As some one who has used both Kaleidoscope on my Mac and LiteStep, WindowBlinds and countless other shell replacements on Windows I can say that he was quite correct.
There are no equivalants to Kaleidoscope. It will go down in history as one of the, if not the, best UI "tweaking" tool every made.
Anyone who thinks differently has obviously never used kaleidoscope or have taken a rather hard blow to the head.
My parents just bought me a really big digit alarm clock and if I squint just right I can usually make out at least two of the digits. It saved us thousands of dollars as an alternative to LASIK.
Now that the software is free, all we need now are cheaper iPods, production-wise. $500 for 5GB? You've got to be kidding me!
Somebody was, its actually $299.
And for what its worth they are pretty cheap considering. The harddrive in one of these by itself cost approx. $299 stand alone. I forgot what company makes them but that is their MSRP.
But if you get the iPod you have the harddrive, an MP3 player with remote and contact and calender software.
It may be expensive but that doesn't mean its not a good value.
At work I have an unsupported printer, and Xerox said that they will never support OS X for that particular model. All I did was copy the PPD for the printer and saved it on the harddrive (I saved it in a folder I called Printer Descriptions in the Library dir.) Then I started up Print Center at just manually selected the PPD. I now have a fully working printer for my G4.
This of course only works if you printer is networked. But for USB printers it is the printer companies that are responsible. Write to them to complain.
It's great to say that considering what happened one year ago. But realize that the US has been responsible for a huge amount of innocent civilian death.
Quick reminder: 1945 the American government was directly responsible for destroying TWO WHOLE CITIES. Millions of innocent people became vapor in a millisecond.
1) When she can afford to upgrade she will. Its not like any of these programs just stop working today because Apple announced the death of OS 9. She can still use these programs until she can upgrade. And all of those work perfectly in classic mode anyways.
2) Trust me when I say this. As a serious graphic designer, Linux is not an option yet. Two words: Colour Management. This is something that Apple is vastly superior. Maybe one day Linux will be better, but it doesn't look like it'll be any time soon.
Really, this seems more like flamebait than anything else. She can afford to purchase a PC version of Photoshop for Windows to use with the crossover plugin but she can't afford to update it for the Mac.
iTunes and a couple of other bundled apps don't do this either.
really? lemme test that out.
open iTunes Apple-1 (which closes the player but keeps the program running.) switch to the finder click one the iTunes icon in the dock and... TADA! look, a brand new player, all ready to be used.
Mozilla doen't do it because they don't follow guidelines. every Apple app does.
It's not like I'm actually for Apple's descision here, but the way everyone is going about pointing blame is flawed. Its all about the license.
If you read the license it states that iDVD is freely distributed for AppleSuperDrives only. That means if you use the software on another drive you are breaking the license agreement and therefore "pirating" the software. Just because its on your harddrive doesn't legally mean you can do with it what you please.
Do I believe Apple is being totally fair? No. But do I believe they have the right to protect their software? Yes.
How's this any different from Microsoft saying "If you throw away your PC and buy a new one, you can't use the software on that box?"
A - Microsoft doesn't manufacture PCs
B - Microsoft doesn't freely distibute Windows on a PC that they have sold
It's all in the license agreement. iDVD was made and given away for consumers that bought the SuperDrive. It is not Apple's responsibilty to ensure that every DVD burner has software to run it.
Apple does supply software that can use 3rd party burners as a seperate purchase: DVD Studio Pro.
Company uses DMCA to prevent competition, film at 11.
On the contrary, now there is room for another company to come in and develop a DVD authoring application. Apple has stated that their free software is only licensed to buyers of Apple's SuperDrive.
For a user who adds some other company's DVD burner they have to use a competitors product.
It's impossible for them not to pirate the software. iDVD is only supplied as a free application with a SuperDrive that Apple sells you. If you are using another company's DVD burner, then you cannot use Apple's software.
Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
Actually, its quite the opposite. In order for someone to burn DVDs they need to use Apple's software iDVD.
That software is only licensed to be used if you purchase a machine with one of Apple's Superdrive.
This story is actually on of fighting software piracy. Of course you have to have a little more knowledge to know that because reading the "Slashdot spin" is going to have every company look evil for protecting themselves.
Paper comes from trees specifically planted to produce paper!
If you really believe this I suggest you take a drive on the Canadian side of the Rockies. Those trees have only begun to be planted, but those giant mountains with the huge bald spots on their sides used to be filled with trees that grew there naturally. Now those threes are a bunch of phone books.
Switching between an app's windows (including iconified windows) is usually done with Apple-~. This is a standard key combo, though Mozilla may not follow (Mozilla's fault, not Apple's).
Just so everyone knows, for Mozilla its one key to the right with Apple-1
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As some one who has used both Kaleidoscope on my Mac and LiteStep, WindowBlinds and countless other shell replacements on Windows I can say that he was quite correct.
There are no equivalants to Kaleidoscope. It will go down in history as one of the, if not the, best UI "tweaking" tool every made.
Anyone who thinks differently has obviously never used kaleidoscope or have taken a rather hard blow to the head.
My parents just bought me a really big digit alarm clock and if I squint just right I can usually make out at least two of the digits. It saved us thousands of dollars as an alternative to LASIK.
Heh, for more on the same topic (Mac zealots ruining the world) head over to Ars.
Oops, sorry, but you don't get a remote for the $299 one.
Actually, for $499 you get the 20GB version (with the remote, heehee). That seems like a good deal too.
Now that the software is free, all we need now are cheaper iPods, production-wise. $500 for 5GB? You've got to be kidding me!
Somebody was, its actually $299.
And for what its worth they are pretty cheap considering. The harddrive in one of these by itself cost approx. $299 stand alone. I forgot what company makes them but that is their MSRP.
But if you get the iPod you have the harddrive, an MP3 player with remote and contact and calender software.
It may be expensive but that doesn't mean its not a good value.
At work I have an unsupported printer, and Xerox said that they will never support OS X for that particular model. All I did was copy the PPD for the printer and saved it on the harddrive (I saved it in a folder I called Printer Descriptions in the Library dir.) Then I started up Print Center at just manually selected the PPD. I now have a fully working printer for my G4.
This of course only works if you printer is networked. But for USB printers it is the printer companies that are responsible. Write to them to complain.
Actually, with all of the new Macs the developer tools are on the harddrive in a package. It only takes a double click.
It's great to say that considering what happened one year ago. But realize that the US has been responsible for a huge amount of innocent civilian death.
Quick reminder: 1945 the American government was directly responsible for destroying TWO WHOLE CITIES. Millions of innocent people became vapor in a millisecond.
Who deserves to die now?
Ha!
1) When she can afford to upgrade she will. Its not like any of these programs just stop working today because Apple announced the death of OS 9. She can still use these programs until she can upgrade. And all of those work perfectly in classic mode anyways.
2) Trust me when I say this. As a serious graphic designer, Linux is not an option yet. Two words: Colour Management. This is something that Apple is vastly superior. Maybe one day Linux will be better, but it doesn't look like it'll be any time soon.
Really, this seems more like flamebait than anything else. She can afford to purchase a PC version of Photoshop for Windows to use with the crossover plugin but she can't afford to update it for the Mac.
iTunes and a couple of other bundled apps don't do this either.
really? lemme test that out.
open iTunes
Apple-1 (which closes the player but keeps the program running.)
switch to the finder
click one the iTunes icon in the dock
and... TADA! look, a brand new player, all ready to be used.
Mozilla doen't do it because they don't follow guidelines. every Apple app does.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Done and done!
How would this fit into something like, say, cups?
How do you think Mac OS X prints? Oh ya, thats right.
It's not like I'm actually for Apple's descision here, but the way everyone is going about pointing blame is flawed. Its all about the license.
If you read the license it states that iDVD is freely distributed for AppleSuperDrives only. That means if you use the software on another drive you are breaking the license agreement and therefore "pirating" the software. Just because its on your harddrive doesn't legally mean you can do with it what you please.
Do I believe Apple is being totally fair? No. But do I believe they have the right to protect their software? Yes.
Thats what it all come down to.
How's this any different from Microsoft saying "If you throw away your PC and buy a new one, you can't use the software on that box?"
A - Microsoft doesn't manufacture PCs
B - Microsoft doesn't freely distibute Windows on a PC that they have sold
It's all in the license agreement. iDVD was made and given away for consumers that bought the SuperDrive. It is not Apple's responsibilty to ensure that every DVD burner has software to run it.
Apple does supply software that can use 3rd party burners as a seperate purchase: DVD Studio Pro.
Company uses DMCA to prevent competition, film at 11.
On the contrary, now there is room for another company to come in and develop a DVD authoring application. Apple has stated that their free software is only licensed to buyers of Apple's SuperDrive.
For a user who adds some other company's DVD burner they have to use a competitors product.
It's impossible for them not to pirate the software. iDVD is only supplied as a free application with a SuperDrive that Apple sells you. If you are using another company's DVD burner, then you cannot use Apple's software.
Why is this so hard for some of you to understand?
Actually, its quite the opposite. In order for someone to burn DVDs they need to use Apple's software iDVD.
That software is only licensed to be used if you purchase a machine with one of Apple's Superdrive.
This story is actually on of fighting software piracy. Of course you have to have a little more knowledge to know that because reading the "Slashdot spin" is going to have every company look evil for protecting themselves.
Did ya ever think of READING the article?
Cause if you did you'd know why you look like a shmuk for saying what you just did.
Instead you announce it on the internet where thousands of weird looking guys can think your a freak.
More like kiwi hole everyone.
Paper comes from trees specifically planted to produce paper!
If you really believe this I suggest you take a drive on the Canadian side of the Rockies. Those trees have only begun to be planted, but those giant mountains with the huge bald spots on their sides used to be filled with trees that grew there naturally. Now those threes are a bunch of phone books.
10.1 was a little of both actually.
It was also FREE...
Every bug fix is free. Just open up Software Update and download them. Those are bug fixes.
Mac OS X 10.2 is not a bug fix. It is an OS upgrade.
Switching between an app's windows (including iconified windows) is usually done with Apple-~. This is a standard key combo, though Mozilla may not follow (Mozilla's fault, not Apple's).
Just so everyone knows, for Mozilla its one key to the right with Apple-1
I hope that helps.
If it wheren't for my use of FW/USB and SCSI disks, I'd have another two displays connected up.
Whaaa! You're insane man! All I can handle is 3 monitors attached to my Mac, 5 is... is... well insane!
You're just nuts.