Quote: Originally posted by Scott_H: .... I think it's a over statement that the Mac UI is far ahead. There are _many_ problems with it. I think once someone gets use…

Okay... I would like everyone who has gripes about the UI in OS X, as it stands, to promptly shut up about it. Used the prototype interface? Great! Have a suggestion about new …

it's rediculous to think of the desktop in either win or macos as a hack. it is simply a finder/winexplorer window that displays the content of a folder. -cotton

Okay, maybe "hack" isn't the right word exactly, but it certainly isn't normal behavior per the rest of the Finder's methods. Instead of dispaying the folder and its contents norm…

Actually, I think "hack" is a great way of describing it. A hack isn't necessarily something bad, it's more of a MacGuyver-esque show of resourcefulness and an unorthodox way of s…

Quote: Originally posted by Orbit: Actually, I think "hack" is a great way of describing it. A hack isn't necessarily something bad, it's more of a MacGuyver-esque show…

thanks for the correction . . . i thought it looked kinda funky when i typed it ;-)

OK. I haven't used OS X and I'm a little wary of major changes in UI (I HATED Platinum when OS 8 came out, but now System 7 looks antiquated). However, I think OS X is very promisi…

Amen, brutha.

You make a good point about the limits of the desktop, TonyMac. The NeXTstep/OpenStep UI didn't have a desktop, rather it had "shelves" in the workspace/file browser windows (aka …

Well, can't say it wasn't expected but still- the upside is that there WILL be a public beta (or at least that's what it says on the MacNN front page!) Furthermore, even if they w…

Quote: Originally posted by Orbit: Well, can't say it wasn't expected but still- the upside is that there WILL be a public beta (or at least that's what it says on the M…

Well it's nice that they'd rather take the time to develop and test a fully-featured and stable OS than just rush it out the door as quickly as possible. I mean, Microsoft pushed …

This should come as no surprise to anyone. Two months to MacWorld NY and OSX is not even in beta. But I do take expection to the comment of rushing it out the door. We have been wa…

If current Mac users don't want to embrace this OS they can cope- shame on them for the neophobes they've all become. 4 years ago, Mac OS X wasn't even in development, at least no…

I think the thing we will see in the summer is the thing apple was thinking of releasing as 1.0, but they probably realized that it would be better to release it as a beta, showing…

Apple's site now has the Mac OS X tab, as most of you probably have read. The theater has been updated to reflect dock changes, and there is a ton of other info there, including c…

Totally!! Not only that, but check out the PDF section of the Mac OS X developer section!! Lots of updated stuff including interface guidelines etc.. don't know if it'll be up lon…

Hi, I have to think Apple knew all along that X wasn't going to out this summer. They lead us on. Public beta? Any drivers for it? Will it work? Can I sync my Visor? Print to my 7…

4 years is being kind. Copeland was supposed to be Apple's modern operating system and that's what we are still waiting for, I think OS X will deliver. My point is that the Mac has…

And why shouldn't we look for sumatra? Microsoft no longer owns Soft, and Avid is already a Mac developer. I'm just saying that if Softimage knows what's good for them they'll ge…

Hi, Quote: Does anyone remember CricketDraw? I used to use CricketGraph. That was a good applciation. I bet we still have an SE around here with that instal…

Quote: Originally posted by Scott_H: Hi, I used to use CricketGraph. That was a good applciation. I bet we still have an SE around here with that installed. .... Oh w…

psst - Scott! We WILL see OS X by August! That's when summer ends (okay technically Sept., but August for practical purposes). Don't be so down... you can make an OS X partition …

i think you can pretty much count on epson and iomega (beta) drivers by the time of OSX beta. well, zip drive (at least) should be supported in the generic osx usb drivers. and w…