Basically what the user wants is something that ejects a disk that is located where the bin and other application icons are (the dock). So therefore why dont you have a seperate eject and bin icon. Well imagine having those two buttons right near each other and by dragging a disk to that area you might accidently delete it rather than eject it.
Furthermore, all current mac keyboards have their own eject button, dont see any other keyboard conglomerates with that function across all lines.
Theres lots of bloody expensive books on it thats for sure. One interesting book: The design of everyday things by Donald A Norman. Originally published in 1988, but speaks across the ages.
I think targetability has a lot of merit. There should be one menu at the attention point (the top of the page) which can be changed by clicking the static icons located on the sidebar of the screen.
Now if only there werent poor icon designers i wouldnt have to autohide the dock.
It really irritates me that in photoshop for OSX Command-H doesnt hide the application. As displayed by the length of the apple usability documents, the priority for this OS should be usability, and adhering to the maintenace of vital functional key groupings throughout the entire OS.
Great to see Apple promoting usability issues, something a certain competitor in the OS industry would do well to follow.
They could very well do this in the future. As I recall the first generation iMac's were offered only in 'bondi blue'. Subsequently they have been offered in a plethora of colours. Given that the iBook is catered towards the home market, this divergence of colours offered is an even more likely possibility.
However I think a big part of the brilliance of Apple design is the use of conservative colours. There are some fantastic possibilities though, imagine a transparent current iMac!
Buy an Apple computer. Install iTunes. Modify iTunes preferences to automatically rip cd's upon entrance in the CD drive, at your desired bitrate of course. This is not rocket science, merely Apple's continued foresight.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2656 341,00.html
"Traffic redirected: Gray said Telstra had already taken steps to
redirect most of its international traffic through other networks, and
was running at 75 percent its normal load capacity."
More people on Optus network = slower Optus network
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Basically what the user wants is something that ejects a disk that is located where the bin and other application icons are (the dock). So therefore why dont you have a seperate eject and bin icon. Well imagine having those two buttons right near each other and by dragging a disk to that area you might accidently delete it rather than eject it.
Furthermore, all current mac keyboards have their own eject button, dont see any other keyboard conglomerates with that function across all lines.
Theres lots of bloody expensive books on it thats for sure. One interesting book: The design of everyday things by Donald A Norman. Originally published in 1988, but speaks across the ages.
I think targetability has a lot of merit. There should be one menu at the attention point (the top of the page) which can be changed by clicking the static icons located on the sidebar of the screen.
Now if only there werent poor icon designers i wouldnt have to autohide the dock.
Remember that this is written for Mac Developers, who do stuff for macs, which the mac user uses.
It really irritates me that in photoshop for OSX Command-H doesnt hide the application. As displayed by the length of the apple usability documents, the priority for this OS should be usability, and adhering to the maintenace of vital functional key groupings throughout the entire OS.
Great to see Apple promoting usability issues, something a certain competitor in the OS industry would do well to follow.
What happened to the iWalk?
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Simply a fake or is it a prototype?
Hey, i can keep dreaming can't I?
They could very well do this in the future. As I recall the first generation iMac's were offered only in 'bondi blue'. Subsequently they have been offered in a plethora of colours. Given that the iBook is catered towards the home market, this divergence of colours offered is an even more likely possibility.
However I think a big part of the brilliance of Apple design is the use of conservative colours. There are some fantastic possibilities though, imagine a transparent current iMac!
AC sent in linkage to an attractive and clever mod for the Apple G4 Tower. A beige box conversion! I wish we'd see more boxen mods of this ingenuity.
Buy an Apple computer. Install iTunes. Modify iTunes preferences to automatically rip cd's upon entrance in the CD drive, at your desired bitrate of course. This is not rocket science, merely Apple's continued foresight.
Or one of those 'No' buttons that moves elsewhere whenever you go to click it.
Slow down porn fiends, its DansData.com, not DansDaughter.com.
Yeah, and its got one of those 'No' buttons that moves elsewhere whenever you go to click it.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2656 341,00.html
"Traffic redirected: Gray said Telstra had already taken steps to
redirect most of its international traffic through other networks, and
was running at 75 percent its normal load capacity."
More people on Optus network = slower Optus network