― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.apple.com/support/powerbook/doityourself/17al/
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.assistedlivingstore.com/
― nein Socken (nein Socken), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Krajik Al Thor, Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― JENSEITS VON GUT UND BOT, Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Evanston Wade (EWW), Friday, 13 January 2006 04:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Friday, 13 January 2006 04:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Friday, 13 January 2006 06:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: Let's just say I do for bullshit what Stonehenge did for Rocks (lat, Friday, 13 January 2006 06:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never felt such a mug in all my life. God just imagining the prospect of using Finder (or whatever bullshit "search" function, gadget or app they try & present to make it appear like the file browser is a trifling nonsense to be ignored) and iTunes again, with no good alternatives make me want to stick redhot needles in my scrotum (sorry Momus).
My feelings when I sit back in front of a Windows PC "Ah, good. Now I can stop pissing about pretending to be streamlined and efficient and actually f*cking get something done, as the operating system isn't permanently working against me so hard"
I can't even face unpacking my boxed up iBook to watch a DVD :( My sister apparently wants to buy it, but even that seems like keeping it in my life too much now (god no, not 'family' tech support for the evil f*cking thing).
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish's scrotal sac (grimlord), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
the fix the finder stuff rilly can get irritating.
on the other hand, with the side-shelf & the right cmd & option combos, etc., navigating the finder is still waay faster than windows -- just took a little getting used to.
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
fail to see how volume madness is a "feature."
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
First off, throw out Suitcase completely. Extensis' developers have been completely out to lunch when it comes to proper OS X development and are currently racing with Quark as to how fast they can alienate their user base.
Second, download a copy of Font Explorer. It's free and it works fantastically.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't been really happy with any of the Finder augmentation apps, but Path Finder seems to be pretty good - and it will sort by date in column view.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Apple don't include enough RAM for how their OS runs. this thing cost me 2 grand ffs!
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
tears before 7pm EST.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
They're all non-issues unless you like to painfully nit-pick over things or are affronted that Steve Jobs didn't personally call you for your input in development. I'm a programmer, database developer, network cop, iPod owner, p2p user, etc. and I'm 85% satisfied with my set-up. If I sat down and thought about it some more I could probably work up a good series of complaints about that remaining 15% but since that 85% satisfaction is responsible for 100% of my income I don't really have the time.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
hence, my latter-day lack of reasons to hate Microsoft anymore, and instead be perturbed at Apple because just-as-reliable ugly Dell gear comes with 1.5x better price/performance/compatibility ratio.
I think it's the coming-home-to-relax factor as opposed to working-with-it factor that's responsible for a lot of my OS X Finder et al. animosity. It's just not as easygoing or fun(ctional) as I remember it being.
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
xpostI'm not sure about that 1.5x price-to-performance ratio. When I was buying my G5, I looked pretty close at Windows machines and saved very little money for the same quality.
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
this is one of those philosophical questions, isn't it? besides l'interweb-retina fusion, yer basic Word-based notepad-type stuff, plus I guess lots of music (and photo? dvd?)-downloading/storage type stuff, which i'll be totally new to.
gabby, just buy shitloads of RAM from a third party and never use the volume keys.
WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
They're all non-issues unless you like to painfully nit-pick over things
ok, that's what i was looking for
one thing i've noticed on my parents' OSX - these sidebar application icons that JUMP. OUT. AT. YOU. when you get within half a mile of them. is this what i have to look forward to?
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link
*opens up Font Explorer and counts fonts*
I've got 2672 fonts loaded of which 314 are active right now. FWIW, a designer at one of the places I consult at has 5500 or so fonts loaded in Font Explorer and hasn't reported any issues with it (they were running Suitcase which caused problems daily)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:40 (eighteen years ago) link
-- grimly fiendish's scrotal sac
I didn't get much (any) sleep last night, was posting ... with nothing much to add.
The level of hate though is generated by the fact I would LOVE to use the thing. There are plenty reasons why Windows sucks too you know! And I'm sick of fixing desktop PC's, and Windows laptops are often fugly and poorly thought/laid out in comparison. I would love to use it but... it makes me tear my hair out in frustration. So I don't. Yes I'm crabby! I fell for the hype and I feel like a fool.
The piss-poor state of the finder though is something that I just can't ignore (and believe me I've tried!!) in regular use, it just gets in my way and confounds me at every turn. It really is the elephant in the room. It took me what... five minutes? to get my head around Windows Explorer's folder tree. SIX MONTHS struggling with the finder and I still wasn't really sure if I was using it right, and was mostly just AWARE of it being there.
This isn't a "geek" rant. Or an anti-Apple screed (mostly). I couldn't give a shit about brushed metal, I don't even mind the dock... I really like my iPod (but they NEED to fix the LAME VBR bug asap!)
I'm just a fairly competent PC user who is plain amazed that everyone else can get along with something so wrong and broken on a basic usability level. It isn't even the slowness of the thing that grates. And frustrated that it'll basically NEVER be fixed because Apple seems to think bells, whistles & PR will somehow bridge the gap. All I see in the future if I was to hang onto this thing is lies, self-denial, and excessive further costs to come. I dunno about "long term" but I still feel I'm doing the right thing by jumping off now before it gets worse. I hate them for putting me in this position.
"I can find my files okay" is SUCH a 'mac' response too. As if that's ALL a file browser does. ffs.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link