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I already tested the same thing. I had the same...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
I already tested the same thing. I had the same questions, and those questions have been answered. Read the article. It explains all of that. It'd be nice if people could acknowledge each others'...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 30, 2005 at 03:54 PM, in macOS

Just a second. :) Correct, but a bit...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
Just a second. :) Correct, but a bit incomplete, perhaps. I was still curious about the anomalous cases (older Cocoa apps and Carbon apps). The following link explains those cases....
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 17, 2005 at 12:42 AM, in macOS

Oh, and you know what else is odd… I read that...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
Oh, and you know what else is odd… I read that Cocoa still uses Carbon to display menus. They should behave similarly.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 16, 2005 at 01:00 AM, in macOS

On a very quick machine, it seems possible that a...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
On a very quick machine, it seems possible that a highlight could be drawn and removed before it's flushed.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 16, 2005 at 12:57 AM, in macOS

Ah… I managed to get Quartz Debug from this...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
Ah… I managed to get Quartz Debug from this Panther installation running under the Tiger install DVD. When I turned on Autoflush Drawing, Tiger went back to being as responsive as Panther. I was...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 16, 2005 at 12:40 AM, in macOS

Classic. Graphics operations in Classic are...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
Classic. Graphics operations in Classic are relatively slow, but that's always been the case. I replied to you earlier on this subject… Since this is not my computer, I can't work this...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 15, 2005 at 02:29 AM, in macOS

I don't remember disabled items having been...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
I don't remember disabled items having been selectable. They are on Windows.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jun 13, 2005 at 09:22 PM, in macOS

I haven't installed Tiger yet, but the effect was...	7,549 Views / 141 Replies
I haven't installed Tiger yet, but the effect was quite jarring when I was fooling around with the Tiger install DVD. Skipping menu item highlights to improve responsiveness is not new in Tiger....
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jun 12, 2005 at 04:42 PM, in macOS

You manage to make it sound as though the IA-32...	2,512 Views / 56 Replies
You manage to make it sound as though the IA-32 architecture operates primarily on free will. The registers are not "prone to changing"; they change as specified quite clearly in the instruction set...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jun 8, 2005 at 01:40 AM, in MacNN Lounge

This conversation reminds me of the Eliza...	8,334 Views / 138 Replies
This conversation reminds me of the Eliza program. What don't you understand? Or better, what do you understand?
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 24, 2005 at 11:07 AM, in macOS

Which files?	6,795 Views / 79 Replies
Which files?
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 23, 2005 at 03:45 PM, in macOS

You mean actually having that file system (say an...	8,334 Views / 138 Replies
You mean actually having that file system (say an HFS+ file system) from some other computer mounted on your desktop, using only the functionality provided by FTP? If you're just talking about...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 23, 2005 at 12:28 PM, in macOS

A VFS allows the system to access a file system...	8,334 Views / 138 Replies
A VFS allows the system to access a file system in terms of common, high-level functions (reading an amount of data from a file, making directories, moving files, renaming items, setting attributes),...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 23, 2005 at 11:45 AM, in macOS

That's strange, because I checked your claim...	8,334 Views / 138 Replies
That's strange, because I checked your claim using Windows 2000. I wonder what the deal is there.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 23, 2005 at 12:33 AM, in macOS

That's a miscorrection. Explorer does allow...	8,334 Views / 138 Replies
That's a miscorrection. Explorer does allow uploads. FTP is not supported as a complete file system though; Windows opens files on FTP servers as read-only.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 22, 2005 at 03:03 PM, in macOS

I like to see stimuli (animations, sounds, visual...	6,681 Views / 114 Replies
I like to see stimuli (animations, sounds, visual effects, different colours, etc.) used to their potential in design, which is to highlight important information. When you add frivolous stimuli to a...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 22, 2005 at 11:32 AM, in macOS

I agree with your assertion, ericwass. I'd like...	6,681 Views / 114 Replies
I agree with your assertion, ericwass. I'd like Apple to work on a fresher, more refined visual identity for their next OS release. Visually, Dashboard is reminiscent of a Microsoft demo.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 21, 2005 at 08:33 PM, in macOS

I believe it's HardCore Video.	1,469 Views / 29 Replies
I believe it's HardCore Video.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Apr 12, 2005 at 05:03 PM, in macOS

It's difficult to eat, since it's hard to swallow...	9,858 Views / 21 Replies
It's difficult to eat, since it's hard to swallow the powder, and it doesn't mix well with water. It causes extreme dry mouth... have lots of water around or something. The intoxication lasts a...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Feb 15, 2004 at 01:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Ah, I see. The tutorial I downloaded is supposed...	706 Views / 2 Replies
Ah, I see. The tutorial I downloaded is supposed to be for Xcode, but those specific instructions are for the old InterfaceBuilder. Thank you very much. That had me quite worried. I'll try to contact...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Feb 2, 2004 at 12:56 PM, in Developer Center

InterfaceBuilder: NSButton Has No "target" Outlet	706 Views / 2 Replies
I've been interested in learning Cocoa for some time, so I decided to download Apple's "Developing Cocoa Objective-C Applications: A Tutorial". I believe I have followed all the steps correctly in...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Feb 1, 2004 at 07:03 PM, in Developer Center

Macintosh LC It started making a funny noise,...	1,426 Views / 31 Replies
Macintosh LC It started making a funny noise, maybe eleven years ago, but that corrected itself. It still works well, but the PRAM battery is dead. Macintosh 12" RGB Display It's a bit dark, but...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jan 19, 2004 at 12:12 PM, in macOS

It's not comprehension, it's motor skills....	1,285 Views / 27 Replies
It's not comprehension, it's motor skills. Seniors especially have a difficult time with this. An option to have both buttons act the same, turned on by default, might be a decent compromise.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Aug 6, 2003 at 09:44 PM, in macOS

Sounds like a factoid to me. Even if it isn't,...	1,154 Views / 46 Replies
Sounds like a factoid to me. Even if it isn't, facts need context. I've seen that sloppy correlations are easy to make and are of much more interest to the prejudiced as quotables, than to anyone who...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jan 7, 2003 at 02:47 AM, in MacNN Lounge

To be fair, there are eight 32-bit 'general...	954 Views / 12 Replies
To be fair, there are eight 32-bit 'general purpose' registers: EAX, EBX, ECX, EDX, ESI, EDI, ESP and EBP. However, there is a pile of stupid rules about where data has to be for certain...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Nov 7, 2002 at 01:40 PM, in macOS

It would, but that's while running SPEC, and on a...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
It would, but that's while running SPEC, and on a system for which we don't know the details. You don't get additional registers; you get bigger ones. x86-64 gives you more registers, but that...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 16, 2002 at 09:27 PM, in Mac Desktops

Never mind, I'm sure we'll all be filled in on...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
Never mind, I'm sure we'll all be filled in on everything soon.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 15, 2002 at 09:36 AM, in Mac Desktops

Is it? :) AMD's stuff gives some insight, but the...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
Is it? :) AMD's stuff gives some insight, but the x86 has a bunch of unique issues too. It's late (becoming early), I'm slow and poorly educated, and I can't really think of anything that would...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 15, 2002 at 05:10 AM, in Mac Desktops

Yes, if the PowerPC works anything like the x86,...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
Yes, if the PowerPC works anything like the x86, it automatically takes care of saving/restoring the registers whenever the OS asks it to switch tasks. And I can't think of any valid reasons why the...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 14, 2002 at 10:56 PM, in Mac Desktops

I really don't have a clue, but since the 970...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
I really don't have a clue, but since the 970 accomplishes the switch with by setting a flag, I'm assuming that the system software would arbitrate the change. A 32- and 64-bit compatible OS might...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 14, 2002 at 08:28 PM, in Mac Desktops

The Itanic is faster, but it's also way more...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
The Itanic is faster, but it's also way more expensive and it isn't a desktop processor.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 14, 2002 at 06:53 PM, in Mac Desktops

The Pentium 4 beats the Power4 on the SPECint...	20,292 Views / 392 Replies
The Pentium 4 beats the Power4 on the SPECint benchmark. It also beats the Itanium and a number of other chips. I don't think that means very much though. Here's why: - Desktop processors are...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Oct 14, 2002 at 06:45 PM, in Mac Desktops

I think the problem is that Microsoft is a moving...	1,575 Views / 37 Replies
I think the problem is that Microsoft is a moving target. It makes sense to be compatible with filename extensions, but it doesn't make sense to rest on the assumption that they will be around...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Sep 26, 2002 at 06:32 PM, in macOS

I sent feedback telling them to label buttons in...	1,157 Views / 13 Replies
I sent feedback telling them to label buttons in their iApps when the icons aren't self-explanatory. Have they done that yet? Maybe it's not in their UI guidelines, but it's pretty damn basic.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Sep 16, 2002 at 08:47 PM, in macOS

It's an ugly composite of other products. There's...	2,186 Views / 24 Replies
It's an ugly composite of other products. There's the side of an old G4 for the earpiece, a Pro Mouse and something else for the receiver, bits of the Cube perhaps.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Sep 15, 2002 at 12:41 PM, in macOS

Brilliant! And they do look good in that...	1,642 Views / 45 Replies
Brilliant! And they do look good in that glossy Hollywood way.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Aug 31, 2002 at 03:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	706 Views / 22 Replies
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">There has long been talk about certain Canadian...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 28, 2002 at 05:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	547 Views / 17 Replies
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Has the OS X extensions implementation had any...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 26, 2002 at 01:03 PM, in macOS

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	707 Views / 30 Replies
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Wrong... the human brain is not a machine, we...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 26, 2002 at 12:55 PM, in macOS

This the second thread you've posted on this...	594 Views / 32 Replies
This the second thread you've posted on this topic. Quartz Extreme was present in Jaguar then, and it is present now. Too bad it's slow for you, but what you've got now is what you're going to get in...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 24, 2002 at 12:46 PM, in macOS

So to all our friends like Kevin, Caravan and the...	675 Views / 34 Replies
So to all our friends like Kevin, Caravan and the old Pink Floyd, Allow me to recommend Top Gear, despite its extraordinary name.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 19, 2002 at 03:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Look at the drawings and you'll get a much better...	688 Views / 10 Replies
Look at the drawings and you'll get a much better picture of what this thing is about. It looks to me like it would allow you to search for something like: Apple->iBook->Reviews Which would...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 13, 2002 at 08:01 PM, in macOS

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	2,426 Views / 114 Replies
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">We live in different times now. We live in a...
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 4, 2002 at 11:29 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Can you save these searches?	3,146 Views / 208 Replies
Can you save these searches?
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 3, 2002 at 04:31 PM, in macOS

The 1210 is inexpensive but solid. It was easy to...	671 Views / 7 Replies
The 1210 is inexpensive but solid. It was easy to set up and just does its job. <small>[ 07-02-2002, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: Mac The Fork ]</small>
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 2, 2002 at 05:08 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I remember seeing that in... whenever at a local...	643 Views / 24 Replies
I remember seeing that in... whenever at a local Mac shop. "They have Copland!!"
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 2, 2002 at 03:26 PM, in macOS

Windows' font smoothing is crisper to begin with...	591 Views / 35 Replies
Windows' font smoothing is crisper to begin with and doesn't try to antialias straight edges.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 1, 2002 at 11:27 AM, in macOS

Thanks :)	693 Views / 10 Replies
Thanks :)
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 1, 2002 at 10:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge

It's the Word plugin for IE, I suppose. It makes...	596 Views / 10 Replies
It's the Word plugin for IE, I suppose. It makes sense to me, but it's also horrible design.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jul 1, 2002 at 02:24 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Blame everything on Bas Ording.	2,470 Views / 169 Replies
Blame everything on Bas Ording.
Posted by Mac The Fork, on Jun 28, 2002 at 11:49 PM, in macOS

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