I hate sodding Windows XP and I hate PCs
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From: Adrian on 21 May 2010 02:48 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>Half a dozen different apps open: >> >>On a Mac, squeeze the mouse, they separate, and then just select. On a >>PC, no equivalent. Oh, and if (for example) Acrobat is open because >>you're in the middle of inserting a hyperlink into a PDF, and you want >>to shift it to get at the web browser to c&p the relevant url.... >> >>...you can't. It won't shift., > This one has a working mechanism - you can drag your hyperlink to hover > over the taskbar button for the web browser, and wait a moment - the > browser will pop to the surface. > > That's as close as Windows gets to any Expose' functions. Ctrl+Esc?
From: Paul Womar on 21 May 2010 03:45 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > It's the kind of crappy comparison that > > > does nobody any favours. > > > > True, but it is a valid direct comparison, as he has lost his Mac and > > got a XP machine > > Not hard to understand, is it? It's one thing to let off a bit of a steam about having an inferior replacement but subsequently we seemed to be going in the direction of trying to draw direct comparisons between different operating systems from different era - hence why my reply was to Steve reply and not your original message. If we are moving away from a rant and others are getting involved trying to make direct comparisons, can we try and chose a level playing ground, just to distinguish it from every other advocacy thread that has ever appeared on the Internet? -- -> The email address used in this message *IS* valid <-
From: chris on 21 May 2010 04:17 On 21/05/10 07:48, Adrian wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh<jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying: > >>> Half a dozen different apps open: >>> >>> On a Mac, squeeze the mouse, they separate, and then just select. On a >>> PC, no equivalent. Oh, and if (for example) Acrobat is open because >>> you're in the middle of inserting a hyperlink into a PDF, and you want >>> to shift it to get at the web browser to c&p the relevant url.... >>> >>> ...you can't. It won't shift., > >> This one has a working mechanism - you can drag your hyperlink to hover >> over the taskbar button for the web browser, and wait a moment - the >> browser will pop to the surface. >> >> That's as close as Windows gets to any Expose' functions. > > Ctrl+Esc? Ctrl+Tab would be more useful, I'd posit.
From: Jim on 21 May 2010 04:24 On 2010-05-21, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This one has a working mechanism - you can drag your hyperlink to hover >>> over the taskbar button for the web browser, and wait a moment - the >>> browser will pop to the surface. >>> >>> That's as close as Windows gets to any Expose' functions. >> >> Ctrl+Esc? > > Ctrl+Tab would be more useful, I'd posit. alt-Tab surely? Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "RESEARCH showing that men lie more than women is proof they should stop asking them awkward questions in the first place, say scientists." - The Daily Mash
From: J. J. Lodder on 21 May 2010 04:33
Paul Womar <{$PW$}@womar.co.uk> wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I recognise none of those issues. > > > > So explain how to get XP to perform Expos�-type functions using XP as > > supplied out of the box. > > The OP did explicitly mention XP but it's hardly fair to compare > features of the current Mac OS with an OS released almost 10 years ago. > We had Mac OS 10.1 when XP went to retail, and I don't recall any > Expose-type functions in that. It's the kind of crappy comparison that > does nobody any favours. It is fair. 10.1 was a paying beta, Windows XP was a mature product with decades of development behind it. (in so far as things from M$ ever get mature) You should compare back from the present, two steps, so Windows XP and Tiger. There can be little doubt that Tiger is vastly superior to XP, even when looking at worker productivity only, Jan |