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What effgee said. 1,093 Views / 14 Replies  
What effgee said.
Posted by holygoat, on May 5, 2005 at 05:43 AM, in MacNN Lounge
No capital 'T' in "these as well". Thicker... 1,093 Views / 14 Replies  
No capital 'T' in "these as well".

Thicker lettering in the buttons is a good choice.

"Email this page to a friend" isn't styled like a link, and why is it in a different place to "Bookmark"...
Posted by holygoat, on May 4, 2005 at 06:21 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: And the student price is so reasonable it's... 1,727 Views / 29 Replies  
And the student price is so reasonable it's ridiculous. I think it's definitely worthwhile.
Posted by holygoat, on Feb 14, 2005 at 11:48 AM, in Applications
Poll: OmniWeb. A special browser for special people. ... 1,727 Views / 29 Replies  
OmniWeb. A special browser for special people.

And boy am I special.

(Firefox on other platforms out of choice; Safari sometimes on the Mac, Lynx if I can't be bothered to switch out of...
Posted by holygoat, on Feb 13, 2005 at 02:45 PM, in Applications
It shouldn't do. Anything you break, though... 1,187 Views / 8 Replies  
It shouldn't do. Anything you break, though (which you shouldn't!), isn't covered, so if you put your fist through the mainboard when fitting RAM it's your fault.
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 29, 2005 at 09:34 AM, in Mac Desktops
I've had a buzzing CPU fan on my new iMac G5.... 2,605 Views / 68 Replies  
I've had a buzzing CPU fan on my new iMac G5. They've sent out two midplanes with no quibbles at all, with slight improvement in the noise (I think it's a design flaw). They replaced my failing iBook...
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 29, 2005 at 09:33 AM, in MacNN Lounge
A menu-bar version: ... 1,502 Views / 15 Replies  
A menu-bar version:
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/handley/projects/itunesrating.html
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 27, 2005 at 06:16 AM, in Applications
That's certainly true for many situations;... 1,231 Views / 17 Replies  
That's certainly true for many situations; however, I would argue that the Macintosh file manager is extremely well-understood, in which case API performance becomes paramount. The amount of...
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 9, 2005 at 02:58 PM, in GUI Customization
I hope this doesn't double-post... ... 1,231 Views / 17 Replies  
I hope this doesn't double-post...



Which is actually a very good summary of why the Finder should not (or, contrarily, should!) be rewritten to use Cocoa.

1) Cocoa provides faster...
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 8, 2005 at 09:54 PM, in GUI Customization
You'd need a controller object. Set the target... 1,208 Views / 3 Replies  
You'd need a controller object. Set the target and action of the button cell to the controller, and have that do the work.

Alternatively, Cocoa Bindings may be able to do it.
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 8, 2005 at 08:21 PM, in Developer Center
With appropriate caching of selectors and so on,... 1,231 Views / 17 Replies  
With appropriate caching of selectors and so on, I imagine the Finder wouldn't be a great deal slower in Cocoa.

Furthermore, there's a lot of shared back-end, IIRC, between Cocoa and Carbon, so...
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 8, 2005 at 08:20 PM, in GUI Customization
... I was also referring to rendering, which... 2,905 Views / 48 Replies  
... I was also referring to rendering, which suggests that I don't use any problematic sites with WebKit :D
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 7, 2005 at 06:40 AM, in Applications
The space I would have used for tabs in Safari... 2,905 Views / 48 Replies  
The space I would have used for tabs in Safari goes on a much better bookmarks bar.

The additional width of the display goes on a narrow tab drawer, which usefully remains full size when I resize...
Posted by holygoat, on Jan 6, 2005 at 03:02 PM, in Applications
But what's it called?! You can't make up a drink... 1,039 Views / 11 Replies  
But what's it called?! You can't make up a drink without naming it! :D
Posted by holygoat, on Nov 4, 2004 at 10:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge
In my Services menu, I have Convert > Smart... 1,088 Views / 9 Replies  
In my Services menu, I have Convert > Smart Quotes (Cmd-"). See if you've got it installed, in which case you can select all your normal-quotes text, and hit Cmd-" to switch to smart quotes. It can...
Posted by holygoat, on Oct 17, 2004 at 04:20 PM, in Applications
// Signal handler function. void... 939 Views / 7 Replies  
// Signal handler function.
void handleSignal(int signum) {
switch(signum) {
case SIGHUP:
printf("Caught signal HUP, quitting...");
...
Posted by holygoat, on Sep 11, 2004 at 08:14 AM, in Developer Center
One of the BibTeX styles (natbib?) supports the... 1,500 Views / 5 Replies  
One of the BibTeX styles (natbib?) supports the URI field natively, appending it.

I put it in the note field as a stopgap, though when I output to HTML I make sure to strip the extraneous notes.
...
Posted by holygoat, on Jul 14, 2004 at 06:50 PM, in Applications
Not native at all! BibDesk will allow you to... 1,500 Views / 5 Replies  
Not native at all!

BibDesk will allow you to grab formatted entries, I think, but if you want Word integration, your only choice is Endnote.

My advice: don't use Word for any kind of writing...
Posted by holygoat, on Jul 14, 2004 at 02:06 PM, in Applications
BibDesk. I started with BibDesk, and it's... 1,500 Views / 5 Replies  
BibDesk.

I started with BibDesk, and it's great, but I have to say I ended up hand-editing my bibliography in Vim. It's now got about 258 entries in it, all thorough and correct BibTeX.

BibTeX...
Posted by holygoat, on Jul 14, 2004 at 01:43 PM, in Applications
Make StartupItems for whatever you want to start... 629 Views / 9 Replies  
Make StartupItems for whatever you want to start on boot.

I did it recently for SnipSnap; it's quite simple.

Make a folder in /Library/StartupItems, write a shell script and a little XML file,...
Posted by holygoat, on Jul 7, 2004 at 01:22 PM, in macOS
If they followed any kind of Web standards, the... 642 Views / 6 Replies  
If they followed any kind of Web standards, the effort involved would be� none.

However, if they only support Windows machines they may rely on some ActiveX control or something. That's fair...
Posted by holygoat, on Jun 8, 2004 at 01:24 PM, in Applications
Outside is a fantastic album. I'm personally... 1,206 Views / 36 Replies  
Outside is a fantastic album. I'm personally enjoy Lodger � not populist, but very good!

I had the pleasure of seeing him at Wembly Arena in November '03 (the Reality tour), and he was incredible...
Posted by holygoat, on Jun 7, 2004 at 03:16 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Juice. Personally, I do drink bottled water,... 1,086 Views / 34 Replies  
Juice.

Personally, I do drink bottled water, because it's easier and cleaner than keeping empty plastic bottles to fill up and take in to work.

When I'm at home or at someone else's house, I...
Posted by holygoat, on Jun 1, 2004 at 11:36 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I have this problem very occasionally with my... 1,100 Views / 11 Replies  
I have this problem very occasionally with my Dell when it's been left for a number of days. I haven't noticed it recently, though...



... which coincided with an astonishing improvement in...
Posted by holygoat, on May 30, 2004 at 12:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There are lots of dialup ISPs: either free, but... 938 Views / 9 Replies  
There are lots of dialup ISPs: either free, but you dial a local-rate number (pay by the minute), or "unlimited", where you pay a monthly fee for `all-you-can-eat' dialup.

Normally they like to...
Posted by holygoat, on May 24, 2004 at 04:23 PM, in Networking
No. Windows and Linux support both "sleep"... 1,100 Views / 11 Replies  
No.

Windows and Linux support both "sleep" and "suspend to disk" (hibernate). Mac OS X only supports sleep.

Sleep docks the HDD, spins down the optical drive, turns off the display, stalls the...
Posted by holygoat, on May 20, 2004 at 07:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
How big is the file? 633 Views / 7 Replies  
How big is the file?
Posted by holygoat, on May 8, 2004 at 11:07 AM, in macOS
Of course, if you're determined you can easily... 10,779 Views / 153 Replies  
Of course, if you're determined you can easily get songs off the iPod: the music folder is hidden, but still accessible through the Terminal when it's mounted as a drive. There are several apps that...
Posted by holygoat, on May 5, 2004 at 06:18 AM, in Applications
2166 10.96GB 6:12:49:26 I've only got a... 3,764 Views / 60 Replies  
2166
10.96GB
6:12:49:26

I've only got a 30GB drive in this iBook, so hey :D

Some day I'll have a big enough internal drive to rip all of my CDs and move my other songs off my external drives.
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 30, 2004 at 02:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I just tried it: I set crossfade to 0, set "The... 10,779 Views / 153 Replies  
I just tried it: I set crossfade to 0, set "The Happiest Days..." playing, jumped to 15 seconds from the end, and waited. "Another brick..." came in without a gap or blip, and this is on an iBook...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 28, 2004 at 06:03 PM, in Applications
Finally got it! Advice for anyone in Europe:... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
Finally got it! Advice for anyone in Europe: don't use the European mirror, it's running off a Newton over GSM.

Downloading from the Euro mirror: 4 K/s.
Downloading from USA 1: 422 K/s.

I...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 28, 2004 at 10:15 AM, in Developer Center
No problem - I do appreciate your effort! :D 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
No problem - I do appreciate your effort! :D
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 27, 2004 at 06:32 AM, in Developer Center
This didn't work for me, because * The FTP... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
This didn't work for me, because
* The FTP session kept disconnecting. This may or may not have been whenever my ADC login timed out; I didn't keep track.
* After each ADC timeout, the FTP...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 27, 2004 at 05:45 AM, in Developer Center
It would be, if the FTP session didn't keep... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
It would be, if the FTP session didn't keep timing out, requiring another ADC login and user/password capture to restart. It doesn't matter which tool you use (well, as long as it's not the Finder!),...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 27, 2004 at 05:12 AM, in Developer Center
Oh yes, and my ADC login would have timed out by... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
Oh yes, and my ADC login would have timed out by then too - so I'd have to re-login, re-navigate to the downloads, then click the link and start again. 20 times.
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 26, 2004 at 03:21 AM, in Developer Center
Yes, I don't mind FTP itself, but for me it went... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
Yes, I don't mind FTP itself, but for me it went like this:

* Click link
* Vainly try to catch the URL and cancel, in order to pick up the uniquely-generated user/pass pair for the server
*...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 26, 2004 at 03:19 AM, in Developer Center
Furthermore, if you're using it just to display... 1,975 Views / 3 Replies  
Furthermore, if you're using it just to display text (i.e. non-editable), consider:
NSText...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 25, 2004 at 02:04 PM, in Developer Center
Look here... 1,975 Views / 3 Replies  
Look here (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/CocoaBindingsRef/BindingsText/NSTextField.html). About two-thirds of the way down is alignment.
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 25, 2004 at 01:44 PM, in Developer Center
Yes - I want a BitTorrent feed, because their... 2,039 Views / 35 Replies  
Yes - I want a BitTorrent feed, because their rubbish FTP-based distribution method sucks.

When Xcode got to 1.1 I had to write a shell script to repeatedly try re-mounting every time it...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 25, 2004 at 01:37 PM, in Developer Center
Every time I see the Corrs perform live, I can't... 2,142 Views / 77 Replies  
Every time I see the Corrs perform live, I can't help but think: somewhere, there's an Irish theme pub without any staff.
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 21, 2004 at 02:09 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: Re: Re: Just ordered a 30GB ipod 860 Views / 11 Replies  
It should be exactly as new, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was very slight cosmetic damage. Still, it's meant to be used, yes?

I have heard that they're "offloading" though, so it may well...
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 3, 2004 at 03:45 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The best unpacking experience ever. 860 Views / 11 Replies  
The best unpacking experience ever.
Posted by holygoat, on Apr 3, 2004 at 10:15 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I was going to "In Before The Lock™", but I... 2,039 Views / 66 Replies  
I was going to "In Before The Lock™", but I thought there might actually be mileage left in the thread! :D
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 20, 2004 at 04:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Certainly an interesting and topical approach to... 2,039 Views / 66 Replies  
Certainly an interesting and topical approach to persuasion.

+1 Insightful.
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 20, 2004 at 03:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Generally, if you're polite, it works. I called... 2,039 Views / 66 Replies  
Generally, if you're polite, it works. I called Apple for a noisy HDD, and they replaced it with no fuss at all.

Dell, for a worse problem (the drive had actually failed), took longer and wanted...
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 19, 2004 at 11:57 AM, in MacNN Lounge
It is an absolute work of art. A functional work... 1,262 Views / 21 Replies  
It is an absolute work of art. A functional work of art. I'm very pleased!

A tip: the iPod shows completed tasks in the Todo viewer. Which is pretty annoying! So make a separate calendar, and move...
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 17, 2004 at 02:39 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
And it's a good combo: calendar, music, and you... 1,262 Views / 21 Replies  
And it's a good combo: calendar, music, and you can take files with you. Not to mention self-charging and with a battery.
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 14, 2004 at 04:34 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Just arrived. I'd seen the packaging before, but... 1,262 Views / 21 Replies  
Just arrived. I'd seen the packaging before, but it's still amazing. It's also so small!

I think I'm pleased :D

Thanks all!
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 12, 2004 at 07:16 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Ah, but it's features and price! 60GB => lower... 1,262 Views / 21 Replies  
Ah, but it's features and price! 60GB => lower price for 40GB. Neuros is cheaper. I could maybe have got it in the States.

I'm just crazy - I'm sure when it arrives I'll be very happy indeed!
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 11, 2004 at 08:11 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Just ordered iPod... right decision? 1,262 Views / 21 Replies  
eXpansys are doing the 40GB iPod for �350, which is less than Apple's Higher Ed price. So I ordered one, and it'll be mine tomorrow. Bigger than my iBook hard drive!

Of course, now I'm thinking...
Posted by holygoat, on Mar 11, 2004 at 01:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
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