The only thing lacking in your list of complaints, Dennis, is the email code "IMHO"...Otherwise you just sound like one more glibiot who thinks the universe revolves around him. Say it ain't so!
-ObiDon "Dennis B. Swaney" wrote: > > At 3:43 -0300 8/2/02, John A. Ardelli wrote: > >On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 10:57 , Amber Rhea wrote: > > > >> ...so is it just me, or does anyone else feel like Apple took a step > >> backwards? UNIX is great and all, but... > > > >I don't know whether it's just you, but it certainly isn't ME. I FAR > >prefer Mac OS X to ANY previous version of the Mac OS. The stability > >and functionality are nothing short of remarkable IMHO. > > I think that Apple did take a step backward but NOT because of UNIX. > When Apple released OS X, a lot of functions that are standard in the > normal Mac OS weren't in X. Since then Apple has added a few, and > other companies have released programs to restore this functionality > but several are still missing. Where Apple dropped the ball (again) > was that all the functions that were/are available in pre-X versions > should have been in X as the base system. I've added X-sounds, > X-windowshade, FruitMenu, and ASM to get some functionality back. I'm > still looking for something to put the Trash Can back where it > belongs; DragThing is the only one I've found so far but the trash > feature doesn't work in the demo so I can't evaluate it. Apple's > biggest mistake was the DOCK. They tried to combine the Apple Menu, > Application Menu, Control Strip, Launcher, et. al. into one > application and failed miserably. I have the dock set to the smallest > size and hidden, but I'd like to delete it completely. > > Sincerely, > Dennis... -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
