Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Chris Griffiths
By the way, does anyone know why we can't read flash on iphones or ipods? Does it have something to do with the relationship between apple and adobe. I mean, why can't we see Flash? Isn't an iphone and ipod a mini computer? Regards Chris Griffiths VISUALM_Brand

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Merv Bond
I am with you Mark. Without having to keep my floppy - CD - DVD up to date I can pick up the Gum Nut Babies and read to my grandchildren. They sit beside me talking about the drawing of the Big Bad Banksia Men and turn the page G'Dad to see what happens - let me, I'll do it. And that

Re: Personal Archive Format

2010-01-28 Thread Peter Sealy
Thanks Ray. It will take me a bit of time to digest your response and come up with another approach. Cheers On 27/01/2010, at 6:59 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Peter, Personally I would not use a hard drive for archival purposes for many reasons, including: . Peter

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Reg Whitely
I bought a paperback book in NY for $13. The same title, in slightly different appearance, sells here in Geraldton for $36! Perhaps that's the threat. Reg On 28/01/2010, at 3:35 PM, Rod wrote: The distribution rights have to be sorted out, is my guess. That's why the Kindle's offering

Re: Flash on iphones

2010-01-28 Thread Martin Hill
On 28/01/2010, at 4:08 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Allowing Flash — which is a development platform of its own — would just be too dangerous for Apple, a company that enjoys exerting total dominance over its hardware and the software that runs on it. Flash has evolved from being a mere

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Stuart Evans
Hmmm...have to side with Rod. Go Dockers! ;-) On 28/01/10 3:47 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Exactly true Rod! Let the Wars begin ... Ps Go Dockers Ronni!! Ps Go Pies Rod!!! Bring on the footy Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 28/01/2010, at 3:35 PM, Rod l...@mac.com wrote:

Time capsule

2010-01-28 Thread F.W. Hänel
Hi all, Is there a concern about overheating time capsules causing fire ? A friend reports that his TC is getting very hot . Cheers, Walter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Rob Findlay
+1 on Freo The naysayers out early http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad?skyline=trues=i On 28/01/2010, at 9:02 PM, Stuart Evans wrote: Hmmm...have to side with Rod. Go Dockers! ;-) On 28/01/10 3:47 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Exactly true Rod!

Finder window sidebar alias

2010-01-28 Thread Tim Law
Hello, I'm using 10.5.8 on a PowerPC G5 iMac This was going to be a query, but in the process of double checking what I was going to ask, I found a solution all by myself :-) It might help others so here goes the problem and my solution. I opened a Finder window and in the sidebar I have

Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 28/01/2010, at 3:55 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: By the way, does anyone know why we can't read flash on iphones or ipods? Does it have something to do with the relationship between apple and adobe. I mean, why can't we see Flash? Isn't an iphone and ipod a mini computer? I'm sure the

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 28/01/2010, at 12:55 PM, Mark Secker wrote: I can people using products such as these to replace magazines, periodicals and factual repository books (dictionaries/encyclopedias etc)... Our “normal computers, both desktop and laptop have already been doing this over the last 15

iPhone Silent Ringtone

2010-01-28 Thread Peter Sealy
I am sure some of you will find a use for this. http://richardkmiller.com/702/iphone-tip-use-a-silent-ringtone-to-screen-calls-in-your-sleep . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA If you Google the word 'google' you will break the internet. -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Glenn Nicholas
I don't think we are going to see books disappear overnight because of iPads/Kindles. But ... I do think a *lot* of people are going to be reading emails, blogs, newspapers, books etc and updating social media via iPads. With iWork, students won't need laptops at all, just an iPad. So we are

Mail 'To' line anomaly

2010-01-28 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Good Morning Everyone, For some time I have had very occasional delays in delivery of email both sending and receiving using Mail which the server has not been able to explain. I now find that in the 'To' line of some received emails, the name is of someone in my address book and not my name.

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Martin Hill
I don't think most people are talking about the iPad replacing receipts, financial records and all of that sort of paper in an office (although with credit card readers on iPhones and iPod touches now available and the low price and ease of use of the iPod touch and iPad and the growing

Is HD defrag necessary?

2010-01-28 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Everyone I have been pondering the above question for some weeks now, after my HD became almost full (10gb free), and I decided to backup everything to an external 1TB drive, and then remove about 30gb on the Mac to have some space available. I remember a fair while ago some muggers

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Paul Weaver
I remember from the olden days last century that Martin seemed always the leader of the WAMUG pack when it came to new technology. I can see him in my mind's eye now demonstrating System 7. Wow! I was pretty impressed. I agree with him about book publishers needing to change their marketing

Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Vladimir James
It may have more to do with Apple maintaining a tight control on development issues relating to their products. Apple may be encouraging open source development vs Adobe's propriety schemes. Vlad James On 29/01/2010, at 8:14 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 28/01/2010, at 3:55 PM, Chris

Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Matthew Healey
On 28/01/2010, at 3:55 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: By the way, does anyone know why we can't read flash on iphones or ipods? Does it have something to do with the relationship between apple and adobe. I mean, why can't we see Flash? Isn't an iphone and ipod a mini computer? Regards Chris

Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Chris Griffiths
Yes, Vlad, This makes sense. Regards Chris Griffiths VISUALM_Brand Management Phone: (08) 9381 2537 www.visualm.com.au On 29/01/2010, at 1:06 PM, Vladimir James wrote: It may have more to do with Apple maintaining a tight control on development issues relating

Re: Flash on iphones or ipods

2010-01-28 Thread Ronda Brown
Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 29/01/2010, at 1:58 PM, Matthew Healey mat...@mac.com wrote: On 28/01/2010, at 3:55 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: By the way, does anyone know why we can't read flash on iphones or ipods? Does it have something to do with the relationship between apple and

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Dark1
Although I believe that sales of hard copies, in newspapers, mags and books, will decline over time I don't think there will be a significant drop soon. The iPhone has been very popular and sales are increasing but only a small proportion of the population owns one. I think the uptake of the