I think censorship and the Holocaust are both bad things, as are other related phenomena (political killing, repressive legislation, state-sponsored theft) that are generally placed under the umbrella term of "Tyranny." I didn't think that was controversial.
Or do you think there is no connection between a government that censors and a government that murders its citizens with impunity? (Two things Nazi Germany and Communist China have in common.)
So if an American company, like Ford or IBM, had done business in Nazi Germany, and Hitler's government had requred these companies to disclose which of their German employees were Jewish, homosexual, socialist and so on, that would have been OK?
I'm curious why PC users get so hung up about slight UI differences between Macs and PCs. Whether it's the perennial "I can't live with a one-button mouse" rant, or the guy here who says "I need to have the Ctrl key to the left of the A key. This is a genuine need , not merely a want," it's like you people are announcing that you have no powers of adaptation whatsoever. Just because you're familiar with the Windows/Linux way of doing things doesn't mean it's the best UI design.
(Incidentally, Apple tested a two-button mouse when designing the Lisa. The test users found it confusing, and their productivity increased dramatically with an interface designed for a one-button mouse.)
My understanding is that with the new Macs you can always reinstall OS 9 from the restore CD, without affecting the rest of your installation. You can be sure that as long as Apple thinks it's worthwhile, Classic will continue to be offered with new Macs. Of course, eventually even Classic will go away, and you'll hear another round of bitching. (In 1991, people complained about System 7 because it would only install on computers with hard drives.)
"VT102 emulation (FKeys damnit) in terminal. GlTerm works for now. I guess."
Open up a terminal window and select Show Info from the File menu. In the Inspector window that will appear, choose Emulation from the pop-up menu. You'll find an option for "Strict VT-100 Keypad Behavior."
"At least an *option* for sloppy focus / click to raise - click-to-focus-and-raise just sucks ass."
"An API for a real honest-to-god VWM. Space works for now. I guess."
These are terrible ideas. The idea behind OS X was to take Unix and make it act like a Mac, not take a Mac and make it act like Unix.
I just wish someone would realize the harm that is being done to the moral fabric of our country by these so-called scientists and their so-called "theory" of Electricity. All the "evidence" for Electricity is shaky, unproven and nonsensical. They even go so far as to invent a particle they call an "electron," which the Electricianists themselves admit can never be seen! How gullible do they think we are? All decent people know that lightning is the divine wrath of Jupiter Fulminator -- and that's something those Electrianists are going to find out for themselves real soon!
What happens in Internet Explorer is Microsoft's fault, not Apple's. Learn the difference between an OS and an application. Hold-clicking in OS 9 invokes the "spring-loaded" folder feature (useful if you want to drop a file into a specific folder of your hard disk), a feature that will return in Jaguar.
Such name calling. Well, you, sir, are either an idiot or a liar, but most probably both. Your quote: "APPLE-~ switches between all windows." Incorrect. Command-tilde switches only between windows within an application. Yes, in the OS X Finder, command-tilde brings up a Go To Folder sheet, but in the OS 9 Finder, command-tilde never did anything. Another of your quotes: "Hold click brings up property menu's in OS9." Incorrect again. Hold-clicking in OS 9 made icons pop up into windows. And what is a property menu? Do you mean a contextual menu? Or a Get Info box? If you're going to pretend to be a Mac expert, you should get the terminology right. And a third quote, just for fun: "Having used OSX alot, I also know your WRONG..." Next time, get your facts, your spelling, and your grammar straight before writing something stupid. Ciao.
Nearly every comment you make about the OS X UI is factually wrong. Control-click was introduced in OS 8; hold-clicking was introduced in OS X. Command-tab and command-tilde work just the same in OS 9 and OS X. The separate control panels were replaced with one system preferences application because third-party programmers frequently made control panels that messed with the system.
Please explain what a "higher power" is, and how there can possibly be empirical evidence for the existence of such a thing, and then you can talk about what is factual and what isn't.
Look, pal, I've been a journalist and editor since I was 21 and if I say writing is incoherent, trust me, it's incoherent. I wouldn't sign this piece of garbage off for any publication I was in charge in, and I'd be ashamed to print anything quite so idiotic as Sterling's speech with my name on it. I, too, am a writer, not a geek, and I understand the difference between an operating system and an application, so I think Sterling can too.
It is incoherent. If he can't make his point in simple English, what point does he have? And what on earth does he mean by "System X has all this Microsoft code in it?"
I used to have a hotmail address that I had given to maybe five people, all of whom were friends or business associates. I gave that account up after my inbox was filled with spam. I don't see how that was my fault.
You have a very good point about Office 6.2, but people still remember Word 5.1 fondly, and from Office 98 onwards Mac users have been largely pro-Office. I agree with you that Mac users would accept a viable alternative to MS Office. However, I think that Mac users will demand a better office suite than StarOffice as it is now. Linux enthusiasts seem to think that an alternative to a Microsoft product is desirable in itself, whether or not it works better.
Mac users don't like Microsoft, but they love Microsoft Office, especially Word and Entourage. MS Word is the standard and traditional word processor on the Mac. StarOffice is going to face steep resistance on the Macintosh, just because of its unfamiliarity.
I'm glad to see StarOffice come to the Macintosh, but people who don't use Macintoshes might not know that AppleWorks is a brillant program. It's light, efficient, does most everything you would want and does it well.
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I think censorship and the Holocaust are both bad things, as are other related phenomena (political killing, repressive legislation, state-sponsored theft) that are generally placed under the umbrella term of "Tyranny." I didn't think that was controversial. Or do you think there is no connection between a government that censors and a government that murders its citizens with impunity? (Two things Nazi Germany and Communist China have in common.)
So if an American company, like Ford or IBM, had done business in Nazi Germany, and Hitler's government had requred these companies to disclose which of their German employees were Jewish, homosexual, socialist and so on, that would have been OK?
In Jaguar, you can use the Universal Access preference panel to switch to white-on-black.
I'm curious why PC users get so hung up about slight UI differences between Macs and PCs. Whether it's the perennial "I can't live with a one-button mouse" rant, or the guy here who says "I need to have the Ctrl key to the left of the A key. This is a genuine need , not merely a want," it's like you people are announcing that you have no powers of adaptation whatsoever. Just because you're familiar with the Windows/Linux way of doing things doesn't mean it's the best UI design.
(Incidentally, Apple tested a two-button mouse when designing the Lisa. The test users found it confusing, and their productivity increased dramatically with an interface designed for a one-button mouse.)
My understanding is that with the new Macs you can always reinstall OS 9 from the restore CD, without affecting the rest of your installation. You can be sure that as long as Apple thinks it's worthwhile, Classic will continue to be offered with new Macs. Of course, eventually even Classic will go away, and you'll hear another round of bitching. (In 1991, people complained about System 7 because it would only install on computers with hard drives.)
"VT102 emulation (FKeys damnit) in terminal. GlTerm works for now. I guess."
Open up a terminal window and select Show Info from the File menu. In the Inspector window that will appear, choose Emulation from the pop-up menu. You'll find an option for "Strict VT-100 Keypad Behavior."
"At least an *option* for sloppy focus / click to raise - click-to-focus-and-raise just sucks ass."
"An API for a real honest-to-god VWM. Space works for now. I guess."
These are terrible ideas. The idea behind OS X was to take Unix and make it act like a Mac, not take a Mac and make it act like Unix.
I just wish someone would realize the harm that is being done to the moral fabric of our country by these so-called scientists and their so-called "theory" of Electricity. All the "evidence" for Electricity is shaky, unproven and nonsensical. They even go so far as to invent a particle they call an "electron," which the Electricianists themselves admit can never be seen! How gullible do they think we are? All decent people know that lightning is the divine wrath of Jupiter Fulminator -- and that's something those Electrianists are going to find out for themselves real soon!
If you had looked in the TextEdit preferences, you would have noticed a checkbox labeled "Ignore rich text commands in HTML files."
You're mad because the Mac isn't just like Windows? What did you expect?
I hate to post just to say yeah, I agree, but yeah, I agree, and I'm glad somebody said this.
If it makes you feel any better, I also know several right-wing bigots who use Macs -- Rush Limbaugh for one.
And there, in a nutshell, you've demolished every argument about the superiority of building your own white box out of off-the-shelf parts.
I'm glad you're having fun, but spare a thought for those of us without a lot of time.
What happens in Internet Explorer is Microsoft's fault, not Apple's. Learn the difference between an OS and an application. Hold-clicking in OS 9 invokes the "spring-loaded" folder feature (useful if you want to drop a file into a specific folder of your hard disk), a feature that will return in Jaguar.
Such name calling. Well, you, sir, are either an idiot or a liar, but most probably both. Your quote: "APPLE-~ switches between all windows." Incorrect. Command-tilde switches only between windows within an application. Yes, in the OS X Finder, command-tilde brings up a Go To Folder sheet, but in the OS 9 Finder, command-tilde never did anything. Another of your quotes: "Hold click brings up property menu's in OS9." Incorrect again. Hold-clicking in OS 9 made icons pop up into windows. And what is a property menu? Do you mean a contextual menu? Or a Get Info box? If you're going to pretend to be a Mac expert, you should get the terminology right. And a third quote, just for fun: "Having used OSX alot, I also know your WRONG ..." Next time, get your facts, your spelling, and your grammar straight before writing something stupid. Ciao.
Nearly every comment you make about the OS X UI is factually wrong. Control-click was introduced in OS 8; hold-clicking was introduced in OS X. Command-tab and command-tilde work just the same in OS 9 and OS X. The separate control panels were replaced with one system preferences application because third-party programmers frequently made control panels that messed with the system.
Please explain what a "higher power" is, and how there can possibly be empirical evidence for the existence of such a thing, and then you can talk about what is factual and what isn't.
Look, pal, I've been a journalist and editor since I was 21 and if I say writing is incoherent, trust me, it's incoherent. I wouldn't sign this piece of garbage off for any publication I was in charge in, and I'd be ashamed to print anything quite so idiotic as Sterling's speech with my name on it. I, too, am a writer, not a geek, and I understand the difference between an operating system and an application, so I think Sterling can too.
It is incoherent. If he can't make his point in simple English, what point does he have? And what on earth does he mean by "System X has all this Microsoft code in it?"
I used to have a hotmail address that I had given to maybe five people, all of whom were friends or business associates. I gave that account up after my inbox was filled with spam. I don't see how that was my fault.
You have a very good point about Office 6.2, but people still remember Word 5.1 fondly, and from Office 98 onwards Mac users have been largely pro-Office. I agree with you that Mac users would accept a viable alternative to MS Office. However, I think that Mac users will demand a better office suite than StarOffice as it is now. Linux enthusiasts seem to think that an alternative to a Microsoft product is desirable in itself, whether or not it works better.
Mac users don't like Microsoft, but they love Microsoft Office, especially Word and Entourage. MS Word is the standard and traditional word processor on the Mac. StarOffice is going to face steep resistance on the Macintosh, just because of its unfamiliarity.
I'm glad to see StarOffice come to the Macintosh, but people who don't use Macintoshes might not know that AppleWorks is a brillant program. It's light, efficient, does most everything you would want and does it well.