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Poll: I think it would be better to go in the other... 1,062 Views / 20 Replies  
I think it would be better to go in the other direction. Make it much easier to have many visible windows at once. Of course the trick is finding a good way to manage the windows. I think there can...
Posted by stinch, on Oct 10, 2005 at 05:32 PM, in macOS
Try to prove it's not flawed and you will see the... 2,618 Views / 57 Replies  
Try to prove it's not flawed and you will see the massive task it is to produce flawless code. Humans make mistakes and to check every piece of code in a modern os just takes too long.
Posted by stinch, on Sep 30, 2005 at 02:00 AM, in macOS
IMO you are best off just ignoring it. It's... 650 Views / 4 Replies  
IMO you are best off just ignoring it. It's complicated and designed to work with how people use computers. By messing about opening and closing programs chances are you will just waste your time and...
Posted by stinch, on Sep 29, 2005 at 03:28 PM, in Applications
A few of these I don't really agree with. ... 2,332 Views / 62 Replies  
A few of these I don't really agree with.


You can use opengl on windows just as easily as os x if you want to avoid directx.


Xcode is no more open than visual studio, free does not mean...
Posted by stinch, on Sep 25, 2005 at 05:24 PM, in macOS
Os x is a big and complicated bit of software. It... 1,489 Views / 26 Replies  
Os x is a big and complicated bit of software. It will contain many vulnerabilities that can be exploited.
While there are a lot of mac users that are educated and sensible there is a sizeable...
Posted by stinch, on Sep 22, 2005 at 01:11 AM, in macOS
The right-click menu doesn't have "back" or... 2,177 Views / 33 Replies  
The right-click menu doesn't have "back" or "reload" items when viewing images.

If you select some text and hold the command key while right-clicking "Search in google" will open the google search...
Posted by stinch, on Sep 1, 2005 at 09:41 PM, in Applications
256Mb was adequate if you planed on just running... 3,305 Views / 59 Replies  
256Mb was adequate if you planed on just running one app at a time. 512Mb is more than enough for most people especially the target audience.

On a mini with 512Mb and one safari window I have...
Posted by stinch, on Jul 28, 2005 at 08:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
What happens when a computer illiterate person... 4,020 Views / 90 Replies  
What happens when a computer illiterate person has a problem with their computer? They find someone who is computer literate to sort it out.

The person that normally fixes their problems is likely...
Posted by stinch, on Jul 2, 2005 at 11:57 AM, in Gaming
dp :brick: 2,522 Views / 29 Replies  
dp :brick:
Posted by stinch, on May 23, 2005 at 06:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
People do appear to expect far to much from it.... 2,522 Views / 29 Replies  
People do appear to expect far to much from it. The op wants a faster cpu, someone else wants a faster gpu and someone else a fast 3.5" hd. If apple upped all those specs it wouldn't do what they...
Posted by stinch, on May 23, 2005 at 06:32 AM, in Mac Desktops
The performance overhead in opening the file and... 1,609 Views / 15 Replies  
The performance overhead in opening the file and reading it to determine its contents isn't slight but massive.
Isn't the whole point to spotlight that almost all the info it needs about a file is...
Posted by stinch, on May 19, 2005 at 10:36 PM, in macOS
Users can get conditioned into clicking Ok... 14,698 Views / 170 Replies  
Users can get conditioned into clicking Ok without reading the dialog.
There are plenty of badly designed programs that over use dialog boxes. When using those programs the faster the user can hit...
Posted by stinch, on May 15, 2005 at 11:30 AM, in macOS
Tiger won't install the developer tools even if... 950 Views / 5 Replies  
Tiger won't install the developer tools even if installing to a blank drive. You need to install them yourself from the Xcode tools dir on the install dvd.
Posted by stinch, on May 6, 2005 at 01:44 PM, in Developer Center
Having two simple calculators that function... 72,254 Views / 551 Replies  
Having two simple calculators that function differently probably isn't the best idea if you want to avoid confusion. However they are using the standard way to tell you which method the calculator...
Posted by stinch, on May 4, 2005 at 06:41 PM, in macOS
They will probably get away with it if they are... 1,358 Views / 17 Replies  
They will probably get away with it if they are used to old hardware don't open more than one or two programs at once and are patient.

I managed about 2 hours with 256Mb before replacing it with...
Posted by stinch, on May 3, 2005 at 08:03 PM, in Mac Desktops
I don't see why it would be that silly. The... 9,086 Views / 32 Replies  
I don't see why it would be that silly. The desktop line is competing with desktops from other manufactures not the powerbook. With the mini attracting pc users apple needs to be competitive on the...
Posted by stinch, on May 3, 2005 at 07:44 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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