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New eye candy effect ("desktop pic rippling") due to TIGER or add-on?
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During the TIGER party i joined we came across a stunning eye candy effect when using the widgets. When one clicked a widget, the desktop pic suddenly looked like a water surface with ripples spreading from the window border. Is that a Tiger feature or an add-on for system preferences?
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It's a feature only if your video card supports Core Image.
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It's been around since Dashboard came out. Standard as long as your video card can support it (also, another thread solely to the ripple already ongoing).
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You can hit command-R while viewing a widget to force it to update -- and you'll see another little animation.
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
You can hit command-R while viewing a widget to force it to update -- and you'll see another little animation.
Maury
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and you can do the usual holding shift to slow down dashboard. can't seem to hold shift and refresh the widget though
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my iTunes widget doesn't work. no buttons depress, nothing. what's wrong with it??
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
my iTunes widget doesn't work. no buttons depress, nothing. what's wrong with it??
It's broken.
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I'm glad my machine doesn't support the ripple to be honest...
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Originally Posted by euphras
During the TIGER party i joined we came across a stunning eye candy effect when using the widgets. When one clicked a widget, the desktop pic suddenly looked like a water surface with ripples spreading from the window border. Is that a Tiger feature or an add-on for system preferences?
(Gilderoy Lockhart): "Amazing! This is just like magic!"
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I'm glad my machine doesn't support the ripple to be honest...
Since we have the same machine no ripples for me too
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Originally Posted by ManOfSteal
I'm glad my machine doesn't support the ripple to be honest...
because you own a fancy newer machine. because you have a fancy newer graphics card, i give to you...
USELESS EFFECTS!!!!!
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Originally Posted by scaught
because you own a fancy newer machine. because you have a fancy newer graphics card, i give to you...
USELESS EFFECTS!!!!!
WEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Kilbey
WEEEEEEEE!!!!!
well said, my man.
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Originally Posted by ManOfSteal
I'm glad my machine doesn't support the ripple to be honest...
This is the most useless "thing" in Tiger.
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F is for Fooyork.
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Originally Posted by Kilbey
WEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Almost as useful as the goofy plastic exhaust tips on Pontiacs.
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I can live without the ripple (although I do think its cool) but not having Core Video support on the Mini is pretty dissappointing.
Yes, I realize that all indcators would have predicted that before I bought but I guess i was still hoping the specs would change by the time Tiger went GM.
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Originally Posted by Paco500
Almost as useful as the goofy plastic exhaust tips on Pontiacs.
I'll bite.
Which ones?
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It's very cool. Saw it on my wife's PowerBook.
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While it may be useless, you can bet your ass a n00b shopping for a machine is impressed, and if that sells a couple of machines, I'm all for it.
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Originally Posted by Skip Breakfast
While it may be useless, you can bet your ass a n00b shopping for a machine is impressed, and if that sells a couple of machines, I'm all for it.
IMHO, just like Expose.
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Originally Posted by Gankdawg
IMHO, just like Expose.
OMG!! Expose is a freaking life saver. OS X spawns so many windows I couldn't live w/o Expose......well, at least not now that I have it, of course.
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