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Has anyone noticed that when you run iCal on Tiger, when you minimise the window, the iCal 'tag' on the window shows the date when you started iCal, rather than the current date?

My iCal is showing 22nd September on the Dock icon, but the tag on the minimised window is 20th September...

However it is good that the dock icon is finally getting the correct date. I assume that instead of using a static image, there is a small 'dock icon application' that generates the correct date and passes the image to the Dock to show, even when the main application itself is not running.

Edit. Now it's fixed itself. Weird...
 
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Whats up with the Dock icon shadows. They look just plain wrong.:confused:
 
Darkroom said:
it's wrong... and now when i get Tiger it's going to drive me CRAZY everytime i look at it... but obsessions aside, i'm sure they can automate it to make it look correct...
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For it to be correct, it would have to be aware of the placement and geometry of the trash can in 3 dimensions. Icons are still 2D, either 512x512 pixels with colors and a transparency channel or vector based. There would be a way to make the trash look more realistic in the way it reflects, but it would look weird and wrong on other icons.

Just thing of icons as floating pictures. They really are floating, most don't physically touch the dock bar anyway. the iChat icon would fall to the right because it's weight center is to the right of the spike. But the icons are all flat so they would have to fall backward so they lay flat on the dock bar. This might look interesting, but would make it hard to use...

So... yea :D
 
If you look, though, the soundtrack is really well synchronized with the "X" and the Apple that zooms in as well as the leaving of the "X." I think a lot of people don't like it because it is now associated with the iMac and just seems overused. I personally like it.

-jb
 
Thank GOD they changed the dock. The reflective "floor" doesn't jut out as much as the previous ones. I couldn't stand the old one and I love the new one.
 
MartyMoe said:
I wanted to second this, but I wasn't fast enough. I would like to third or fourth it, then!

Having the correct date appear at-a-glance seems so natural-- the same way you don't have to double-click the clock to find the time. It is a normal piece of info that you use, well, every day...
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Ideally, one should be able to add the date to the menu bar clock. Second best solution is to always start iCal directly after logging in / restarting. I anyway start about 15 apps after each restart (Mail, Camino, Acrobat, TeXShop, iTunes, xCode, System Preferences, TextEdit, Address Book, Terminal, Activity Monitor, iCal, DropDrawers, TextWrangler, svnX).
 
MrCrowbar said:
For it to be correct, it would have to be aware of the placement and geometry of the trash can in 3 dimensions. Icons are still 2D, either 512x512 pixels with colors and a transparency channel or vector based. There would be a way to make the trash look more realistic in the way it reflects, but it would look weird and wrong on other icons.

Just thing of icons as floating pictures. They really are floating, most don't physically touch the dock bar anyway. the iChat icon would fall to the right because it's weight center is to the right of the spike. But the icons are all flat so they would have to fall backward so they lay flat on the dock bar. This might look interesting, but would make it hard to use...

So... yea :D
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assuming the Trash is going to be locked in the dock in Tiger as it has always been, apple's highly paid designers could allow this icon to have it's own special (correct) reflection...

developers should probably note not to make 3D icons for their apps, you know, only if they're OCD like myself and want the reflections to look correct :p...

but it would be super great if the new Developer Tool's Icon Composer app allowed for customized reflections...
 
Hattig said:
My iCal is showing 22nd September on the Dock icon, but the tag on the minimised window is 20th September...
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What is the benefit of minimising iCal instead of hiding it? Any app that only has one window open gains nothing from being minimized.
 
joemama said:
Seriously, I know. I always wondered why it wouldn't show the current day. It would take someone what, 5 minutes to write a script to fix it?
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As the Tiger dock was written, only running apps could update their own icons. So yes, it wasn't an impossible feature to implement, but it did call for a rebuild of the Dock.
 
MrCrowbar said:
For it to be correct, it would have to be aware of the placement and geometry of the trash can in 3 dimensions. Icons are still 2D, either 512x512 pixels with colors and a transparency channel or vector based. There would be a way to make the trash look more realistic in the way it reflects, but it would look weird and wrong on other icons.

Just thing of icons as floating pictures. They really are floating, most don't physically touch the dock bar anyway. the iChat icon would fall to the right because it's weight center is to the right of the spike. But the icons are all flat so they would have to fall backward so they lay flat on the dock bar. This might look interesting, but would make it hard to use...

So... yea :D
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Given Apples track record of superior attention to detail maybe they shouldn't have created a reflective Dock if it cannot realistically reflect the icons.:p
 
arn said:
Here's a different upload of the video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TeKG98kiQ

which is synced better for some reason. it ends properly and not abruptly like the original video I posted.

arn
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jbstingray said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TeKG98kiQ

Watch the end of mycintosh's version and you will see what I mean - I think something is out of synch with the one in the post. It is a lot better in this one.

-jb
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someone beat you to it :p but none the less it looks great when synced!
 
Well then props to you! Anyone seen some nice OpenGL enhancements in leopard for things such as WoW and rendering in Final Cut Pro and other things? Plus how are the drivers for Bootcamp 2.0? Is 2.0 ready to be the final version or are there still some crappy video drivers we're gonna have to deal with for a while?
 
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