Well, not that you were really asking, but because it'll be loaded with awesome software out of the box, require little or no setup, and do pretty much everything most people need a computer to do. Plus, you'll get some absolutely unparalleled OS features. Oh and yeah, it really does look nicer.
Yay for the Safari/Camino-style tabs with Close buttons right on the tab. On a 21" monitor, it was weird flying over to the top-right corner to close a tab that was in the top-left.
The new bookmark manager is unfinished, but I frankly don't use it much anyway. Seems ok, just not exciting.
In the course of this morning, I logged on to four different computers, three of which aren't mine. I visited just one page on each computer - google.com/ig. I logged in and was able to check my email, news, the weather, movies for tonight, comments on my Flickr photos, a few friends' blogs, some cool quotes, and now this story. And soon, IM.
If AOL ever offered, currently offers, or is planning on ever offering this level of user-friendliness, content consolidation, and ease/speed of use, all for free, all without the need to install anything on the client computer, I will buy you a beer, sir.
I had never heard of this before. Impressive.
It worked fine, except there were positioning problems with some elements (floating scrollbars 0 using latest Gecko). But overall, that's pretty damn swanky.
- Because jeffersonsw@tampabay.rr.com is a terrible email address - Because I want to be able to change my ISP and not lose my email address - Because most ISPs' webmail interfaces are terrible (actually, are any even decent?) - Because ISPs will never even attempt to catch up to the feature/storage/ease/coolness of the webmail superpowers - Because a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail (to mention the three big ones) account also gives you numerous other services
I concur and add the following common noun/verb misuses:
"We need to backup this stuff after lunch."
(To see where it goes wrong, compare "Can you backup it before lunch?" to "Can you back it up before lunch?")
Also, "Why don't you setup it?"
I bought the Starck mouse intirgued by the design. His work can be jovial and entertaining, and it can be overdone; I thought the mouse was in the first category.
I used the mouse for 2 months and finally went back to my standard-issue Logitech. This is why:
- The mouse is too light. While this may seem like a silly complaint, it's disorienting to not feel any resistance when you go to move it.
- The buttons are easy to accidentally press just by resting your fingers on the mouse.
- The wheel also lacked the resistance I'm used to.
Some personal aesthetic judgments:
- It's made out of rather flimsy plastic. When I'd grab it to carry it, it felt like an eggshell.
- The cord doesn't seem to be part of the design at all; it belongs on a different mouse.
- The blue light eventually became annoying.
I would not recommend this mouse, but if it works for you, it's probably reliable and I had no optical problems with it.
I understand what you meant by "natively", but an app that looks like this http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/images/sample.jpg makes Steve Jobs cry. And I'm not saying anything against OO - it's just that it's very demoralizing using an early-90s UI like that in OS X. The UI is my chief complaint - it's one of those things I'll use because it gets the job done, but I'll groan the entire time. Kind of like using... MS Office, almost?:)
In theory, yes. But one protocol is different from another in practice - in theory, each one could be tweaked to mimic all others (why not an FTP chat client?) IM is not a 'protocol' anyway, but a set of feature and interface ideas.
Most IM clients support some or all of the features mentioned. No IRC client does, as far as I know.
Bravo.
Also, you can lead multiple conversations at the same time - not possible on the phone without multi-way conferencing which makes everyone aware of everyone.
Being a designer, I'm also a huge fan of images embedded in the conversation stream (advantage over IRC). This makes visual brainstorming and critique requests super-easy.
Biggest advantage over IRC - interface.
Wow, thanks. That's some quick and thorough investigative work there.
It still looks rather confusing to me, but I guess it's one of those effects you just have to see and use. I had been skeptical of the recently posted GNOME wobbly window effect before I actually saw it.
Still, itching for Spotlight. Oh, and, sorry to troll, but the search bar in the Aero shots looks fugly. There have been some interesting Aero designs, but this one is just not impressive. Gray text on blue? Cobalt mixed with purple? Call me gay, but those colors don't go, girlfriend, nuh-huh.
Ah. I'm having a hard time imagining this, though. Not all file views lend themselves to suddenly expanding trees. In any case, isn't that just a rendering preference? I think the rule-based nature of these virtual folders is the real seller - I absolutely adore Smart Folders.
Can you point to a screenshot/mockup of these stacks in action? I'll gladly eat my words if it turns out I'm just not grasping a new idea in UI design.
Is this not what's being called "Spotlight folders" in Tiger? Kind of like smart Folders in iTunes/iPhoto?
Re:"Cloacal vision" What a great review.
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To quote Dorothy Parker: "That's not writing, that's typing."
That would be Truman Capote on Jack Kerouac.
Dorothy Parker said, "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force" and, in response to an inquiry about her recent absence from the theatre, "I've been fucking busy, and vice versa."
I've always wondered: what's the point of displaying query time lengths on websites? Who cares?
Before you answer with the obvious, I understand that nerds may deduce something useful from it, but what does the average user care? Have you ever seen a time > 1 sec? Would you be shocked if you did? Google has such a clean, uncluttered interface - what's the need for this? Just asking.
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"This might be the first iPod case that costs more than the player itself."
At $285+? Not even close.
Here's an iPod Nano case for $12,495. And yes, it's a retail product, not a one-of-a-kind art piece.
Well, not that you were really asking, but because it'll be loaded with awesome software out of the box, require little or no setup, and do pretty much everything most people need a computer to do. Plus, you'll get some absolutely unparalleled OS features. Oh and yeah, it really does look nicer.
Installed on Win, co-exists with 1.5 peacefully.
Yay for the Safari/Camino-style tabs with Close buttons right on the tab. On a 21" monitor, it was weird flying over to the top-right corner to close a tab that was in the top-left.
The new bookmark manager is unfinished, but I frankly don't use it much anyway. Seems ok, just not exciting.
I am excited about SVG, though. Play with it here: http://www.croczilla.com/svg/samples/
In the course of this morning, I logged on to four different computers, three of which aren't mine. I visited just one page on each computer - google.com/ig. I logged in and was able to check my email, news, the weather, movies for tonight, comments on my Flickr photos, a few friends' blogs, some cool quotes, and now this story. And soon, IM.
If AOL ever offered, currently offers, or is planning on ever offering this level of user-friendliness, content consolidation, and ease/speed of use, all for free, all without the need to install anything on the client computer, I will buy you a beer, sir.
I had never heard of this before. Impressive. It worked fine, except there were positioning problems with some elements (floating scrollbars 0 using latest Gecko). But overall, that's pretty damn swanky.
Works much faster on Camino 1.0 than in Firefox 1.5 or Safari. Smooth enough to "play" on a 1.5GHz G4.
I can't believe this is the only post about the headline misspell. Embarrassing...
That, my friend, would have gotten you baninated on Fark.
Oh wow.
- Because jeffersonsw@tampabay.rr.com is a terrible email address
- Because I want to be able to change my ISP and not lose my email address
- Because most ISPs' webmail interfaces are terrible (actually, are any even decent?)
- Because ISPs will never even attempt to catch up to the feature/storage/ease/coolness of the webmail superpowers
- Because a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail (to mention the three big ones) account also gives you numerous other services
I wouldn't say "days". More like "months".
Well now you can switch to Mighty Mouse and VLC.
/ok, so VLC doesn't help with embedded content
//and you're stuck with Office
I concur and add the following common noun/verb misuses: "We need to backup this stuff after lunch." (To see where it goes wrong, compare "Can you backup it before lunch?" to "Can you back it up before lunch?") Also, "Why don't you setup it?"
Perhaps you've been missing the Smokey Robinson joke the entire time...
I bought the Starck mouse intirgued by the design. His work can be jovial and entertaining, and it can be overdone; I thought the mouse was in the first category.
I used the mouse for 2 months and finally went back to my standard-issue Logitech. This is why:
- The mouse is too light. While this may seem like a silly complaint, it's disorienting to not feel any resistance when you go to move it.
- The buttons are easy to accidentally press just by resting your fingers on the mouse.
- The wheel also lacked the resistance I'm used to.
Some personal aesthetic judgments:
- It's made out of rather flimsy plastic. When I'd grab it to carry it, it felt like an eggshell.
- The cord doesn't seem to be part of the design at all; it belongs on a different mouse.
- The blue light eventually became annoying.
I would not recommend this mouse, but if it works for you, it's probably reliable and I had no optical problems with it.
"NeoOffice/J works natively"
g makes Steve Jobs cry. And I'm not saying anything against OO - it's just that it's very demoralizing using an early-90s UI like that in OS X. The UI is my chief complaint - it's one of those things I'll use because it gets the job done, but I'll groan the entire time. Kind of like using... MS Office, almost? :)
I understand what you meant by "natively", but an app that looks like this http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/images/sample.jp
(I kid, I kid...)
Here's an apostrophe:
'
Maybe that'll help.
In theory, yes. But one protocol is different from another in practice - in theory, each one could be tweaked to mimic all others (why not an FTP chat client?) IM is not a 'protocol' anyway, but a set of feature and interface ideas. Most IM clients support some or all of the features mentioned. No IRC client does, as far as I know.
Bravo. Also, you can lead multiple conversations at the same time - not possible on the phone without multi-way conferencing which makes everyone aware of everyone. Being a designer, I'm also a huge fan of images embedded in the conversation stream (advantage over IRC). This makes visual brainstorming and critique requests super-easy. Biggest advantage over IRC - interface.
Wow, thanks. That's some quick and thorough investigative work there. It still looks rather confusing to me, but I guess it's one of those effects you just have to see and use. I had been skeptical of the recently posted GNOME wobbly window effect before I actually saw it.
Still, itching for Spotlight. Oh, and, sorry to troll, but the search bar in the Aero shots looks fugly. There have been some interesting Aero designs, but this one is just not impressive. Gray text on blue? Cobalt mixed with purple? Call me gay, but those colors don't go, girlfriend, nuh-huh.
Ah. I'm having a hard time imagining this, though. Not all file views lend themselves to suddenly expanding trees. In any case, isn't that just a rendering preference? I think the rule-based nature of these virtual folders is the real seller - I absolutely adore Smart Folders.
Can you point to a screenshot/mockup of these stacks in action? I'll gladly eat my words if it turns out I'm just not grasping a new idea in UI design.
Is this not what's being called "Spotlight folders" in Tiger? Kind of like smart Folders in iTunes/iPhoto?
To quote Dorothy Parker: "That's not writing, that's typing."
That would be Truman Capote on Jack Kerouac.
Dorothy Parker said, "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force" and, in response to an inquiry about her recent absence from the theatre, "I've been fucking busy, and vice versa."
You might want to try one of those Chinese Rooms I've heard so much about...
I've always wondered: what's the point of displaying query time lengths on websites? Who cares? Before you answer with the obvious, I understand that nerds may deduce something useful from it, but what does the average user care? Have you ever seen a time > 1 sec? Would you be shocked if you did? Google has such a clean, uncluttered interface - what's the need for this? Just asking.
People at my "subway"? Philadelphia soft cheese? You're not "connected" to the majority of the connected population yourself, bud.