Comments on: Leopard doesn’t quite stack up http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard Hacks, scripts and ideas for the refined geek. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonathan Wise http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-86 Jonathan Wise Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:47:44 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-86 I still think Konfabulator is better than Dashboard anyway. I'd much rather choose what layer my widgets are on, then have to hit a hot key... Very useful comment, btw. Thanks! I still think Konfabulator is better than Dashboard anyway. I’d much rather choose what layer my widgets are on, then have to hit a hot key…

Very useful comment, btw. Thanks!

]]> By: M-RES http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-85 M-RES Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:43:04 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-85 Of course, this 'move' bug (goes all the way back to 10.2, if not further) only applies if you do MOVE a file/directory to another volume. The safest way around this - and not really that much of a bugbear as most people will use it this way - is simply to COPY (just drag n drop rather than command-dragging) the file/directory and then once safely copied, hit CMD-DEL, then SHIFT-CMD-DEL. I know it's an extra 2 keystrokes, but its better than losing a bunch of your stuff! ;) Still... it's about time it was fixed as it's a massive glitch. Have they sorted out the awful networking issues that have been wrong since the original 10.0? Annoys the hell out of me that on an OS 9 machine, if I lose a connection to a server the Mac responds immediately, but in every version of X it sits there for 5 minutes beachballing before telling me what I already know! I'm totally with you over the stacks issue though - they're shite!!! If only they'd listen to long-time Mac users and BRING BACK OUR OS 9 POP-UP FOLDERS!!!! They were far more use than any incarnation of the dock and certainly more use than stacks. Fully configurable in terms of views, arrangement, behaviour... using full drag n drop... much more time/space efficient - AND you can navigate them from the keyboard. Also - have they implemented keyboard navigation of the dock yet? I get irritated having to switch back to the mouse when the kbd is far quicker and more efficient for navigation - I use kbd navigation of the menus all the time for anything without a shortcut, so the dock's a big hiccup in the workflow. FYI : there is a replacement (or was - might not still exist for current versions of X, as I haven't used it since 10.1) for the old Apple Menu Items folder. It is (was?) an app called Fruit Menu that allowed you to bring back a lot of the Apple Menu's usability (and point!). Add Aliases for your hard drives for quick navigation, add commonly used apps and utils that don't warrant taking up space in your dock. Not sure if it allowed drag n drop support, but it's worth a look if it's still around. There also used to be a little docklet for system prefs that gave you a pop-up menu from the dock showing all the prefs and allowed you to go directly to a specific pane. That was cool, but last time I had a copy it got broken in a point upgrade to X. It's a shame that Apple don't take more notice of the very cool 3rd party add-ons to X that are out there and consider writing more of them into the OS. They did do that with Konfabulator (ripped off and called Dashboard), but if they paid the original authors for their ideas it'd promote a healthy 3rd party developer scene and encourage some clever innovation, rather than just eye-candy. Right... I'm rambling... I'm out! :) Of course, this ‘move’ bug (goes all the way back to 10.2, if not further) only applies if you do MOVE a file/directory to another volume. The safest way around this - and not really that much of a bugbear as most people will use it this way - is simply to COPY (just drag n drop rather than command-dragging) the file/directory and then once safely copied, hit CMD-DEL, then SHIFT-CMD-DEL. I know it’s an extra 2 keystrokes, but its better than losing a bunch of your stuff! ;)

Still… it’s about time it was fixed as it’s a massive glitch. Have they sorted out the awful networking issues that have been wrong since the original 10.0? Annoys the hell out of me that on an OS 9 machine, if I lose a connection to a server the Mac responds immediately, but in every version of X it sits there for 5 minutes beachballing before telling me what I already know!

I’m totally with you over the stacks issue though - they’re shite!!! If only they’d listen to long-time Mac users and BRING BACK OUR OS 9 POP-UP FOLDERS!!!! They were far more use than any incarnation of the dock and certainly more use than stacks. Fully configurable in terms of views, arrangement, behaviour… using full drag n drop… much more time/space efficient - AND you can navigate them from the keyboard.

Also - have they implemented keyboard navigation of the dock yet? I get irritated having to switch back to the mouse when the kbd is far quicker and more efficient for navigation - I use kbd navigation of the menus all the time for anything without a shortcut, so the dock’s a big hiccup in the workflow.

FYI : there is a replacement (or was - might not still exist for current versions of X, as I haven’t used it since 10.1) for the old Apple Menu Items folder. It is (was?) an app called Fruit Menu that allowed you to bring back a lot of the Apple Menu’s usability (and point!). Add Aliases for your hard drives for quick navigation, add commonly used apps and utils that don’t warrant taking up space in your dock. Not sure if it allowed drag n drop support, but it’s worth a look if it’s still around.

There also used to be a little docklet for system prefs that gave you a pop-up menu from the dock showing all the prefs and allowed you to go directly to a specific pane. That was cool, but last time I had a copy it got broken in a point upgrade to X.

It’s a shame that Apple don’t take more notice of the very cool 3rd party add-ons to X that are out there and consider writing more of them into the OS. They did do that with Konfabulator (ripped off and called Dashboard), but if they paid the original authors for their ideas it’d promote a healthy 3rd party developer scene and encourage some clever innovation, rather than just eye-candy.

Right… I’m rambling… I’m out!

:)

]]> By: Jonathan Wise http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-76 Jonathan Wise Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:07:56 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-76 Oh, good to know! Another thing they haven't fixed in the Finder yet... good thing we've got Cover Flow, though! Oh, good to know! Another thing they haven’t fixed in the Finder yet… good thing we’ve got Cover Flow, though!

]]> By: Steven Fisher http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-75 Steven Fisher Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:04:46 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/article/i-dont-like-leopard#comment-75 The move bug goes back to at least 10.4. (I actually think I first ran into it in 10.3.) The move bug goes back to at least 10.4. (I actually think I first ran into it in 10.3.)

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