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So its just going to be a matter of learning the shortcuts to do the math. 
Somebody will make documentation soon but apple needs to put out a copy.
Somebody will make documentation soon but apple needs to put out a copy.
So its just going to be a matter of learning the shortcuts to do the math.
See, in terms of human usability, I see no reason why we humans should have to conform to the computer's language, it should conform to ours! Now I realize that a real-language interface is still far off in the future, but I'm not talking about that. What I'm saying is there should at least be syntax interpreter.
In other words, for such a limited pallet of commands as the ones limited to calculator functions, the system should be able to deal with any standard input string that a user might think is appropriate. The system should be able to recognize the 5 or so standard input strings for each of the ~20 math functions. It would only mean programing in ~100 syntax formats, which would be very easy to do.
For instance, whether the user types in 5^5 or pwr(5,5) or pow(5,5), the system should be able to understand that all of these inputs are calling for the same calculation.
I'm not talking about it interpreting the text string "five times five," but come on, it shouldn't be so absolutely rigid in its format expectations.
You can see a full list of functions by searching for "Abbreviations used in Calculator" in Calculator's help.
I m personally really impressed with Spaces. Finally resolves my never ending moving of windows. I am on Mac Book Pro , so any screen space is valuable.
I've separated for example Mail from Safari, they are on separate spaces.
Normally, if you click from Mail on a weblink, it will switch the space to safari one.
Tip: If you click holding apple, it will load the link in safari but still remain on your mail space.
So, if lets say you use NetNewsWire and go through your articles ...apple+click on the links ..one buy one ...and when you are done ..switch your space where Safari is and all your links will be loaded.
Very cool!
I've separated for example Mail from Safari, they are on separate spaces.
Normally, if you click from Mail on a weblink, it will switch the space to safari one.
Tip: If you click holding apple, it will load the link in safari but still remain on your mail space.
So, if lets say you use NetNewsWire and go through your articles ...apple+click on the links ..one buy one ...and when you are done ..switch your space where Safari is and all your links will be loaded.
Very cool!
Thank you, suppose it is a reasonably logical place to put it but I was having an illogical morning.
hehe, sorry...i'll try again..
if you put designate mail space 1 and designate safari space 2 then when you are switching apps you will also be switching spaces.
If you are in mail and click on safari...it will automatically hide mail and switch to safari space. Also, if u click on a link in Mail ..it will do the same.
Tip: If you Apple+click on a link ...it will not switch to safari ..you will still stay in Mail ...but it will load that link in safari in the background ..so the next time you switch to safari your link will be loaded.
Hope this makes sense...
Drag open windows across spaces
There's an easy way to move windows between spaces without opening up the bird's eye view.
Hold the mouse button down on the window you want to move (like you're going to drag it) and hit the hotkey for moving between spaces. The window will be dragged along with you.
And how cool are the calculator and dictionary features in Spotlight?
Everything in Leapord takes fewer steps than it did in Tiger. I'm universally pleased.
There's an easy way to move windows between spaces without opening up the bird's eye view.
Hold the mouse button down on the window you want to move (like you're going to drag it) and hit the hotkey for moving between spaces. The window will be dragged along with you.
And how cool are the calculator and dictionary features in Spotlight?
Everything in Leapord takes fewer steps than it did in Tiger. I'm universally pleased.
I didn't know either, but I learned about it in the Apple Quick Tip of the Week #5 (iTunes link)
That dates from 2007-06-26, so well before Leopard
Would this work, for example, with converting a local user account to a mobile account?
Also, drag to the edge of the screen and hold it there a moment, and it'll move to that space -- assuming there's a space over there.
Did anybody notice that in the Finder window "view settings" you can now change the grid spacing for the icon view? THis is a huge improvement over previous version of OS X where the icons were WAY too spaced out for my taste. To me, it's small things like this tat make leopard so nice.
I also like how you can finally type nicknames in mail, so if I want to email my dad I just type "dad".
I also like how you can finally type nicknames in mail, so if I want to email my dad I just type "dad".
Ok i'm having a problem with the Mosaic screensaver... It works but while its on it has the "creating Mosaic database" status bar up and its close to the end but it doesn't move and just stick in the middle of the screen...
Very annoying. Anyone else have this?
Very annoying. Anyone else have this?
Mail has had the nickname addressee feature since at least 10.3 panther. I'm writing on 10.3 right now, so I'm certain. I click the To: address field, type "da" then it auto recognizes the nickname "Dad," and all I do is hit enter and it fills in the correct address.
Apple + shift +4 now gives you pixel/screen coordinates. Pretty interesting
what's more, when you start dragging, it gives you the dimensions of the rectangle you are drawing.
Bye, Bye, Grabberraster
Useful. Did you know you can do this in Windows 2000 too? Shocking I know
Not on my work Win 2000 laptop you can't.
Really starting to like Leopard more and more ... I swear its faster too.
whats more, once you've dragged your rectangle and released the mouse button, it saves an image to your desktop of that rectangle... although this was in tiger.
Apple+shift+3 does an entire screenshot.
That seriously never worked for me - so weird. I formatted my hard drive and did a clean install of Leopard and used a backup of my old address book from Tiger. At least it works now..
Another nice thing I noticed in Leopard is when you spell a password wrong in Safari and tell keychain to learn it, and then you re-type your password, keychain remembers the correct password and does not save the entry from the incorrect password.
I remember in Tiger's keychain I would have a certain website 5 times with different passwords I guessed.
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