How many clicks to the center of a pref pane?

[ima_pseudonym]

OS X complaint of the day:

It takes too many clicks to change the processor performance option on my tibook. 1) open prefs, 2) open energy pref, 3) click details, 4) click options, 5) make change.

Any suggestions for shortening this procedure? Remember back in OS 9 when location manager used to control so many more aspects of the machine? Most of my complaints about os x performance seem to stem from apple's desires to a) simplify things for complete computer newbies to understands - even if it means the task becomes more complex to carry out; and b) prevent customization options to ensure a "uniform computing experience" - wish they would give up on at least one of those.

 

[idea_hamster]

A fair complaint!

Maybe you should make a Konfabulator widget that sits on your desktop to switch your processor speed up or down. It could look like a little old-tyme double knife throw switch ("Stahnd bahk -- I'm gooing to SVEETCH!").

 

[OutThere]

You could probably make an applescript to do it for you, but since I don't have a laptop I couldn't do it for you. If you find someone with a laptop and knowledge of applescript ask them to whip up a script that does it for you. I'm sure its possible. Then all you will have to do to change your settings will be to run the script. (Or you might be able to get it to run when you change locations. Hope you succeed in getting it to work for you!

 

[FattyMembrane]

outthere is right, applescript is the way to go. if you download the gui-scripting addition, you can do pretty much anything. make the scripts to change the settings to what you like and keep them in the script menu.