On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Wade Tinney wrote: [snip] SOrry to hear your being frustrated with the OS. Here are some suggestions, if you've not heard this before.
> Dock shmock - I want my Launcher back! I had all my applications > neatly divided up - by category - into pages on the Launcher. Now I > have to hunt through ALL my applications for the one I want on the > Dock - which either takes up valuable screen space ON TOP OF > EVERYTHING ELSE or is hidden where I can't see it. And with it > hidden, it's always popping up in the way every time I move the > cursor near the bottom of the screen (having it at the sides is > unacceptable for me). Create a folder(s) with aliases of what you want and place it in the dock. Ctrl-clicking the folder in the dock will revel it's structure. Agreed, the accidental; popping-up can be annoying. I keep mine hidden at the r/h side. What's 'unacceptable' about this to yuo? > I want my Application Switcher back. It sat neatly out of the way > (but conveniently positioned) in the right corner of the menu bar. > Now I have to search through all the applications in the Dock and > figure out which of those little icons is the window I want. Cmd-Tab will cycle you through all currrently running apps. > I want WindowShade back. When I wanted to see the desktop I could > just double click the title, find what I wanted, then double click > the title again. Now I have to search through the Dock. WASTE OF > TIME AND EFFORT! (Ok, I just checked out Expose - but I still prefer > WindowShade.) Expose (Panther). Kybd (Defaults: F11 - Desktop-only view; F9 - *all* windows in running apps made visible; all keyes reassignable) or Mouse (select Hot Spots in Prefs) accessible. > I want my stable STATIONARY Trash Can back. Used to be I could just > throw things AT the trash and hit it 99.9% of the time. Now I have > to pull up the dock and twiddle the mouse while the trash can dances > around until I get what I'm trying to throw away EXACTLY on top of > the trash. Otherwise I have to waste time removing things from the > dock I meant to throw away, then go through the whole process again. Increase magnification of the Dock. Mine's pretty big. Hard to 'miss'. > Where are the sound schemes? I had sounds schemes on OS9! There's > hardly any audible feedback when I do stuff. I miss that! And > (other than the error alert sound) I can't change what little audible > feedback there is to suit my personal taste. When I'm in a bad mood > I can't switch to the Carl Stalling sound scheme and hear silly > cartoon feedback to cheer me up. This I can't help you with. I use very little audio feedback. > One of the things I loved about Mac OS was that it worked the way _I_ > wanted it to. Now I'm stuck with someone else's idea of how a > computer should work (shades of Bill Gates). Lots of options withihn the OS. Also, lot s of third-party stuff out there. Check out <http://Versiontracker.com> -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
