on 19/03/04 08:59, Luis Sequeira at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 10.3.3. on a Pismo. >> It claims that networked servers will appear in the sidebar. But that >> applied before in my 3.2. Can't discern any changes - good or bad. What >> should I be looking for? (I'd love to be able to make appearance >> changes - fonts etc - in iCal). TONY > > Only networked servers that were connected by entering their address > directly (or by selecting from the favorite servers list) used to > appear in the sidebar (and on the desktop). > > If you used the Network button in the sidebar or the browse button in > the "Connect to server" dialog to find a server, then it would NOT > appear in the sidebar. > This has (at last!) been fixed in 10.3.3 (this strange behavior had > been introduced with 10.3).
Had to do with Apple's decision initially in 10.3 to do "soft" mounts as in Unix, as opposed to "hard" mount. Soft mounts were done when you would access the "Network" component in the Finder, while hard mount were used when you would use "Connect to server" and type the IP address. With 10.3.3, all mounts are hard mounts. Soft mounts is a way to access a remote volume where if the server is temporarily unavailable, the system won't warn you and will try to reconnect. Obviously, you can get strange behaviors from applications that are trying to access those volumes. Hard mounts, on the other hand, are tightly integrated with the system. If a server providing the hard mount becomes unavailable, the system and any application using that volume will stop and wait until the volume gets back online or the system decides that it gives up after a time out. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fear and loathing n.: [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or COBOL, or EBCDIC, or any IBM machine bigger than a workstation. "Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing time!" -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
