it's very simple: if you don't want to use tabbed browsing, don't.
i find it handy, and it makes my browsing experince much easier and less time consuming to have everything right in front of me, w/o having to use key combos to switch around with.
it's something most people want, and a few don't. safari, at least, has a pref where you can turn it off alltogether.
so far, this thing flies. i have only 2 minor complaints so far:
tab switching is kind of slow at times, even with only 2 or 3 tabs open.
i'm still waiting for them to get the 'check spelling as you type' pref to stick between sessions.
other than that, this browser is truly amazing. loads pages lightning quick,looks great, and the feature set is starting to set it at par with the other big time browsers for mac.
i'm suprised by the lack of mirrors at this point. i'm not in a HUGE rush to upgrade to 9.1, but i was hoping i could get into a mirror and D/L the 3 CD's overnight.
i'm hoping that *if* they do charge for it, we could see some sort of upgrade pricing scheme. maybe $129 for the full version, and a $79 upgrade charge.
i noticed on reboot that 1.3 and 1.4.1 were loading up. java is not my forte', so i have 2 questions;
1) is this supposed to happen? 2) if the answer is yes, why? is apple going to remove 1.3 at some point, or are both required, kind of like a 'classic' enviroment for older java apps? or is 1.4.1 backwards compatible?
seriously. mac os is in the 10.3 dev stages right now, and then will go to.4,.5 and who knows where else. jobs and company want to stick with the "X" thing as long as possible.
granted, i'd say 10.2 was really more like a.5 release, and when we see 10.5 for real, that will be much like an OS 11 release (as far as features, etc go)
darwin is just the backend of everything that goes into os X.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technologies/
as you can see, darwin is just the foundation. on top of that is openGL, cocca, carbon, quartz graphics, etc etc. darwin is basically an apple-modified *BSD.
after the.7 release, chimera (or whatever it will be called) will move over to the mozilla 1.3 codebase. this should make chimera (or whatever it will be called) MUCH faster, considering i think it is now based on the 1.01 codebase.
we may see some more instability, but the speed should be much better, along with improved rendering.
definately. this usually makes a huge difference, because things just seem to get screwed up from time to time after big software updates. i don't know enough about all that to know *why* they get screwy, but i do know the first thing i do after a OS update is permission repair.
obviously, if you want to be super 31337, you can just type sudo diskutil repairpermissions / in console.
nothing new or revolutionary.... but things just seem to be a bit snappier (i know most people will say, "thats just the prebinding after the install"...), mainly things like redrawing windows when i resize them, or scrolling speeds and what not. also, i'm glad they made address book act like most other os x apps, after you close the app, it still runs in the dock until you close it.
all in all, nothing special, just seems like they squashed a lot of bugs and added some behind the scenes goodness.
f they do this the right way, i think not too many feathers will be ruffled.
if the more casual iApps like iTunes, iCal, iChat, iSync stay free, and programs like iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD come at a price, i think that would be acceptable. hopefully there would be some sort of option to buy just the programs you want, since iPhoto is kind of neat, but i don't have a DV cam as of yet, so i have no use for iMovie or iDVD.
but the people saying they'll sell their macs if apple does this, you gotta be kidding me. granted, i can see the 'bait and switch' argument... but if you don't feel as if the programs are worth your money, or feel as if they aren't worth paying to upgrade, do one of two things:
1) dont upgrade (yea, thats right... you dont HAVE to upgrade last time i checked.)
2) find a suitable replacement. don't like iTunes? there's a couple of great mp3 player programs out there, some free, some you have to pay for. there's fire, adium, proteus for you iChat people. if you don't like iCal or iSync, use the palm desktop software that comes with your palm. i haven't looked around, but i'm sure there's a suitable replacement for every iApp they could possibly charge you for.
i guess we'll all know next week, eh? i suppose most of this is rather redundant, but i just can't believe there are mac users out there that really want to ditch their computer because some iApp will cost them a couple bucks....
i have issues with no sound on wake from sleep from time to time. i'm using a g4 17" iMac, and heard this issue was fixed, but every now and again.... the thing requires a reboot. other than software updates such as 10.2.2, thats the only time i have to reboot.
honestly, i thought that was what apple.slashdot.org was for. don't get me wrong... im a mac user and it's neat to see mac news on slashdot. but, i was kind of thinking relatively minor things like this wouldn't make the front page, just the apple.slashdot.org page.
i dont get it. everyone on here hates windows so much, talks more smack that you can shake a stick at - and say how superior linux is - then when the possibility of windows going OS comes about, people can't wait.
Slashdot Mirror
it's very simple: if you don't want to use tabbed browsing, don't.
i find it handy, and it makes my browsing experince much easier and less time consuming to have everything right in front of me, w/o having to use key combos to switch around with.
it's something most people want, and a few don't. safari, at least, has a pref where you can turn it off alltogether.
so far, this thing flies. i have only 2 minor complaints so far:
tab switching is kind of slow at times, even with only 2 or 3 tabs open.
i'm still waiting for them to get the 'check spelling as you type' pref to stick between sessions.
other than that, this browser is truly amazing. loads pages lightning quick,looks great, and the feature set is starting to set it at par with the other big time browsers for mac.
the more people using this, the better. i'm *only* gettting around 28k/s, but it's better than hammering FTP sites all morning.
i'm suprised by the lack of mirrors at this point. i'm not in a HUGE rush to upgrade to 9.1, but i was hoping i could get into a mirror and D/L the 3 CD's overnight.
i'm hoping that *if* they do charge for it, we could see some sort of upgrade pricing scheme. maybe $129 for the full version, and a $79 upgrade charge.
or you could have just downloaded the windows version of the update, yes?
thanks for the input, just making sure my install didn't get hosed or something strange like that :)
i noticed on reboot that 1.3 and 1.4.1 were loading up. java is not my forte', so i have 2 questions;
1) is this supposed to happen?
2) if the answer is yes, why? is apple going to remove 1.3 at some point, or are both required, kind of like a 'classic' enviroment for older java apps? or is 1.4.1 backwards compatible?
(geez, that's more like 4 questions )
seriously. mac os is in the 10.3 dev stages right now, and then will go to .4, .5 and who knows where else. jobs and company want to stick with the "X" thing as long as possible.
.5 release, and when we see 10.5 for real, that will be much like an OS 11 release (as far as features, etc go)
granted, i'd say 10.2 was really more like a
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you can still snag it from here while it lasts!
no.
darwin is just the backend of everything that goes into os X.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technologies/
as you can see, darwin is just the foundation. on top of that is openGL, cocca, carbon, quartz graphics, etc etc. darwin is basically an apple-modified *BSD.
after the .7 release, chimera (or whatever it will be called) will move over to the mozilla 1.3 codebase. this should make chimera (or whatever it will be called) MUCH faster, considering i think it is now based on the 1.01 codebase.
we may see some more instability, but the speed should be much better, along with improved rendering.
if you *have* to have it now, download a nightly :)
sounds like your the exception, not the rule.
i didn't say that all of a sudden when i use photoshop, i can apply filters at some insanely faster rate, or that iMovie rendering is 200000x faster.
scrolling seems smoother in apps which have a scrollbar, and resizing windows is a bit snappier.
Reverting the 'new' apache config back to my old apache config with:
cp httpd.conf.applesaved httpd.conf
then restarting apache did the trick.
definately. this usually makes a huge difference, because things just seem to get screwed up from time to time after big software updates. i don't know enough about all that to know *why* they get screwy, but i do know the first thing i do after a OS update is permission repair.
obviously, if you want to be super 31337, you can just type sudo diskutil repairpermissions / in console.
nothing new or revolutionary.... but things just seem to be a bit snappier (i know most people will say, "thats just the prebinding after the install"...), mainly things like redrawing windows when i resize them, or scrolling speeds and what not. also, i'm glad they made address book act like most other os x apps, after you close the app, it still runs in the dock until you close it.
all in all, nothing special, just seems like they squashed a lot of bugs and added some behind the scenes goodness.
GO BUCS!!!!
27-10
f they do this the right way, i think not too many feathers will be ruffled.
if the more casual iApps like iTunes, iCal, iChat, iSync stay free, and programs like iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD come at a price, i think that would be acceptable. hopefully there would be some sort of option to buy just the programs you want, since iPhoto is kind of neat, but i don't have a DV cam as of yet, so i have no use for iMovie or iDVD.
but the people saying they'll sell their macs if apple does this, you gotta be kidding me. granted, i can see the 'bait and switch' argument... but if you don't feel as if the programs are worth your money, or feel as if they aren't worth paying to upgrade, do one of two things:
1) dont upgrade (yea, thats right... you dont HAVE to upgrade last time i checked.)
2) find a suitable replacement. don't like iTunes? there's a couple of great mp3 player programs out there, some free, some you have to pay for. there's fire, adium, proteus for you iChat people. if you don't like iCal or iSync, use the palm desktop software that comes with your palm. i haven't looked around, but i'm sure there's a suitable replacement for every iApp they could possibly charge you for.
i guess we'll all know next week, eh? i suppose most of this is rather redundant, but i just can't believe there are mac users out there that really want to ditch their computer because some iApp will cost them a couple bucks....
i have issues with no sound on wake from sleep from time to time. i'm using a g4 17" iMac, and heard this issue was fixed, but every now and again.... the thing requires a reboot. other than software updates such as 10.2.2, thats the only time i have to reboot.
honestly, i thought that was what apple.slashdot.org was for. don't get me wrong... im a mac user and it's neat to see mac news on slashdot. but, i was kind of thinking relatively minor things like this wouldn't make the front page, just the apple.slashdot.org page.
anyone know if a mac version of kazaa is planned?
as soon as my iPod supports .ogg, i'm going to re-rip my entire collection into vorbis format. until then, i'm kind of stuck with .mp3 ...
for how much?
i dont get it. everyone on here hates windows so much, talks more smack that you can shake a stick at - and say how superior linux is - then when the possibility of windows going OS comes about, people can't wait.
i thought windows sucks?