This is old, but it still works great and I use it if I want to focus on the forefront window: FocusLayer

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan ChuckIt, every time I see that a Mac cannot do it all, I am slowly but, most probably, being convinced to do as your username says-go Chuck…

Quote: Originally Posted by Macanoid This is old, but it still works great and I use it if I want to focus on the forefront window: FocusLayer Tried it. Didn't really help…

The fact mac apps dont fight to take over the entire screen is exactly why I love the platform, its incredibly counter intuitive

Sounds to me as if you're looking for a purist solution on ideological rather than practical grounds. One way of cleaning things up might be using MenuShade to hide the menu bar, h…

Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the active application has COMPLETE display o…

One thing I wish the switchers would get is the Mac OS is not Windows. Don't expect it to behave like Windows. Honestly, if you miss the Windows experience that much, maybe you're …

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the a…

this is a hypothetical question. if i had two linux box running openmosix on a linksys integrated router/hub and i run both of those boxes through ssh from my powerbook. would it …

1) Probably not if all you're doing is managing the boxes. If you're transferring files to or from them, then 10/100 trumps a (theoretical) max of 54Megabits per second all the ti…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Helpful? very much so. thanks!

Maybe this thread will help some unfortunate soul down the road... I just spent hours troubleshooting a problem creating postscript files with Quark 6.5. Every time I attempted to…

That certainly explains a lot. I wasted an en entire day troubleshooting that one.

It's unfortunate they don't publish this limitation.

A 2 gig Postscipt file? WTF? I wonder if the Creo/Kodak extension would work for files over 2 gigs. PM me if you want to try it.

ouch!

Quote: Originally Posted by almaink A 2 gig Postscipt file? WTF? I wonder if the Creo/Kodak extension would work for files over 2 gigs. PM me if you want to try it. Just c…

One thing I always use in Windows is the right-click New Document. For those of you not versed in the hell that is Windows, this is actually quite handy Basically, right-clickin…

Or new document: modifier-key while drag proxy icon from dock app icon to the location you want it. Afaic, the dock is a failure anyway, so I don't see how this would make things w…

I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php

Quote: Originally Posted by techtrucker I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php Wow that program works great,t…

Quote: Originally Posted by jjlannoo Wow that program works great,thanks I use the same program, it's good. I set it like Windows though, so the app doesn't open as soon a…

Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is?

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybrain Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is? Lets say you have a finder window already open and you want to create a file …

I can appreciate it's usefulness, I may download it and give it a spin. Glad I recalled the name!