Re: Put the Cat in the Book

2005-05-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
that now. You can still use Hide Mailboxes/Show Mailboxes menu item (Shift +Command+M) or put the button on your toolbar. Doubleclicking on the three vertical lines near the separator at the bottom (or the separator itself, but it's difficult to aim at) also does the trick. Marcin Wichary e

Re: graphite base station

2005-03-29 Thread Marcin Wichary
, the default password is public. Might come in handy. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books

Re: Not a PowerBook after all...?

2005-02-24 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: battery life for current ALBook 15 inchers..

2005-02-23 Thread Marcin Wichary
(my commute time is shorter :) ), and I don't know how it's like for other modern notebooks. Only once it was somewhat unpleasant, dying on me by the end of a DVD that was just over two hours. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-17 Thread Marcin Wichary
Speaking of BTO displays... Apple Computer may be planning to offer PowerBooks with higher density displays, and may have intended to do so with its latest PowerBook offerings, tipsters tell AppleInsider. http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=886 Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-16 Thread Marcin Wichary
available in one or more configurations (also true with Mac mini and eMac, I believe). iPod line is getting more and more bloated as well. Is it really any better than before and than what other companies are offering? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w

Two-finger scrolling on older PowerBooks and iBooks.

2005-02-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
Check this site here: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ I installed the driver on my 2004's AlBook and it seems to work perfectly. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface

Re: Two-finger scrolling on older PowerBooks and iBooks.

2005-02-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
. [1] http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Besides, I'm not sure anyone wants the return of the Sculley era with gazillions of models hard to tell apart. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years

Re: watermarking groups of photos at same time?

2005-02-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
I know photoshop can do this, but that is one photo at a time. I have hundreds of photos that I need to do this to. Doesn't Photoshop feature Action/Batch functionality that can automate this? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl

Re: Mac OS X 10.3.8 update.

2005-02-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
case, I am also afraid of testing this. :) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
it outside on daily basis. I know I do and if you ask me, thumbs up for side ports. Couldn't live without them now. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10

Mac OS X 10.3.8 update.

2005-02-10 Thread Marcin Wichary
)... Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: TO:Gmail and Mail

2005-02-08 Thread Marcin Wichary
are there. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: End of life?

2005-01-25 Thread Marcin Wichary
I've gathered that a G5 PowerBook is a long way off. What do you think will replace the above PowerBooks? ThinkSecret says that it'll only be a minor speed bump. http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0501briefly2.html (scroll to the bottom) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl

Re: Applecare, how long should it take?

2005-01-25 Thread Marcin Wichary
is that kyle and his ilk will probably frown and ask again how it happened, just to hear it one more time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these two cases should be covered by a regular insurance (from your local insurance company), which costs a fraction of price of AppleCare. Marcin Wichary e

Re: Applecare, how long should it take?

2005-01-25 Thread Marcin Wichary
as it seems -- imagine how many people probably ask for this on daily basis. And frankly, if you spoke to the AppleCare people in the same tone as here, I am not at all surprised they weren't so eager to help you. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w

Re: 12 iBook (new) - external monitor resolution ?

2005-01-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
that allows it (at least on some models.) Anyone know anything about this ??? http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Trouble with Quicktime viewing

2005-01-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
of them). - PowerBook has some problems with the network; do other applications have similar issues? you mention that you occasionally have these kind of problems... you mean with QuickTime or something more general? how are both computers connected to the Internet right now? Marcin Wichary

Re: apple mail

2005-01-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
If you don't use the other languages all they do is take up space on your HD. There is a program to remove these extraneous languages, called Delocalizer. It can remove all the unnecessary files from all over the system with just a couple of clicks. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Cleaning PowerBook grilles.

2005-01-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: apple mail

2005-01-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
OK, I did not try throwing away the mail preferences, can some one give me instructions on how to do that. 1) go to your home directory 2) go to Library/Preferences 3) delete (or better yet, move to a safer place, say your home dir) the file named com.apple.mail.plist Marcin Wichary e

Re: apple mail

2005-01-10 Thread Marcin Wichary
I'm running OS 10.3.7 and it shows mail as 18Mb, 24Mb on disk. Time to re-install the mail app. Probably wouldn't hurt, but mine is the same size as Jim's (5 MB on disk, 4,085,684, version 1.3.9, Panther 10.3.7), a far cry from 18 MB. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-07 Thread Marcin Wichary
the content is decoupled from the medium) doesn't make much sense, therefore I'm not even gonna comment on this. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years

Re: Apple menu additions

2005-01-07 Thread Marcin Wichary
right-click, especially with Apple's tradition of one-button mice/trackpads. And, spring-loaded folders actually do *not* work in dock... try to drag a file into your Applications folder or Trash in dock and hover over it. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-07 Thread Marcin Wichary
of the month, or ever on its website. You can read into it a little bit more than Apple wants. I know I did. And this, and only this is what I wanted to say. No need to start another debacle. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-06 Thread Marcin Wichary
is not a subscription service... Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-05 Thread Marcin Wichary
At least you have the CD's...Someone with a sizeable ITMS collection would be really crying the blues right about now, if they hadn't backed it up... I believe you can redownload everything you purchased as many times as you want, free of charge. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
...? What's the rationale behind these confusing double or triple designations? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl

Re: Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
with distinguishing/understand the special keys anymore... but it still takes me much more mental effort than I think is necessary. And I suspect that newcomers to Macs might have big problems in some situations... (aforementioned Force Quit, for example). Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
to activate. Why couldn't the two symbols be put next to each other, like on the command key? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
... but what about stuff as Virtual PC? or Remote Desktop connection to a PC? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
unintelligible.) That's exactly my point... It just seems to be a big mess to me. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Mac keyboards (was: Shift-apple-cmd-power key combo?)

2005-01-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
/ macintosh20yearslater/pics/04 (by the way, what did the original Option key morph into?) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: naming of the second-to-last G3 PowerBooks?

2005-01-03 Thread Marcin Wichary
are lookong for Pismo. And the winner is...? :) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

2005-01-03 Thread Marcin Wichary
I do very little photoshop (other than taking the red out of eyes), Just out of curiosity... do you know that iPhoto has that feature just a single click away, or maybe you use the term photoshop in a general photo manipulation meaning? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

2005-01-03 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Why couldn't they make it an option, like in iTunes? Here's hoping for iLife '05... But I suppose you can just drag a photo to iPhoto, redo the red eyes, and drag it back...? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better (off-topic)

2005-01-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
is indeed too good not to be expected with held breath. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Marcin Wichary
.) and some other stuff -- it was very helpful for me to get the Polish accents the way I'm used to. Good luck with your purchase! Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

2005-01-01 Thread Marcin Wichary
. (I've deliberately left out the distinction between portable and stationary computers, which was absent in the original question.) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Marcin Wichary
Why would that be, they have THE EXACT SAME KEYBOARD, the 14 just has more wasted space on each side of it. From the standpoint of ergonomics, this space is far from being wasted... Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Marcin Wichary
bad for your posture, would probably necessitate moving trackpad to the left as well (bad aesthetics), and your left palmrest would be too narrow, as I mentioned above already. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Marcin Wichary
, by the way. But to each their own, I guess, and seeing that this thread has once again moved to focus on the size of the whole unit, as opposed to keyboards and palmrests, I don't think there's any point to rehash it once again. Over and out. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: ibook bright spots

2004-12-19 Thread Marcin Wichary
spots? And does warranty cover that? Wouldn't mind exchanging the display, as I already have a couple of dead pixels... but I'm afraid that I'll have to wait for a long time to get my PowerBook back, plus that the screen I'll receive will be of lower quality. Anyone had this happen? Marcin

Re: G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

2004-12-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
as possible in order *not* to accelerate degradation of the illumination lamp. Could you elaborate some more? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years

Re: G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

2004-12-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
the time. Yes, it should be allowed to sleep since the cold-cathode tubes used for backlighting have a finite lifetime. Ah, right, now I see it. :) Thanks and sorry for the confusion. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: OS X first timer - blank password

2004-12-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
kick can wreak havoc. :) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: OS X first timer - blank password

2004-12-03 Thread Marcin Wichary
Boot off of the install disk and you can set/change the password. Doesn't say much for the security of OS X... Why? It doesn't say anything. If one has physical access to a machine, its administrator is usually in big trouble anyway, regardless of the operating system. Marcin Wichary e

Re: Phishies (was Re: Virus)

2004-11-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
an obfuscated link. I think we'll see some of this soon, I vaguely remember mentions of this kind of solutions already being implemented in some email clients/browsers. I also presume junk filters are pretty sensitive to this kind of stuff. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Safari problem.

2004-11-06 Thread Marcin Wichary
After upgrading to 10.3.6, my Safari started showing links as normal body text, instead of in blue and underlined. Trashing preferences did not help. What else can I do? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: Safari problem.

2004-11-06 Thread Marcin Wichary
is, quite naturally, a 3x bigger download than the latter.) That managed to do the trick. It's still a mystery why it happened in the first place, but at least it's good now. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui

Re: UDF CDs in OS X?

2004-10-27 Thread Marcin Wichary
are working on it.) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http

iTunes gift certificate. [semi off-topic]

2004-10-26 Thread Marcin Wichary
the answer. Thanks! Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: iTunes gift certificate. [semi off-topic]

2004-10-26 Thread Marcin Wichary
that when you're below 18, you have to get your parents' permission (and probably credit card number) -- unfortunately, my knowledge of Dutch is rather basic. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface

Re: iPod Generations and Pismo Hard Drive advice

2004-10-24 Thread Marcin Wichary
2) - http://www.apple-history.com/frames/?page=gallerymodel=ipod_3g (gen. 3) - http://www.apple-history.com/frames/?page=gallerymodel=ipod_4g (gen. 4) - http://www.apple-history.com/frames/?page=gallerymodel=ipod_mini (mini) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: MAC verses Mac

2004-10-23 Thread Marcin Wichary
of saying kibibytes for 1024 bytes is even less attractive than the mess we are in right now. Going back to topic, wasn't there an idea at one point that MAC would stand for Mouse Activated Computer? (or would it be Mouse-Activated Computer? :) ) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: OT Security alert....

2004-10-23 Thread Marcin Wichary
news, I am not sure why MacInTouch (and now Slashdot) dug it up again... In any case, nothing new to worry about. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com

Re: MAC verses Mac

2004-10-23 Thread Marcin Wichary
:) Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: MAC verses Mac

2004-10-23 Thread Marcin Wichary
who disagree with you. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: TiBook 667 ID and wifi reception

2004-10-18 Thread Marcin Wichary
As others have mentioned, the wifi reception is poor in all the TiBook models. Why is it so? Are AlBooks substantially better, better, or similar in this regard? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User

Re: iBook going back to Apple

2004-10-17 Thread Marcin Wichary
is a TiBook from late 2001 or 2002. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books

Re: G 5 Powerbooks.

2004-10-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
How cool would it be to carry around a dual processor laptop? Laugh at all those Windows users with their puny single processor laptops. And then Windows users could quite deservedly laugh back at you for not seeing a difference between dual processor and dual core designs. Marcin Wichary

Re: G 5 Powerbooks.

2004-10-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
exactly the same way as I did -- while using your line of thinking, I might have as well been saying my comment tongue-in-cheek. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
and is a nonstandard extension anyway. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: Anyone here use virtual PC?

2004-10-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
round. ps - btw I fully expect that Longhorn will have some kind of integrated VPC (ala Carbon) if Microsoft follows through on their plan to break all existing Windows programs for it... You mean Classic? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w

PowerBook display getting darker?

2004-10-08 Thread Marcin Wichary
a tad darker), while before I was admiring the whiteness of PB's screen as compared to the other two. Am I imagining things? Has anyone else encountered this before? What should I do? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: Adobe InDesign CS on 14-inch G4 iBook...

2004-10-08 Thread Marcin Wichary
And I was running it on a BBC Micro (back in 1984 I think) with a second processor and some weird pre-Windows GUI the name of which escapes me! Was it GEM, maybe? http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/articles/historical/ romancingaclonegemsmanyfacets Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL

Re: PowerBook display getting darker?

2004-10-08 Thread Marcin Wichary
Before doing that, just make double sure that pressing F2 doesn't brighten it back up, and for good measure, take a look at the brightness slider in the display control panel. Thanks, but I double-checked it all many times. Everything's maxed out. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: PowerBook display getting darker?

2004-10-08 Thread Marcin Wichary
look much darker... Then I thought that, well, desktops probably have better LCDs. Now I'm not so sure. (*) yet? :( Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing

2004-10-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing

2004-10-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
permissions unrepaired in the older days might've resulted in system being significantly slower, which seems quite an important issue, yet Apple did not automate that task for some reason. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing

2004-10-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
Ermmm, no, I don't think there is any conspiracy here. Those scripts in other Unix systems have always been scheduled to run at night. I'm shooting in the dark here, but aren't other Unix systems predominantly servers...? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing

2004-10-04 Thread Marcin Wichary
would like to hear official Apple's stance on a) repairing permissions and b) nightly scripts, though. I suppose Knowledge Bases are quiet about this? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Marcin Wichary
for elements or menus, etc. Unfortunately, this is where Mac OS seems to lag a little bit, even if some improvements were done in 10.1 or 10.2. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-30 Thread Marcin Wichary
, then Enter. Effectively, it's easier to use the mouse. Is there an utility that'd let me do the Windows trick on Mac OS? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Another strange problem...

2004-09-29 Thread Marcin Wichary
behaviour. I am not sure what causes the problem, but it is obviously very annoying when appears. Does any of you had this before? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-29 Thread Marcin Wichary
, and still occasionally resort to it. Funnily enough, back in 1984-5 there's reportedly been a big fight in the Windows 1.0 team over the use of keyboard and at least one person resigned seeing that Windows will be far more keyboardy than Mac... Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-09-29 Thread Marcin Wichary
the system -- with journaled file systems and everything I don't feel I'm risking much. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Free ipods?

2004-09-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
Was this an advertisement? Seems so. Also, the link has a referer in it. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Shutting down PBs at night

2004-09-15 Thread Marcin Wichary
. Nor should it have anything to do with the LCD type monitors. If anyone's interested more in this, look in the iMac list archive (topic called Sleep, beginning of September) -- I assume that it's publicly available? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: shutting down PBs at night

2004-09-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
Do you guys turn off your PBs at night? I usually leave it asleep, with lid closed and power plugged in -- usually on my desk. I don't have any animals and I live alone, so it seems a pretty safe way. Plus I absolutely love the way its light pulses in the dark room. :) Marcin Wichary e

Sleep problems.

2004-09-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
else experience the same issue and is there any way to stop it from happening? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: Sleep problems.

2004-09-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
resurrect it. Apart from power cycle, that is. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl

Re: Sleep problems.

2004-09-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
of the reasons. Still, this is unacceptable behaviour, especially as half of those Photoshop files were not saved. :/ Also, be sure to wait until the light starts to pulse before you move it. What do you mean? I am not sure how physically moving the notebook can change anything... Marcin Wichary e

Re: shutting down PBs at night

2004-09-14 Thread Marcin Wichary
Bummer! When I turn my brightness down, the Apple on the lid goes off too. It's physically the same lamp, isn't it? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www

Re: Killing me softly.

2004-08-29 Thread Marcin Wichary
sense to bring it back if the HDD seems to behave normally now? Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl

Killing me softly.

2004-08-28 Thread Marcin Wichary
rather have it repaired/replaced now than later (especially as it's already 10 months old and the warranty will probably expire soon) Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-22 Thread Marcin Wichary
) would probably also be very welcome. However, my (yet?) limited experience with inner workings of Mac OS X and AppleScript means that this is as far as I can help. Sorry. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-21 Thread Marcin Wichary
into it, and then the British-European (two-prong) adapter attached to it. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl

Re: Problem with new G4 iBook

2004-08-21 Thread Marcin Wichary
quickly that you can't even see them (they were pretty hard to catch even on Pear PC). Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

PowerBook G4 15 battery recall.

2004-08-19 Thread Marcin Wichary
. http://www.apple.com/support/powerbook/batteryexchange/ Fortunately, mine's HQ415. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w

Re: I just ordered a iBook

2004-08-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
AlBook's case/keyboard are also welcome -- this thing's getting dirty rather quick! If this kind of advices are in any of the manuals I got with the computer, please let me know; I cannot access them at this moment. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-13 Thread Marcin Wichary
on how to get rid of it -- it's not a huge nuisance, but still. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring -- G-Books

Re: OS 10.3.5

2004-08-11 Thread Marcin Wichary
mentioned, I know about Unix permissions, but I never had to repair them in any Unix/Linux/BSD machines I've been working on. I am still curious as to why you have to do it on Mac OS X. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: OS 10.3.5

2004-08-10 Thread Marcin Wichary
it strange that they get mixed up and need to get repaired manually... Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring -- G-Books

Re: DVD Issue on Lombards.

2004-08-09 Thread Marcin Wichary
. In many cases, the overlay mechanism only works on a primary display. Had the same issue on my PC with TV decoding card; it wouldn't work on an external display, rendering my whole carefully thought-out setup impossible. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: DVD Issue on Lombards.

2004-08-07 Thread Marcin Wichary
of overlays can be implemented in one video card as well, and can as well be analogue (as opposed to digital). Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years

Re: My new iBook G4!!

2004-07-28 Thread Marcin Wichary
PowerBook and I already know I would be living much calmer and more satisfied life in the world without Windows. I don't see how Windows admins are not entitled to feeling exactly the opposite. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary

Re: A magical wireless Box. . .?

2004-07-24 Thread Marcin Wichary
$150 for an extra device. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

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