Re: Rocky islands

2019-08-16 Thread dsc--- via use-livecode
I wonder if my Brother MFC-9840CDW multifunction laser printer will make the 
leap to 64-bit-only Catalina. I will probably be able to find generic print 
drivers. I think it would be able to scan by email or USB, but maybe generic 
TWAIN will work. Sending a fax might take some looking about. I'm thinking 
maybe it will make the leap, but with a little work, not "it just works". 

I feel like I just got it. I got it when doing some barcode and "scantron" work 
with LiveCode. I stopped printing out big notebooks long ago, so it is lasting 
longer than Brother probably thought it would. Even so, Brother and Apple seem 
to have put that model to pasture. 

Rambling... At 85 lbs, it violates my 30 lb lab limit. (Getting older, you 
know.) But, I just filled it with toner... (Oh, if someone is thinking of 
surprising me with a Mac Pro, that weight limit goes up to 50 pounds.)

So...  Catalina.

> On Jul 22, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> In trying to take a positive view on this...
> 
> Voice command and Sidecar might make it easier to step aside in a demo or 
> presentation.  
> 
> Sidecar might be handy as a sketch input. Maybe. You know, like an 
> alternative mouse.
> 
> Sidecar might be a handy place to put the Message Box or a debug window.
> 
> Screen Time might be handy for those of us who feel we goof off too much. (I 
> use Qbserve for time management.)
> 
> Color filter options can help those with color vision deficiencies and help 
> others see problem colors on a broader context. 
> 
> The Notes enhancements look interesting. (I am readying for an electronic lab 
> notebook, but Notes might delay that; I'll try it.)
> 
> Being able to run some iOS apps on the Mac is cool, but I wish it could run 
> all, transparently. It is frustrating to find just the right app and, oh, it 
> is iOS only.
> 
> Isolating the system from stuff I try is cool. 
> 
> Metal!
> 
> 
> However, crowd-sourced Bluetooth locating is scary. 
> 
> And the first time to run an app can take a while, it seems, but maybe that 
> is really a good thing.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 22, 2019, at 8:43 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Sounds like you are inferring a lot more into that PR fluff piece than is 
>> warranted. I didn't see anywhere in the statement the word, "only". Are you 
>> saying that Catalina will ONLY do those things listed in the statement, and 
>> nothing else? That seems extreme to me. 
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 21, 2019, at 14:31 , Richmond via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> "macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience 
>>> music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy your favorite iPad 
>>> apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with 
>>> iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart new features in the apps you use 
>>> every day. Now you can take everything you do above and beyond."
>>> 
>>> Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:
>>> 
>>> macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended gramophone 
>>> player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I was brought 
>>> up to believe a computer really should be.
>>> 
>>> Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see when 
>>> Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.
>>> 
>>> "Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.
>>> 
>>> Love, Richmond.
>> 
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Re: Rocky islands

2019-07-22 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
In trying to take a positive view on this...

Voice command and Sidecar might make it easier to step aside in a demo or 
presentation.  

Sidecar might be handy as a sketch input. Maybe. You know, like an alternative 
mouse.

Sidecar might be a handy place to put the Message Box or a debug window.

Screen Time might be handy for those of us who feel we goof off too much. (I 
use Qbserve for time management.)

Color filter options can help those with color vision deficiencies and help 
others see problem colors on a broader context. 

The Notes enhancements look interesting. (I am readying for an electronic lab 
notebook, but Notes might delay that; I'll try it.)

Being able to run some iOS apps on the Mac is cool, but I wish it could run 
all, transparently. It is frustrating to find just the right app and, oh, it is 
iOS only.

Isolating the system from stuff I try is cool. 

Metal!


However, crowd-sourced Bluetooth locating is scary. 

And the first time to run an app can take a while, it seems, but maybe that is 
really a good thing.



> On Jul 22, 2019, at 8:43 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Sounds like you are inferring a lot more into that PR fluff piece than is 
> warranted. I didn't see anywhere in the statement the word, "only". Are you 
> saying that Catalina will ONLY do those things listed in the statement, and 
> nothing else? That seems extreme to me. 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Jul 21, 2019, at 14:31 , Richmond via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> "macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience 
>> music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy your favorite iPad 
>> apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with 
>> iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart new features in the apps you use 
>> every day. Now you can take everything you do above and beyond."
>> 
>> Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:
>> 
>> macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended gramophone 
>> player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I was brought up 
>> to believe a computer really should be.
>> 
>> Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see when 
>> Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.
>> 
>> "Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.
>> 
>> Love, Richmond.
> 
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Re: Rocky islands

2019-07-22 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Sounds like you are inferring a lot more into that PR fluff piece than is 
warranted. I didn't see anywhere in the statement the word, "only". Are you 
saying that Catalina will ONLY do those things listed in the statement, and 
nothing else? That seems extreme to me. 

Bob S


> On Jul 21, 2019, at 14:31 , Richmond via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> "macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience 
> music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy your favorite iPad 
> apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with 
> iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart new features in the apps you use 
> every day. Now you can take everything you do above and beyond."
> 
> Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:
> 
> macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended gramophone 
> player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I was brought up 
> to believe a computer really should be.
> 
> Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see when 
> Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.
> 
> "Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.
> 
> Love, Richmond.


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Re: Rocky islands

2019-07-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That is obviously the last hurrah of the Macintosh as a computer qua
computer rather than a bijou entertainment and communication device.
Sinking, sinking, sinking.

I'll stick with Mojave as have nothing entertaining to produce: unless you
find typing in dead Indian languages fun; at which point I pity you.

Love, Richmond.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 2:24 AM Stephen Barncard via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> CRAP. Be Afraid. Be very very Afraid.
>
> I just went through hours of hell trying to get my desktop and documents
> back together after trying to NOT use iCloud. Good thing I backed up
> everything, but still had to reinstall the system.
>
> And I haven't had the courage to go beyond High Sierra.
>
> My 2010 power probably can't run  ... what's the name again? Catalina.
>
> at least it's a cat.
>
> har har.
>
> Now on to try and find a replacement for Siri.
> she only gets way in the way these days.. It's all or nothing at all and
> I'm tired of yelling at my phone.
> --
> Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA -
> mixstream.org
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 2:31 PM Richmond via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > "macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about
> > Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy
> > your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and
> > expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart
> > new features in the apps you use every day. Now you can take everything
> > you do above and beyond."
> >
> > Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:
> >
> > macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended
> > gramophone player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I
> > was brought up to believe a computer really should be.
> >
> > Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see
> > when Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.
> >
> > "Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.
> >
> > Love, Richmond.
> >
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Re: Rocky islands

2019-07-21 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
CRAP. Be Afraid. Be very very Afraid.

I just went through hours of hell trying to get my desktop and documents
back together after trying to NOT use iCloud. Good thing I backed up
everything, but still had to reinstall the system.

And I haven't had the courage to go beyond High Sierra.

My 2010 power probably can't run  ... what's the name again? Catalina.

at least it's a cat.

har har.

Now on to try and find a replacement for Siri.
she only gets way in the way these days.. It's all or nothing at all and
I'm tired of yelling at my phone.
--
Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA -
mixstream.org


On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 2:31 PM Richmond via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> "macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about
> Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy
> your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and
> expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart
> new features in the apps you use every day. Now you can take everything
> you do above and beyond."
>
> Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:
>
> macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended
> gramophone player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I
> was brought up to believe a computer really should be.
>
> Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see
> when Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.
>
> "Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.
>
> Love, Richmond.
>
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Re: Rocky islands

2019-07-21 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode

On 7/21/19 4:31 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
"macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about 
Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy 
your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and 
expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart 
new features in the apps you use every day. Now you can take everything 
you do above and beyond."


Hm. Sounds like a Chromebook.

--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software   | http://www.hyperactivesw.com


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Rocky islands

2019-07-21 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
"macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about 
Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy 
your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and 
expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart 
new features in the apps you use every day. Now you can take everything 
you do above and beyond."


Wow: I can translate that into far, far easier language:

macOS Catalina gives you more of a plastic bathtoy; an extended 
gramophone player, TV, fancy telephone and pornogram, and less of what I 
was brought up to believe a computer really should be.


Mind you, the "mene, mene, tekel, up-yours!" was there for all to see 
when Steve Jobs killed off Hypercard.


"Enjoy" . . . Cor! John Calvin was right.

Love, Richmond.

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