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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 16 Nov 2009 12:00 On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:52 +0000, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >Perhaps Apple could implement the Windows Update feature of popping >up a dialog box every five minutes asking you to update now or later. >I love that feature. My favourite is the one where it automatically installs updates it thinks are important, and then reboots your computer without saving any of your work that you've left open. Cheers - Jaimie -- "I went to a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt." -- Eric Pivnik
From: zoara on 16 Nov 2009 13:45 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > [...] > > > I was making a distinction between SL's implementation (which > > requires > > the distinct click-and-hold interaction per application) and Windows > > 7's > > implementation, which does not. At first blush it would seem the > > latter > > is better, but I'm not sure. > > I find the Windows 7 preview thing bloody irritating. So the question is whether I'm more of a Ben or a Woody. I think I'd find it irritating. -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 16 Nov 2009 13:45 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > At first I thought I liked the feature where hovering over an > > > > app in > > > > the > > > > taskbar gave you previews of all the app's open windows, but now > > > > I'm > > > > not > > > > so sure; rolling my mouse over the dock would give me a > > > > headache, > > > > and I > > > > have loads of windows open in some apps, which would make the > > > > previews > > > > very small. > > > > > > Built into Snow Leo. > > > Just move the mouse there, > > > click and hold, > > > > I was making a distinction between SL's implementation (which > > requires > > the distinct click-and-hold interaction per application) and Windows > > 7's > > implementation, which does not. At first blush it would seem the > > latter > > is better, but I'm not sure. > > I'm quite sure it is not. Why? I'm not being facetious, that's a genuine question; what about it is not as good? -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Ben Shimmin on 16 Nov 2009 14:03 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net>: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: >> [...] >> > I was making a distinction between SL's implementation (which >> > requires >> > the distinct click-and-hold interaction per application) and Windows >> > 7's >> > implementation, which does not. At first blush it would seem the >> > latter >> > is better, but I'm not sure. NewsTap's quoting really could do with work. Ah, happy memories of OE-QuoteFix. >> I find the Windows 7 preview thing bloody irritating. > > So the question is whether I'm more of a Ben or a Woody. I think I'd > find it irritating. Windows 7's `Show Desktop' thing is also amazingly ill-conceived. Basically it's a small, blank rectangle at the very far right of the Taskbar. Clearly this has been extremely popular with users, given how most of the Google hits for `Windows 7 show desktop' are about how to get the old `Show Desktop' button back into the Taskbar[1]. b. [1] ...which process seems, well, `involved', to say the least: <URL:http://windows7center.com/tutorials/how-to-really-pin-the-show-desktop-to-taskbar-in-windows-7/> -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing.' -- Samuel Butler, _Erewhon_
From: Woody on 16 Nov 2009 14:29
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > [...] > > > > > I was making a distinction between SL's implementation (which > > > requires > > > the distinct click-and-hold interaction per application) and Windows > > > 7's > > > implementation, which does not. At first blush it would seem the > > > latter > > > is better, but I'm not sure. > > > > I find the Windows 7 preview thing bloody irritating. > > So the question is whether I'm more of a Ben or a Woody. I think I'd > find it irritating. You can turn it off if you want - the advantage that windows does have over OSX in many ways. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |