Comments on: OS 10.4 Impressions http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/ Jeremiah on gay geek technocracy. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: adam http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-822 adam Sun, 15 May 2005 01:05:54 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-822 BTW, the Finder making aliases when burning a CD/DVD is by design. It uses aliases because it creates the disk image on the fly rather than copying all the files in. However, it still calculates disk space correctly. When you hit burn, it burns the original files, not the aliases. It's a bit confusing at first I guess... I think Apple should have used a little radioactive burn icon instead of the alias arrow. That would have made it clearer what was going on. BTW, the Finder making aliases when burning a CD/DVD is by design. It uses aliases because it creates the disk image on the fly rather than copying all the files in. However, it still calculates disk space correctly. When you hit burn, it burns the original files, not the aliases.

It’s a bit confusing at first I guess… I think Apple should have used a little radioactive burn icon instead of the alias arrow. That would have made it clearer what was going on.

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]]> By: Camden http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Camden Mon, 02 May 2005 23:13:14 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-806 Desertlama, So that makes 2 of us Windows dudes... :)... I still long for the day when I can become the next Switcher! :) Desertlama,

So that makes 2 of us Windows dudes… :)… I still long for the day when I can become the next Switcher! :)

]]> By: Desertlama http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Desertlama Mon, 02 May 2005 22:10:03 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-805 And I'm still stuck with Windows. :-( -dl And I’m still stuck with Windows. :-(

-dl

]]> By: Vic http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Vic Mon, 02 May 2005 06:00:45 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-804 There's a solution to one of your problems, courtesty of DaringFireball.net: "Highlighting Spotlight’s Top Hit ★ Go to the Spotlight menu and enter a query. As the results start filling in, hold down the Command key. The default option in the results list will change from the Show All command to the “Top Hit”. Thus you can hit Command-Return to select the Top Hit for a Spotlight menu search. " There’s a solution to one of your problems, courtesty of DaringFireball.net:

“Highlighting Spotlight’s Top Hit ★
Go to the Spotlight menu and enter a query. As the results start filling in, hold down the Command key. The default option in the results list will change from the Show All command to the “Top Hit”. Thus you can hit Command-Return to select the Top Hit for a Spotlight menu search. “

]]> By: Camden http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Camden Mon, 02 May 2005 00:01:30 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-803 Jeremiah, Congrats on your Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" (Grrr...) :) Now lets hope that Windows can add secureness + superbableness to Windows by the time it releases Longhorn... LOL :) (Since Longhorn isn't due out until late next year, most likely, I hope they get off their cabooses and do something productive with Windows) :) Jeremiah,

Congrats on your Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” (Grrr…) :) Now lets hope that Windows can add secureness + superbableness to Windows by the time it releases Longhorn… LOL :) (Since Longhorn isn’t due out until late next year, most likely, I hope they get off their cabooses and do something productive with Windows) :)

]]> By: Mike Cohen http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Mike Cohen Sun, 01 May 2005 23:05:10 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-802 I'm a former LaunchBar user (I even registered it) who converted to QuickSilver. I don't think QS is any worse. If it doesn't guess what I want, I can keep paging down to find the item and the next time it will pick that item. The best thing about QS is the plugin support. I was even able to eliminate Sizzling Keys for iTunes by using the iTunes plugin and defining trigger actions to pause/play and switch tracks. I’m a former LaunchBar user (I even registered it) who converted to QuickSilver. I don’t think QS is any worse. If it doesn’t guess what I want, I can keep paging down to find the item and the next time it will pick that item. The best thing about QS is the plugin support. I was even able to eliminate Sizzling Keys for iTunes by using the iTunes plugin and defining trigger actions to pause/play and switch tracks.

]]> By: Scott S. http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Scott S. Sun, 01 May 2005 22:47:06 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-801 Oh, don't get me wrong. For the most part, it's much faster. There are just a couple times now and then. And the desire for more memory is inherent; it lets me feel like I'm improving something without getting the 23" ACD I really want to blow my (nonexistent) wad on. Right now wondering why my dock doesn't magnify. But these are things I can live with. Will be interested to hear what other bugginess, if any, you unearth.... Not too many west coast friends have upgraded yet, but my other half's powerbook has experienced similar issues in these first few days. Oh, don’t get me wrong. For the most part, it’s much faster. There are just a couple times now and then. And the desire for more memory is inherent; it lets me feel like I’m improving something without getting the 23″ ACD I really want to blow my (nonexistent) wad on. Right now wondering why my dock doesn’t magnify. But these are things I can live with. Will be interested to hear what other bugginess, if any, you unearth…. Not too many west coast friends have upgraded yet, but my other half’s powerbook has experienced similar issues in these first few days.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Jeremiah Sun, 01 May 2005 22:33:04 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-800 Adam: I know that Quicksilver learns. My biggest issue is that it's guessing engine is far worse than LaunchBar's. You do have a great suggestion though on working around Spotlight's limitations. Scott: I haven't experienced any lag. This release to me, as with every Mac OS X upgrade, has felt faster. Adam: I know that Quicksilver learns. My biggest issue is that it’s guessing engine is far worse than LaunchBar’s. You do have a great suggestion though on working around Spotlight’s limitations.

Scott: I haven’t experienced any lag. This release to me, as with every Mac OS X upgrade, has felt faster.

]]> By: Scott S. http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/05/01/os-104-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Scott S. Sun, 01 May 2005 22:22:54 +0000 http://jeremiahlee.com/blog/2005/04/30/os-104-impressions/#comment-799 100% agreed on all counts. I didn't like the drawers in Mail before, but otherwise liked the interface. Spotlight's taking some getting used to--I had been using Quicksilver. I want to see it learn actions and guess better about what the top hit should be. But as a systemwide search, I like it--especially the tie in with finding recent mail messages. I only missed my AIM buddy groups for a day or so once the previous iChats made me remove them, so I haven't reaped many benefits in that app. Anxiously awaiting 10.4.1, which is supposed to fix a lot of beach ball lag. Meanwhile contemplating additional RAM--something I swore I'd do when I got this PB 1.5 years ago and never got around to. Why does Apple always make me want to spend money? :) 100% agreed on all counts. I didn’t like the drawers in Mail before, but otherwise liked the interface. Spotlight’s taking some getting used to–I had been using Quicksilver. I want to see it learn actions and guess better about what the top hit should be. But as a systemwide search, I like it–especially the tie in with finding recent mail messages. I only missed my AIM buddy groups for a day or so once the previous iChats made me remove them, so I haven’t reaped many benefits in that app. Anxiously awaiting 10.4.1, which is supposed to fix a lot of beach ball lag. Meanwhile contemplating additional RAM–something I swore I’d do when I got this PB 1.5 years ago and never got around to. Why does Apple always make me want to spend money? :)

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