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Revealing Hidden PDF Services in Mac OS X 10.2.4
cspiff writes "In Mac OS X 10.2.4, Apple quietly added the ability for users and developers to enhance the standard Print dialog with custom PDF-handling options. To enable it, just create a folder '~/Library/PDF Services' and populate it with aliases to applications, scripts, Unix tools, or other folders. Those items then show up in the Print dialog as optional handlers for Mac OS X's built-in 'Save as PDF' feature. Drop a renamed alias to your mail client in there, and you've added convenient 'Send PDF as Email' functionality to every application."
Can he figure it out? No. Is he stupid? No. Does Microsoft suck at designing OS's that make sense? Yes.
does a corporate IT exec want a platform that makes his department large and indispensible? yes. does MS know its market? yes.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- A.E.
What would you have to do to do something like this in Windows land?
1. Sweep Dell off desk onto floor.
2. Call Apple.
3. Order Powerbook.