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  • Oct 26, 2006
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  • "(…) lots of newbies will get on it thinking they can create widgets, and all they’ll end up with is widgets based on the templates (…) those half dozen template widgets are going to pollute the Macweb like viruses in the Windows world!" I believe this is not true. I've developed a LOT of websites, yet I didn't feel home immediately in Dashcode. After poking around a bit, I managed to create a basic widget, BUT it took some effort - even for a web developer. IMHO Dashcode is just a bit too complicated for those who don't know how to program, but is by far the most easy way to develop widgets for those who do know. Remember Automator? Same thing there.
    TriangleJuice had this to say on Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 5
    Dashcode (beta) First Look
  • What if you were at home and left with the exact same options? Still think that the OS is dead?
    TriangleJuice had this to say on Oct 09, 2006 Posts: 5
    The Operating System Is Dead
  • Ben, I completely agree with your statement, but since the industry pushes us so far, plus the fact that it's completely legal what they do, we should just stop complaining about it, face it and make the best of it ourselves. I don't want to sound as a Windows user (because I'm not and never will be), but at some point the "insanely great" features are being limited by the hardware. The only thing you can do is send your complaints to Apple and hope they'll hear you. After all, their task is to be innovative. I think most G3 users are happy they can still run Tiger on their over-5-year old systems.
    TriangleJuice had this to say on Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 5
    The Upgrade Trap
  • Sorry, but I completely disagree. In 3 years I had 3 iBooks and I spent less than $2,000... I might be wrong, but this is NOT much money (note that I was a student during this 3 year period, and I'm not some kind of drugs dealer that makes silly money). Anyhow, what would you rather do? Buy a G4 PowerBook, spend $4,000 on it and use it for 3 years, or do it my way and keep everything up to date. After those 3 years you won't be able to sell that PowerBook for a reasonable price anymore, but the iBook... it can be easily sold for 2/3 of the original price (the only thing you need to do is maintaining it properly). However, you CAN be right with your statement if you'd rephrase it: why upgrade when the only thing you do is shutting down your computer and booting it up again to type a list. Yes indeed, if I'd say "I'm too lazy too open up my notebook's lid, so it's not worth it's money", I'm also right - right? It's just the way you look at things. If you wouldn't had shutdown your laptop in the first place, you only had to wake it up from sleep (yes, it's perfectly possible to have an uptime of over 2 years: http://www.hitup.org/) and type your list using TextEdit, which will launch much quicker than you can take a pen and a paper. You're absolutely right that we're constantly encouraged to buy the latest ans greatest, but instead of whining about that, try to look at it from a different angle and outsmart these marketing tricks! *will stop ranting now too*
    TriangleJuice had this to say on Mar 20, 2006 Posts: 5
    The Upgrade Trap
  • Hi Gregory, just a few notes: - Forget Quark. They still behave like they have the whole DTP environment in their pocket. You have to admit: what's the difference between Quark 3 and Quark 6? I used to work with it (for about 8 years), but when I heard Adobe was creating a similar app, I made the switch immediately . Why? Very simple: I don't like companies who think they don't need to listen to their customers just because they are a monopoly (that's why I bought a Mac in the first place by the way). While Adobe tries to give us unique features, Quark only asks us for money for the latest build number of their app. - Your very long login time seems familiar to me. It is indeed a bug acknowledged by Apple and they will fix it in 10.3.9. If, however, you want to get rid of it right now, I suggest you should visit this site: [url=http://daringfireball.net/2005/03/font_caches_gone_wild]http://daringfireball.net/2005/03/font_caches_gone_wild[/url] - My dad shared the same vision as you do about the whole OS X-thing (he's a desktop publisher). While Apple introduced Panther, he was still using OS 9, but Ever since I forced him to use Panther (by installing it and throwing away the OS 9 Folder ;-)) he never looked back. He likes the new Photoshop, he dislikes the new Quark (who doesn't) and he's now learning InDesign. - If there were one thing that was better on the old OS than it were the WYSIWYG font menus in most of the apps (Adobe already announed that they will return in CS2).
    TriangleJuice had this to say on Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 5
    Mac OS 7.5: Better than Tiger Will Ever Be