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Brazuca · Aug 20, 2003, 06:08 PM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
No OS X has the best support for smart secure cards of any os. And that's a fact. Any company working with smart cards, and security of the like know about OS X. It's not something Apple makes a big deal about but they should. One of the largest research developers for the government is a lab at Purdue University in Indiana. They use all OS X for developing smart card access for government projects and .mil stuff.

Like this?
DoD Card Reader App

Krypton · Aug 21, 2003, 05:32 AM

I don't think this has been mentioned elsewhere, but you can now apply effects to pages that you want to print via colorsync:

- - e r i k - - · Aug 21, 2003, 06:19 AM

Yeah, I noticed that. Pretty nifty. Don't know how much it will be used though...

Another thing I just noticed with the new Safari Build 1.1(v92) is that large images will scroll down from the top of the window while loading. Only the first time (not in cache), but still pretty cool.

JLL · Aug 21, 2003, 06:50 AM

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Another thing I just noticed with the new Safari Build 1.1(v92) is that large images will scroll down from the top of the window while loading. Only the first time (not in cache), but still pretty cool.

So does v85 (and earlier).

- - e r i k - - · Aug 21, 2003, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by JLL:
So does v85 (and earlier).

Hence the "I just noticed"-part.

ls -al · Aug 21, 2003, 08:40 AM

Are URL's embedded when printing to a PDF from Safari?

Ratm · Aug 21, 2003, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by ls -al:
Are URL's embedded when printing to a PDF from Safari?

Is this what you meant, if so you can do this now
http://www.macosxhints.com/index.php?topic=internet

Webscreamer · Aug 21, 2003, 02:23 PM

Here are a few things I found while digging into Panther files a little.

- I guess will show up on the G5 when your side is "ajar".

- New boot panel window in 7B39

- New Bluetooth mouse image

dr. zoidberg · Aug 21, 2003, 03:19 PM

tastey stuff, webscreamer and krypton. thanks... and keep 'em coming.

so what about the visual glitches in the finder toolbar from the 7b2x-builds? have they been corrected already?

nagromme · Aug 21, 2003, 03:40 PM

Is that mouse icon used JUST for Bluetooth? Or for USB too?

If it's only for BT, then it looks like Apple's BT mouse will be just like the current mouse. And one-button again.

Krypton · Aug 21, 2003, 03:45 PM

I suppose it might be safe to say that the *new* bluetooth mouse will look pretty much like the old one, except maybe in regard to colouring.

Anyhow, anyone wanting to know about performance (7B39): on my iMac DV 400 the speed is very good now, not as fast as OS 9 but I'd say as fast as I want it to be.

However, the biggest speed difference comes from the way sheets drop down very quickly now, and switching pref panes etc is very fluid. Best of all, saving ram contents on shutdown now takes about 10 seconds instead of 30/40.

Art Vandelay · Aug 21, 2003, 03:51 PM

Originally posted by Krypton:
Best of all, saving ram contents on shutdown now takes about 10 seconds instead of 30/40.

Matt OS X · Aug 21, 2003, 04:16 PM

Hey, I'm wondering if you guys have the same problem by uploading the digital camera pictures on iphoto/image capture?? I couldn't do mine (Nikon Coolpix 4300). Is there any solution?

Krypton · Aug 21, 2003, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by Art Vandelay:

In Mac OS X PB to 10.1 the OS shut down instantly when you chose to do so. As of 10.2 you get that little spinny progress thing - while some of the operating system is saved to disk to speed up boot times.

Art Vandelay · Aug 21, 2003, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by Krypton:
In Mac OS X PB to 10.1 the OS shut down instantly when you chose to do so. As of 10.2 you get that little spinny progress thing - while some of the operating system is saved to disk to speed up boot times.

It doesn't save anything to disk to speed boot times. You can verify this by checking the scripts.

Webscreamer · Aug 21, 2003, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by nagromme:
Is that mouse icon used JUST for Bluetooth? Or for USB too?

If it's only for BT, then it looks like Apple's BT mouse will be just like the current mouse. And one-button again.

the exact filename of the file was "BTMouse.png" so read into it ;p

Zadian · Aug 21, 2003, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
It doesn't save anything to disk to speed boot times. You can verify this by checking the scripts.

So what does OS X 10.2 that takes so long at shut down?

ls -al · Aug 21, 2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by Ratm:
Is this what you meant, if so you can do this now
http://www.macosxhints.com/index.php?topic=internet

I know that.. but it's a pain.. I want it seamlessly incorporated, it's a Macintosh after all right?

it would be good to have URL applications on for all apps...

barbarian · Aug 22, 2003, 02:06 AM

My quick notes on 39:

2nd monitor still doesn't work (sgi monitor/formac card)... just shows up as grey.

Entourage crashes on launch (other office apps work fine)

Seems a bit quicker in Expose on older machines.

Help is finally fast enough to be useful.

ph0ust · Sep 11, 2003, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Developer:
I would be disappointed if it won't. The competition has more and better desktop pictures.

you gotta be joking... it's called the internet, and on it you can get a near endless supply of pictures, or whatever, to use for your desktop.