring obsession?

or feitsh

paul · July 10, 2003 8:07AM

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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

j.

all you gotta do is drag a URL to the "folder" side of the dock...

johnrp · July 10, 2003 8:11AM

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).

j.

superkarate monkeydeathcar · July 10, 2003 8:39AM

if you've kept it this long, then i say......

"ride on, my son, ride on"

ghost_user_name · July 10, 2003 9:30AM

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.

johnrp · July 10, 2003 10:16AM

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.

torifile · July 10, 2003 11:40AM

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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?

ghost_user_name · July 10, 2003 1:18PM

I just tried it, totally untrue. It's a standard document icon with "@ http" on it.

agent302 · July 10, 2003 2:05PM

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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.

ghost_user_name · July 10, 2003 2:44PM

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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.

paul · July 10, 2003 2:58PM

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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...

code master · July 10, 2003 4:12PM

I'm sorry, but the spring's deletion is the first change I make to any installation of X

johnrp · July 10, 2003 4:17PM

Dohh... sorry Brad you are right OS X

ghost_user_name · July 11, 2003 7:21AM

I'm using Safari, and that does not happen on my box.

agent302 · July 11, 2003 12:25PM

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Originally posted by LoCash

I'm using Safari, and that does not happen on my box.

That's odd.

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spart · July 11, 2003 2:22PM

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?

h228 · July 11, 2003 2:52PM

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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.

@ on a spring link

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