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Things you HATE about Macs...
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Not really a Mac hardware related problem, but I hate that there isn't an application as tried and tested, and as successful as Newsleecher for OSX. Others try to replicate it but are just no where near as effective. I think a lot of people who came from Windows share this opinion. Also Messenger sucks, really badly. Pull your finger out M$ and get a decent version set up. Web cam/nudges, all the annoying little things that make people from the world over want to use it in the first place. With most of my friends still on Windows, and thus Messenger, it's a real ball ache to have to use that, and switch between iChat/AIM for video/sound usage. /rant
<rant> What I hate about Mac's right now is Apple's goddamn, 50% at best, implementation of virtual desktops. Spaces is a P.O.S! As someone who was dancing in their office when Codetek released their first beta of Virtual Desktops (for 10.1 I think), I find Spaces to be practically unusable. What's worse is that the lead developer of Virtue Desktops, quit development because Apple introduced Spaces. Codetek is evidently defunct, and I'm just not happy with You Control: Desktops.
And, who the hell at Apple thought that it was a good idea to add command-number pad keyboard short-cuts and then lay out the desktops like a telephone rather than a keypad. I mean come on. Using the number pad as keyboard short-cuts to certain desktops just begs for a 3x3 arrangement.
I hope to god that it doesn't take until 10.6 for Spaces to become usable the way it took until 10.5 for Spotlight to be usable.
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I feel better. Thanks.
crackpip
And, who the hell at Apple thought that it was a good idea to add command-number pad keyboard short-cuts and then lay out the desktops like a telephone rather than a keypad. I mean come on. Using the number pad as keyboard short-cuts to certain desktops just begs for a 3x3 arrangement.
I hope to god that it doesn't take until 10.6 for Spaces to become usable the way it took until 10.5 for Spotlight to be usable.
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I feel better. Thanks.
crackpip
I think part of this is there is no real api for software developers to make use of this. One could subclass the zoom: method of NSWIndow, but nobody wants to have to subclass every window just to do this. The best option would be for the content view of a window to have minimumSizeToDisplay method that gets called when the window zooms..... the problem is, with a website, the content can be "stretchy" so in theory, when a window is even 100px wide, everything fits and it all flows downward....... there are ways around this, an its annoying.... if your a developer, file a bug. I will!! The more bugs filed, the higher priority.
The only thing I don't like about my Mac Pro, besides not having the ability to run a software RAID 5, is how the scroll wheel on my Mighty Mouse has to be rubbed and cleaned with rubbing alcohol every couple weeks. Dirt and finger oil gets in there and gums it up, and without fail it will stop scrolling in one direction or another.
About the Quicklook feature - this is a very helpful addition in Leopard. It helps when I have to view a photo in the finder.
About the Quicklook feature - this is a very helpful addition in Leopard. It helps when I have to view a photo in the finder.
The inconsistency of the DELETE key.
Why can't i delete files in finder by just pressing "delete" ?
I have to right-click > Move To Trash, or drag the files in the Trash
command-delete
Use CMD+Delete.
On that subject, Macs calling the Backspace key "Delete"
But then CMD-delete would be called CMD-Backspace and wouldn't make sense
Haha! macdruder got you there, CloudaneBut then CMD-delete would be called CMD-Backspace and wouldn't make sense
I like it being called "Delete", I don't like "Backspace". Don't ask me why, I just do.
overall OSX is beautiful. A couple of cheesy... seriously, just downright hideous... little problems.
1) the spinning pinwheel, beach ball... whatever. Why isn't there at least a graphite option to tone that happy little guy down? I mean, if I'm seeing that, I'm not feeling cheery. I'm feeling slow. Or stuck.
2) when I remove an icon from the dock.. what's with the Wile-E-Coyote cartoon smoke bomb? Why not something impressive like the ripple when you add a widget to the dashboard screen?
I'm not sure that either of these things qualify as "hate" and I wouldn't want to type something like that on my mac anyway. I'd hate to hurt it's feelings. It'd probably lock up and I'd be stuck with the color ball.
1) the spinning pinwheel, beach ball... whatever. Why isn't there at least a graphite option to tone that happy little guy down? I mean, if I'm seeing that, I'm not feeling cheery. I'm feeling slow. Or stuck.
2) when I remove an icon from the dock.. what's with the Wile-E-Coyote cartoon smoke bomb? Why not something impressive like the ripple when you add a widget to the dashboard screen?
I'm not sure that either of these things qualify as "hate" and I wouldn't want to type something like that on my mac anyway. I'd hate to hurt it's feelings. It'd probably lock up and I'd be stuck with the color ball.
Um, it's not the 3x3 part, it's the layout. It can reduce the cognitive load of switching desktops by having them spatially match up with the buttons rather than by number alone. This set-up really worked quite well for me say when an individual task starts to out grow a single desktop.
crackpip
Just turn the volume off before you shut down next time: no chime!
Besides, doesn't Windows have its own chime?
The Windows startup sound goes through THE SOUND CARD, the EXTERNAL SPEAKERS. Thus if your speakers are muted, you won't hear it. If your speakers are at low volume, the sound will be soft.
The Mac startup BONG goes through the built-in system speaker and is always loud and has no connection whatsoever to the external speakers.
Turning my volume off every time I shut down the machine and back up once it's booted is a rather ridiculous solution, you must admit. Apple should route it through the external speakers at the very least.
Oh, another "hate" -- you can't clean the trackball on the Mighty Mouse, i.e. you can't remove it and clean out the gunk like a real trackball can. I have one Mighty Mouse that is jammed and another that only scrolls one way. Poor design Apple.
The only thing I hate about Macs is the spinning beach ball thingy
At least its better than this...
iTunes jumping
Sorry if this is already covered - big thread!
My iTunes library is big (12000ish tunes). I scroll down the songs, hit play on one, and carry on scrolling. What happens when the song finishes? The view jumps all the way back to where I started (the song after the one I selected initially). All my hard scrolling for nothing! Drives me MAD.
Sorry if this is already covered - big thread!
My iTunes library is big (12000ish tunes). I scroll down the songs, hit play on one, and carry on scrolling. What happens when the song finishes? The view jumps all the way back to where I started (the song after the one I selected initially). All my hard scrolling for nothing! Drives me MAD.
I wasn't really referring to external speakers.
In either case, I've found that on my mbp, the volume prior to shutdown does indeed effect the volume of the chime (low volume results in low chime, high volume results in louder chime).
To be honest, I don't shutdown at all. My mbp is only restarted for software updates. Otherwise it's sleeping.
Yeah... The spinning wheel is prettier than the hour glass but that's about it.At least its better than this...
At least its better than this...
The problem is even Vista has an *arguably* less annoying wait indicator now; Windows dropped the hour glass in favor of a spinning blue loop. It's not prettier... it just seems less garish than the rainbow wheel.
I wasn't really referring to external speakers.
In either case, I've found that on my mbp, the volume prior to shutdown does indeed effect the volume of the chime (low volume results in low chime, high volume results in louder chime).
To be honest, I don't shutdown at all. My mbp is only restarted for software updates. Otherwise it's sleeping.
Ok that's why we're missing each other. I'm talking about desktops like the mac pro or mini. They bong from an internal speaker at 100% volume.
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