Yeah, I see your point. I noticed the function keys seem to play a big part in Quark.
But by the same token people managed the transition from Wordperfect (DOS) to Word (Windows) years ago. The way I remember that was most who used Wordperfect for DOS tried out the Windows version and said "No thanks!" and went back to the DOS version.
After a while those who weren't heavy users of word processors had made the move to Windows, needed to buy a word processing package and after hearing all the bad press that Wordperfect got from its own user base chose Word instead. The diehard Wordperfect for DOS fans eventually got steam-rolled by the enivitable change and were by that stage forced to learn Word.
I can see the same thing happening to Quark with InDesign being the victor.
I have just started doing a lot of tech support for Mac and especially people in the Prepress and Publishing industry. Most people I deal with are still using Quark 4.x but they seem to be crying out for an alternative.
What I want to know is why people are still using Quark and not InDesign? Most people in this industry are very comfortable with Photoshop. InDesign 2.0 at least seems to have a very similar interface to Photoshop so I wouldn't expect the transition from Quark to Indesign to be a huge problem. Forgive my ignorance on this one. And InDesign is certainly cheaper. Any ideas?
The strategy probably has more to do with differences between US and British law.
AFAIK, in Britain (and other countries with similar legal systems, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) civil suits have a loser pays system. i.e. you sue someone and lose, you pay for the other sides trial costs.
The idea behind this is to prevent frivilous law suits from clogging up the courts.
In the US no such system exists, all you can do is countersue. I have heard many legal observers around the world state that this is why the US is such a litigious society. You can sue anyone for anything and suffer few repercussions.
Explains the need for shows such as Judge Judy doesn't it!!!
Where to place copyright messages in code?
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One thing I am unsure of is how to credit everyone 's work with copyright messages when there are multiple contributers?
The "How to use the GPL or LGPL" says:
If you have copied code from other programs covered by the same license, copy their copyright notices too. Put all the copyright notices together, right near the top of each file.
But if I modify some GPL'ed code how do I indicate which bit of the code is copyright to me without going nuts with//s everywhere. Is it important to show which bits of code belong to who?
If it were a small change or a simple bug fix I really wouldn't care but on a major change/addition to another author/programmer's work I think it would be important to distinguish who did what.
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Try this:
Connect to a server and mount a share using AirPort as your network interface.
Go to the Airport menu in the menu bar and choose "Turn AirPort Off"
Enjoy Spinning Beach Ball of Death for extended period of time.
Go to http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/ :)
Yeah, I see your point. I noticed the function keys seem to play a big part in Quark.
But by the same token people managed the transition from Wordperfect (DOS) to Word (Windows) years ago. The way I remember that was most who used Wordperfect for DOS tried out the Windows version and said "No thanks!" and went back to the DOS version.
After a while those who weren't heavy users of word processors had made the move to Windows, needed to buy a word processing package and after hearing all the bad press that Wordperfect got from its own user base chose Word instead. The diehard Wordperfect for DOS fans eventually got steam-rolled by the enivitable change and were by that stage forced to learn Word.
I can see the same thing happening to Quark with InDesign being the victor.
I have just started doing a lot of tech support for Mac and especially people in the Prepress and Publishing industry. Most people I deal with are still using Quark 4.x but they seem to be crying out for an alternative.
What I want to know is why people are still using Quark and not InDesign? Most people in this industry are very comfortable with Photoshop. InDesign 2.0 at least seems to have a very similar interface to Photoshop so I wouldn't expect the transition from Quark to Indesign to be a huge problem. Forgive my ignorance on this one.
And InDesign is certainly cheaper. Any ideas?
Forty bucks, but it works with every scanner I've ever seen.
The strategy probably has more to do with differences between US and British law.
AFAIK, in Britain (and other countries with similar legal systems, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) civil suits have a loser pays system. i.e. you sue someone and lose, you pay for the other sides trial costs.
The idea behind this is to prevent frivilous law suits from clogging up the courts.
In the US no such system exists, all you can do is countersue. I have heard many legal observers around the world state that this is why the US is such a litigious society. You can sue anyone for anything and suffer few repercussions.
Explains the need for shows such as Judge Judy doesn't it!!!
One thing I am unsure of is how to credit everyone 's work with copyright messages when there are multiple contributers?
//s everywhere. Is it important to show which bits of code belong to who?
The "How to use the GPL or LGPL" says: If you have copied code from other programs covered by the same license, copy their copyright notices too. Put all the copyright notices together, right near the top of each file.
But if I modify some GPL'ed code how do I indicate which bit of the code is copyright to me without going nuts with
If it were a small change or a simple bug fix I really wouldn't care but on a major change/addition to another author/programmer's work I think it would be important to distinguish who did what.
Any ideas?