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From: Calum on 15 Feb 2010 09:28 On 13/02/10 16:27, TaliesinSoft wrote: > I've long wanted browsers (I'm using Safari) to have the option of not > displaying any part of a page until the downloading is complete. This is exactly how browsers used to work in the old days. As web pages got more complex, people hated it, so now it's not how they work any more... --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Tom Stiller on 15 Feb 2010 10:04 In article <7tt1aqFh9rU1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-15 01:01:27 -0600, dorayme said: > > [in resonse to my having stated] > > > > >> When no applications are open my desktop displays only a pleasing (at > >> least to me) background. The dock at the bottom and the menu at the top > >> are normally hidden. > >> > > > > I knew you could hide the dock (I do), but the menus? At least > > not in Tiger? > > I run a little applet, Menu Eclipse, which "hides" the menu when it is > not in use by overlaying it with a solid black. A slight disadvantage > to this is that the space normally occupied by the menu will not be > filled with the background. My real preference would be to have the > menu disappear and appear as does the dock. Turn off the machine. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: TaliesinSoft on 15 Feb 2010 12:17 On 2010-02-15 08:28:43 -0600, Calum said: > On 13/02/10 16:27, TaliesinSoft wrote: > >> I've long wanted browsers (I'm using Safari) to have the option of not >> displaying any part of a page until the downloading is complete. > > This is exactly how browsers used to work in the old days. As web > pages got more complex, people hated it, so now it's not how they work > any more... > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- Well I guess I'm amongst the minority who prefer aesthetics over impatience and therefore would like a smooth browser presentation as an option. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: TaliesinSoft on 15 Feb 2010 15:51 On 2010-02-15 09:04:56 -0600, Tom Stiller said: [in response to my having stated] >> >> I run a little applet, Menu Eclipse, which "hides" the menu when it is >> not in use by overlaying it with a solid black. A slight disadvantage >> to this is that the space normally occupied by the menu will not be >> filled with the background. My real preference would be to have the >> menu disappear and appear as does the dock. > > Turn off the machine. I can't turn off the computer otherwise the middle of the night maintenance and my scheduled backups wouldn't be run. I do have the display sleep after a few minutes of inactivity. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: dorayme on 15 Feb 2010 18:07
In article <7tt1aqFh9rU1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-15 01:01:27 -0600, dorayme said: > > [in resonse to my having stated] > > > > >> When no applications are open my desktop displays only a pleasing (at > >> least to me) background. The dock at the bottom and the menu at the top > >> are normally hidden. > >> > > > > I knew you could hide the dock (I do), but the menus? At least > > not in Tiger? > > I run a little applet, Menu Eclipse, which "hides" the menu when it is > not in use by overlaying it with a solid black. A slight disadvantage > to this is that the space normally occupied by the menu will not be > filled with the background. My real preference would be to have the > menu disappear and appear as does the dock. Yes, I thought maybe this latter is what you had? I like the menu visible at all times. The date/time is there for a start! Gee, T, you are sick! <g> -- dorayme |