2. I want a way to see every application running, and each window of the applications. Windows does this by shoving every window title into the taskbar. Mac OS X likes to have a little black arrow under the icons of running apps. However, sometimes the apps are still running even though they have no active windows, and that black arrow can be overlooked real easy.
This has always been a major difference between Mac OS and Windows, and I personally prefer the way it's handled on Macs. I like being able to close all windows associated with an application but not quitting the applciation. Far too often I've closed my last Mozilla window (not realizing it was the last) at work and had to wait for the entire appliation to relaunch so I can keep tabs on my mail.
I also find the fact that Windows puts every window, minimized or otherwise, in the taskbar rather annoying. Having more than a few windows open makes it appear really cluttered and I find it impossible to find anything in it quickly.
To the point about the little black arrow being overlooked I would have to say that if you're looking for open applications then you're looking for the black arrow, and it isn't that hard to see. I like the Mac OS 9 application list better, and I think the dock has a lot of problems, but I don't think this is one of them.
The problem I see with nomininating a person for best (supporting) actor for an animated character would be the fact that the actor was not completely responsible for that character. Not that the actor alone ever really has total control of how the character is portrayed anyway.
Maybe the solution would be to change the "best actor" category to a "best character portrayal" category to solve this kind of issue. That way the award could be given to whatever group of people were involved in the creation of the character much the same way an award is given to a band or cast.
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This has always been a major difference between Mac OS and Windows, and I personally prefer the way it's handled on Macs. I like being able to close all windows associated with an application but not quitting the applciation. Far too often I've closed my last Mozilla window (not realizing it was the last) at work and had to wait for the entire appliation to relaunch so I can keep tabs on my mail.
I also find the fact that Windows puts every window, minimized or otherwise, in the taskbar rather annoying. Having more than a few windows open makes it appear really cluttered and I find it impossible to find anything in it quickly.
To the point about the little black arrow being overlooked I would have to say that if you're looking for open applications then you're looking for the black arrow, and it isn't that hard to see. I like the Mac OS 9 application list better, and I think the dock has a lot of problems, but I don't think this is one of them.
Maybe the solution would be to change the "best actor" category to a "best character portrayal" category to solve this kind of issue. That way the award could be given to whatever group of people were involved in the creation of the character much the same way an award is given to a band or cast.
If only a dictionary could be used as a grammar checker.
Next, I'll expect 1,024 identical stories about a Beowulf cluster.
Wouldn't you really expect 1,024 partial stories about a Beowulf cluster that could have been written as one article?