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Chuckit, that looks seriously cool. 2,434 Views / 45 Replies  
Chuckit, that looks seriously cool.
Posted by sadie, on Jul 18, 2003 at 06:50 AM, in macOS
Isn't that what Microsoft is planning for <insert... 1,957 Views / 12 Replies  
Isn't that what Microsoft is planning for <insert future Windows codename of the week>?
Posted by sadie, on Jul 15, 2003 at 11:33 AM, in macOS
Yuk. My boss is actually talking about setting... 1,738 Views / 38 Replies  
Yuk. My boss is actually talking about setting up an office in Romania, hiring local developers. He's promised not to fire any of us, that it would be independent and working on different projects,...
Posted by sadie, on Jul 15, 2003 at 11:18 AM, in Developer Center
Exactly. My only problem with brushed metal is... 1,561 Views / 28 Replies  
Exactly. My only problem with brushed metal is not how it looks, but the way it swallows screen space with big fat meaningless borders. Make it flush to the edges, like a normal window, and it's...
Posted by sadie, on Jul 2, 2003 at 07:12 AM, in macOS
I quite like the look of it - it's pretty obvious... 1,941 Views / 32 Replies  
I quite like the look of it - it's pretty obvious what it does - but it can't replace all the places tabs are used. It fits well when there is a fixed set of options, as in a Preferences panel, but...
Posted by sadie, on Jun 26, 2003 at 05:59 AM, in macOS
This is what really annoys me about the... 1,911 Views / 19 Replies  
This is what really annoys me about the relationship between Apple and Microsoft: the fact is, Office is crud. It's truly, appallingly bad. So is OpenOffice, and so was AppleWorks last time I tried...
Posted by sadie, on Jun 26, 2003 at 05:58 AM, in macOS
Why don't we get any management tools for this? ... 757 Views / 7 Replies  
Why don't we get any management tools for this? Surely somewhere in Quicktime options we should be able to select, enable/disable and configure the installed codecs?
Posted by sadie, on Jun 9, 2003 at 05:29 AM, in Applications
Maybe developers should stop naming their... 895 Views / 7 Replies  
Maybe developers should stop naming their products?

New! Company 177 announces Product #38117 version 1.5 update 3! Available free from ftp://122.78.1.78:3371/38117/153.zip!
Posted by sadie, on May 7, 2003 at 04:28 AM, in Applications
Anybody know what to do with AVIs (DivX) that... 1,265 Views / 7 Replies  
Anybody know what to do with AVIs (DivX) that have windows media audio?
Posted by sadie, on Apr 28, 2003 at 11:21 AM, in macOS
Somehow, i doubt an iApp could ever dream of... 1,199 Views / 9 Replies  
Somehow, i doubt an iApp could ever dream of touching the power of Photoshop. Whatever you think of their politics, they do make good software. It's not like Powerpoint, which was just an easy...
Posted by sadie, on Mar 25, 2003 at 06:35 AM, in Applications
It's been well established by Hollywood over the... 1,337 Views / 25 Replies  
It's been well established by Hollywood over the years (with the exception of '24') that anybody who uses a Mac is evil, or is soon going to turn evil.
Posted by sadie, on Mar 20, 2003 at 05:23 AM, in macOS
And don't forget, many of the APIs used for... 4,099 Views / 80 Replies  
And don't forget, many of the APIs used for Classic are out of date - things like support for long file names, for example. There's no sane reason you want programs like that to survive.
Posted by sadie, on Mar 13, 2003 at 10:22 AM, in macOS
Sigh Once again, for those in the back who... 11,103 Views / 261 Replies  
Sigh Once again, for those in the back who weren't listening. This started with NetCaptor, the same browser that invented tabs in the first place. Just because it's not a mac program, doesn't mean...
Posted by sadie, on Feb 24, 2003 at 09:45 AM, in Applications
That's happened on virtually every Mac i've ever... 3,778 Views / 66 Replies  
That's happened on virtually every Mac i've ever owned. I think they have a hard time believing that somebody really, really doesn't want the american input. Ever.
Posted by sadie, on Feb 20, 2003 at 06:27 AM, in macOS
Hmmmm. Sounds like somebody in apple was just... 639 Views / 3 Replies  
Hmmmm. Sounds like somebody in apple was just experimenting. Not really a surprise that they'd be there eventually, is it?
Posted by sadie, on Feb 10, 2003 at 05:43 AM, in Applications
So... if it's the same signal, is it possible to... 2,246 Views / 13 Replies  
So... if it's the same signal, is it possible to get a converter between them?
Posted by sadie, on Feb 5, 2003 at 08:09 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Ooo, nice idea! 1,556 Views / 25 Replies  
Ooo, nice idea!
Posted by sadie, on Feb 5, 2003 at 06:03 AM, in macOS
Not they're not. Just because an app ships with... 1,556 Views / 25 Replies  
Not they're not. Just because an app ships with the OS doesn't mean it's part of it. Microsoft tried to do this with IE, and I don't think it's any different when Apple tried to do it with the...
Posted by sadie, on Feb 5, 2003 at 06:02 AM, in macOS
And why are these things not on DVD nowadays? ... 1,451 Views / 30 Replies  
And why are these things not on DVD nowadays?



:cool:
Posted by sadie, on Jan 28, 2003 at 05:18 AM, in macOS
So you're happy with a consumer-level app that... 5,027 Views / 40 Replies  
So you're happy with a consumer-level app that avoids the issue, and a clone that repeats all the same mistakes? Doesn't even part of you want to challenge those mistakes, and come up with something...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 24, 2003 at 11:24 AM, in Applications
I would love to see some company, maybe even... 5,027 Views / 40 Replies  
I would love to see some company, maybe even Apple, really try to produce something new here. As people have said, it couldn't be an Excel clone. It would have to be something truly original.


...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 23, 2003 at 08:34 AM, in Applications
Poll: Re: What's your Main Browser? 3,203 Views / 52 Replies  
Yup! NetCaptor for Windows, the original tabbed browser. Still beats the pants of all its imitators.
Posted by sadie, on Jan 13, 2003 at 12:18 PM, in Applications
1. The registry is a very different concept - as... 1,211 Views / 16 Replies  
1. The registry is a very different concept - as has already been pointed out, it's more like NetInfo. This is more like BeFS, and microsoft's upcoming OS-level SQL thingy.

2. The registry is...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 10, 2003 at 12:37 PM, in macOS
Actually, this is pretty much what BeFS did so... 1,211 Views / 16 Replies  
Actually, this is pretty much what BeFS did so wonderfully. If you think about it, databases like email, iTunes etc aren't really relational, they just have metadata. Yup, that word again.
...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 10, 2003 at 12:34 PM, in macOS
Safari appears to be a good low-end browser, but... 2,909 Views / 55 Replies  
Safari appears to be a good low-end browser, but there will always be space in the market for the higher end - browsers that provide advanced features in a smooth experience.

What this does mean...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 8, 2003 at 10:06 AM, in macOS
Are you suggesting that Keynote is a branded and... 1,489 Views / 14 Replies  
Are you suggesting that Keynote is a branded and reworked version of PowerPoint? Or of part of StarOffice? It wouldn't take 18 months to develop if it was.

Anybody who's used it care to comment...
Posted by sadie, on Jan 8, 2003 at 09:12 AM, in macOS
Wow. It seems microsoft isn't the only one guilty... 1,926 Views / 47 Replies  
Wow. It seems microsoft isn't the only one guilty of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt. Let's clear up a few elements of misunderstandings.

I'm no friend of Microsoft, but several aspects of...
Posted by sadie, on Dec 4, 2002 at 12:35 PM, in Developer Center
Er... hate to break up the Party, but isn't this... 1,011 Views / 13 Replies  
Er... hate to break up the Party, but isn't this what the PlayStation 2 / 3 is supposed to become?
Posted by sadie, on Nov 29, 2002 at 08:53 AM, in macOS
Re: An accident of history 733 Views / 5 Replies  
Things often do ;)

Is the R-project also mac only? Or is it unix derived? I wouldn't be so surprised if they'd started elsewhere and only just met.
Posted by sadie, on Nov 29, 2002 at 06:42 AM, in Applications
Clearly a market that's fond of variety. 733 Views / 5 Replies  
Clearly a market that's fond of variety.
Posted by sadie, on Nov 28, 2002 at 08:52 AM, in Applications
In one respect, it was definitely right: they now... 2,444 Views / 59 Replies  
In one respect, it was definitely right: they now have a large part of the Unix crowd on their side. The number of nix people walking around with TiBooks is (apparently) quite surprising.

And...
Posted by sadie, on Nov 22, 2002 at 05:18 AM, in macOS
It would make sense to have more than one company... 2,221 Views / 43 Replies  
It would make sense to have more than one company producing PPC processors at once. That way, when motorola (for example) can't fulfill the demand for a certain line, there's somebody else happy to...
Posted by sadie, on Nov 20, 2002 at 06:17 AM, in macOS
Cool name, though. 2,468 Views / 29 Replies  
Cool name, though.
Posted by sadie, on Nov 20, 2002 at 05:38 AM, in Applications
I like C#. Sorry. I like the... 1,417 Views / 14 Replies  
I like C#. Sorry. I like the language-independent runtime and inter-language inheritance. Sorry. I like the idea that software can be written for all platforms in the same environment. Sorry.
...
Posted by sadie, on Nov 7, 2002 at 05:46 AM, in macOS
Why does he not like them? How could anybody not... 2,064 Views / 30 Replies  
Why does he not like them? How could anybody not like them? I really don't see how anybody could object to them.
Posted by sadie, on Oct 31, 2002 at 10:58 AM, in macOS
I suppose it's a little late to ask about the... 1,311 Views / 33 Replies  
I suppose it's a little late to ask about the hopes for IMPP? You know, the movement that wanted to get all these networks to talk to each other in a standard protocol? Yeah, i know, i'm being...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 31, 2002 at 10:14 AM, in macOS
The question is... could this be done the other... 3,598 Views / 71 Replies  
The question is... could this be done the other way around?

Not just themes, though. I want to know if, for example, you could make something like a taskbar and put it in place of the dock. I...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 30, 2002 at 05:35 AM, in Applications
Er, okay. I agree with you that a... 2,064 Views / 30 Replies  
Er, okay. I agree with you that a next-generation graphics system is a good investment - and that a filing system to match is essential.

However, in that discussion you hardly mentioned Quartz at...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 30, 2002 at 05:21 AM, in macOS
There is another benefit to Quartz that nobody... 1,130 Views / 23 Replies  
There is another benefit to Quartz that nobody has mentioned yet: just like the Display Postscript that inspired it (ie, that it ripped off) it's a vector model. This means that it's a lot easier to...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 25, 2002 at 04:39 AM, in macOS
Good response, thanks for posting. As i read... 4,405 Views / 35 Replies  
Good response, thanks for posting.

As i read about these things, the more i realize that even C's semantics have overhead compared with pure assembly. The overhead of C++ or ObjC is actually...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 24, 2002 at 06:13 AM, in macOS
Me too. Nice OS X, doesn't need extra drivers. 737 Views / 6 Replies  
Me too. Nice OS X, doesn't need extra drivers.
Posted by sadie, on Oct 22, 2002 at 05:39 AM, in Applications
Tell me, wouldn't this affect all Unix programs... 4,405 Views / 35 Replies  
Tell me, wouldn't this affect all Unix programs on PowerPC as well?
Posted by sadie, on Oct 22, 2002 at 05:13 AM, in macOS
It's not that it uses code from 68k. Rather, it... 3,162 Views / 10 Replies  
It's not that it uses code from 68k. Rather, it uses the PowerPC as if it were a CISC - particularly in the use of 68k specific registers, and so on. These registers basically get emulated on a...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 22, 2002 at 04:58 AM, in macOS
What is it with 'free' nowadays? Pieces of... 1,482 Views / 29 Replies  
What is it with 'free' nowadays? Pieces of schytt should be free, but good software takes time, effort and money to create. Why should that be given away for nothing?
Posted by sadie, on Oct 21, 2002 at 05:58 AM, in macOS
That's a very good article. Thanks. So what... 4,405 Views / 35 Replies  
That's a very good article. Thanks.

So what can be done about it?
Posted by sadie, on Oct 21, 2002 at 05:19 AM, in macOS
Didn't there use to be a thing calle IcETeA or... 953 Views / 3 Replies  
Didn't there use to be a thing calle IcETeA or similar, that on a key-click-combination would attempt to grab a URL, whatever it was you clicked on?
Posted by sadie, on Oct 21, 2002 at 04:55 AM, in Applications
I'm with cutter on this. Filing systems should... 2,854 Views / 41 Replies  
I'm with cutter on this. Filing systems should be basics. They should be fast, efficient, reliable and taken care of. They should be old news.
Posted by sadie, on Oct 18, 2002 at 05:10 AM, in macOS
Why on earth is a tutor requiring 1.4 so soon... 2,942 Views / 31 Replies  
Why on earth is a tutor requiring 1.4 so soon after it's release? That's just nuts. Not only are first versions buggy, but it takes people time to port to every platform iteration, install widely,...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 18, 2002 at 05:03 AM, in Developer Center
I keep reading about Apple being in line for the... 781 Views / 4 Replies  
I keep reading about Apple being in line for the 'lite' and 'consumerized' versions of these chips, say with one core per die rather than two, and I think... why? Since Apple needs all the speed it...
Posted by sadie, on Oct 18, 2002 at 05:02 AM, in macOS
Probably by faking all screenshots. Computer... 2,249 Views / 40 Replies  
Probably by faking all screenshots. Computer screens and televisions don't look good on camera, because of the whole frame/refresh issue. They have to use specialist camera-friendly screens instead....
Posted by sadie, on Oct 16, 2002 at 04:54 AM, in macOS
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