One difficulty I run into constantly with OpenOffice and Libre Office is that you can't just drag an image or another file and have it embedded in a document. It is a huge shortcoming IMHO, as it is used all the time by people I work with that use MS Word. Is that just a shortcoming of the particular application I am using on the particular OS or is that shortcoming inherent in the XML format?
I disable the trackpads on my Thinkpads. Way too easy to brush it with the palm of my hand, select an entire section of text and type over it. Happens to me over and over again.
It's the question of what is good art, versus what is just simply well-produced art. They take performers these days who's music doesn't come from them or the way they feel about the world because they don't write their own music. They throw money at them and put their voice through autotune and come up with something that sells well but is essentially souless. You may not agree with me that an artform should be performed from some sort of real experience but that is the way I feel. I am also a purist when it comes to technology. Computer science has many established fundamentals and standards that Apple ignores. Take off the thin veneer and you find that things have been ignored for basically what amounts to production value in the same way as music.
Do we really have to go down this road? It inevitably winds up with me listing a bunch of things that are very important to me but not at all important to you. And with you saying that Apple shouldn't have to implement those things because of all the people it isn't important to. It won't change the fact that it is a slimmed down OS, period. You even admit that. When you slim things down you remove ways of interacting. Perhaps you are happy doing things the 'one way' but I am not. My way changes radically depending on what kind of work I am trying to get done.
I work for such a company. We set targets and expect them to get done and they do. Communicating by text messenger works well for us because it allows us to multitask freely. I'm really shocked that other companies have so much trouble with work from home. To me it seems like a no brainier, as companies are constantly complaining about how there are no resources in their geographical location.
Perfectly fine for lots of people.. Apple is happy with that and many people are happy with Apple. Many people are happy with Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber as well. Need I say more?
I prefer to live in a society that is in balance with a healthy and workable economy. Uber amounts to one level above slavery and is a step in the wrong direction. Many people work their asses off to buy into the taxi industry. The direction to head is to help more of these people, rather than having people that are so desperate they become dependent on 'jobs' like Uber provides.
The last battery I bought cost $18 and came with an external charger for free. Hasn't been a problem to remember to stick the spare in there until it is required.
OS X is about things looking nice, and about there being as few ways of doing a particular thing as possible..
The problem is the 'and' in that statement. You can't claim that OSX is a serious work machine while it has as few ways to do things as possible. It's like telling me I have to drive a certain route to my workplace and I can't use any other streets other than specified. If I want to stop at the grocery store on the way back from work, I have to go home first and then go to the grocery store. Apple could embrace the challenge and try to meet the features in other OSes while still keeping the simplified look for people that want it, but they don't. What do they care? They are good enough for people who will hand them fistfuls of cash. From a business perspective this may be admirable but it certainly isn't from a technological perspective so don't ask technology people to respect what they are doing. I believe this is why people who appreciate technology tend to dislike Apple in general and also dislike the suggestion that they are somehow technologically advanced. They just made enough sacrifices to make a pretty package easy. Again, perhaps good business but not good technology.
Sure it can be hell if it isn't done right. I can't say I've ever used a mainstream window manager where I've thought "Gee there are just too many options for me here, I wish there were less". Sure it can become a clusterf-ck if not done right but it isn't really that hard. All I am saying is that OS/X stands out to me because they omit things. Perhaps it is just because I don't know how to use the OS properly. I don't want to look like a dink, but I really have Googled on "how to make an application fill the entire desktop in OS/X", and "how to switch between fullscreen applications with the keyboard in OS/X" and I haven't found it. I've also looked for good keyboard shortcut cheatsheets and not found them.
To me it just seems that Apple does what they do to make things look better. The echelon of UI design is to have all the advanced options and keep the simple look. Everyone strikes their own balance, I just don't like Apple's.
What you told me was that iTunes doesn't manage the files the way I want and that I have to do it myself. Of course I complain. Plus, the option you gave me isn't really 'managing files'. It manages them to the extent that they will be organized in the UI but they will not be managed in directories.
Just tried this.. I assume it is Option on the mac keyboard? It doesn't really go fullscreen, it just expands vertically. This is with a finder window.
Does anyone know if there is a good cheat sheet for these shortcuts? I don't really mind the fullscreen mode and I get it, except I've googled on it and never been able to find a way to switch to different fullscreened applications with the keyboard. Usually it is something like alt-arrow with other tools.
Maybe the problem is that I expect OS/X to be a bit consistent with other systems, in the same way that KDE and Gnome are somewhat consistent with Windows. But it is just a different world, and it screws me up.
Ok foot in mouth.. You're right that opens a new window. To me 'Open' means open in the same window, and 'Open in new window' means open in new window. Thanks, I shall use that from now on.
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One difficulty I run into constantly with OpenOffice and Libre Office is that you can't just drag an image or another file and have it embedded in a document. It is a huge shortcoming IMHO, as it is used all the time by people I work with that use MS Word. Is that just a shortcoming of the particular application I am using on the particular OS or is that shortcoming inherent in the XML format?
I disable the trackpads on my Thinkpads. Way too easy to brush it with the palm of my hand, select an entire section of text and type over it. Happens to me over and over again.
Lenovo shall surely miss those four sales.
It's the question of what is good art, versus what is just simply well-produced art. They take performers these days who's music doesn't come from them or the way they feel about the world because they don't write their own music. They throw money at them and put their voice through autotune and come up with something that sells well but is essentially souless. You may not agree with me that an artform should be performed from some sort of real experience but that is the way I feel. I am also a purist when it comes to technology. Computer science has many established fundamentals and standards that Apple ignores. Take off the thin veneer and you find that things have been ignored for basically what amounts to production value in the same way as music.
Add to this the fact that rates in India are going up. It's not exactly the bargain it used to be.
Do we really have to go down this road? It inevitably winds up with me listing a bunch of things that are very important to me but not at all important to you. And with you saying that Apple shouldn't have to implement those things because of all the people it isn't important to. It won't change the fact that it is a slimmed down OS, period. You even admit that. When you slim things down you remove ways of interacting. Perhaps you are happy doing things the 'one way' but I am not. My way changes radically depending on what kind of work I am trying to get done.
Obviously you haven't ever tried to get anything moderately complex done in India. In my experience that never goes well.
I work for such a company. We set targets and expect them to get done and they do. Communicating by text messenger works well for us because it allows us to multitask freely. I'm really shocked that other companies have so much trouble with work from home. To me it seems like a no brainier, as companies are constantly complaining about how there are no resources in their geographical location.
Perfectly fine for lots of people.. Apple is happy with that and many people are happy with Apple. Many people are happy with Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber as well. Need I say more?
I prefer to live in a society that is in balance with a healthy and workable economy. Uber amounts to one level above slavery and is a step in the wrong direction. Many people work their asses off to buy into the taxi industry. The direction to head is to help more of these people, rather than having people that are so desperate they become dependent on 'jobs' like Uber provides.
So someone needs to change the law *before* making gobs of money by breaking it.
The last battery I bought cost $18 and came with an external charger for free. Hasn't been a problem to remember to stick the spare in there until it is required.
I readily admitted several times that I don't know the OS as well as I should. Apologies for inserting a slash where I shouldn't have.
OS X is about things looking nice, and about there being as few ways of doing a particular thing as possible..
The problem is the 'and' in that statement. You can't claim that OSX is a serious work machine while it has as few ways to do things as possible. It's like telling me I have to drive a certain route to my workplace and I can't use any other streets other than specified. If I want to stop at the grocery store on the way back from work, I have to go home first and then go to the grocery store. Apple could embrace the challenge and try to meet the features in other OSes while still keeping the simplified look for people that want it, but they don't. What do they care? They are good enough for people who will hand them fistfuls of cash. From a business perspective this may be admirable but it certainly isn't from a technological perspective so don't ask technology people to respect what they are doing. I believe this is why people who appreciate technology tend to dislike Apple in general and also dislike the suggestion that they are somehow technologically advanced. They just made enough sacrifices to make a pretty package easy. Again, perhaps good business but not good technology.
Can you connect your iPhone via USB to a linux machine without iTunes, copy an AVI to it and then play it on your phone later?
It's refreshing to see someone be honest and admit that OSX is just about eye candy.
I think the last time I tried it was the 'long time ago'. Nice that Apple added the feature.
Ok for some reason I didn't read it that way. I guess I'm challenged sometimes.
Sure it can be hell if it isn't done right. I can't say I've ever used a mainstream window manager where I've thought "Gee there are just too many options for me here, I wish there were less". Sure it can become a clusterf-ck if not done right but it isn't really that hard. All I am saying is that OS/X stands out to me because they omit things. Perhaps it is just because I don't know how to use the OS properly. I don't want to look like a dink, but I really have Googled on "how to make an application fill the entire desktop in OS/X", and "how to switch between fullscreen applications with the keyboard in OS/X" and I haven't found it. I've also looked for good keyboard shortcut cheatsheets and not found them.
To me it just seems that Apple does what they do to make things look better. The echelon of UI design is to have all the advanced options and keep the simple look. Everyone strikes their own balance, I just don't like Apple's.
What you told me was that iTunes doesn't manage the files the way I want and that I have to do it myself. Of course I complain. Plus, the option you gave me isn't really 'managing files'. It manages them to the extent that they will be organized in the UI but they will not be managed in directories.
"you have to manage them yourself"
Let's just say I've found many other media utilities without this feature.
Just tried this.. I assume it is Option on the mac keyboard? It doesn't really go fullscreen, it just expands vertically. This is with a finder window.
Does anyone know if there is a good cheat sheet for these shortcuts? I don't really mind the fullscreen mode and I get it, except I've googled on it and never been able to find a way to switch to different fullscreened applications with the keyboard. Usually it is something like alt-arrow with other tools.
Maybe the problem is that I expect OS/X to be a bit consistent with other systems, in the same way that KDE and Gnome are somewhat consistent with Windows. But it is just a different world, and it screws me up.
Perhaps you could tell me how to make a window full-screen without making a new desktop for it?
Ok foot in mouth.. You're right that opens a new window. To me 'Open' means open in the same window, and 'Open in new window' means open in new window. Thanks, I shall use that from now on.