October 29, 2007
Big Cat Adventure
I could go off on another tangent about how programmers always seem to think the language they're currently using provides exactly the right amount of abstraction for the task at hand, with anything less dynamic being considered barbaric, and anything more dynamic seen as crazy and unsafe, but I'll spare you and save it for a blog post.
While ducking this particular task is disappointing, John Siracusa remains one of the wisest of technopundits, and his Leopard review is the corker you'd expect. If you're a Mac nerd, read it. If not, move along: there's nothing to see here.
Posted by matt at October 29, 2007 08:45 PM
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What a great review. The section between Kernel and Timemachine was a bit of a slog for my non-programmer brain, but the rest was very well expressed. I'm just glad he gave a fix for the default dock, which I really don't like at all.
Other than that, kill the super transparency and bring colour back to the new section folders, and I really like the changes to the OS. It's certainly a lot snappier, which is always good in my impatient books.
Posted by: Alastair at October 30, 2007 08:58 AM
You're already up and running, then? As usual I don't have time for the disruption. Indeed, given the lack of disk space on my wizened old G4 PB, I'll probably just hold off until I get a new computer. Um, whenever that may be...
Posted by: matt at October 30, 2007 01:36 PM
Someone else bought the software, so I just installed it whilst brushing my teeth before bed on Sunday. It wasn't overly disruptive in that context ;)
I understand; I look forward to seeing your new device sometime in the next fortnight :-D
Posted by: Alastair at October 30, 2007 05:07 PM
An advisory: don't kick off your installation of Leopard at 9:30pm, unless you're okay with staying up far into the night, way too overstimulated to sleep.
Posted by: robin at October 31, 2007 04:51 AM
I was so overwhelmed by the ugliness of the dock and the new system icons that going to sleep was easy. The installation was quick though; it estimated 3 hours, but took 35 minutes, which was nice.
If you've not tried out the alternative dock (only applies if you use it at the bottom of the screen) - in Terminal, type:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES (hit enter)
killall Dock (hit enter) As you might see, much less of a usability nightmare. You'd think Apple would have had accessibility experts take a look over their new operating system. Oh, and to reverse it, repeat the above, but change YES to NO and killall again. Posted by: Alastair at October 31, 2007 10:16 AM
killall Dock (hit enter) As you might see, much less of a usability nightmare. You'd think Apple would have had accessibility experts take a look over their new operating system. Oh, and to reverse it, repeat the above, but change YES to NO and killall again. Posted by: Alastair at October 31, 2007 10:16 AM
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to sleep:
www.leoparddocks.com
Posted by: robin at November 5, 2007 08:53 PM
Grief, some of those really are hideous...
Posted by: matt at November 5, 2007 09:26 PM
While I find the porch one vaguely charming in a deep-south, playing my banjo sort of way, yes, utter pukesville.
Posted by: Alastair at November 6, 2007 04:53 PM
Agreed, agreed. (It was an ironic link, fellas.)
The Lep dock as it is doesn't fill me with dread to the extent that it needs altering, but then again, it's usually hidden and over to the left anyway.
Posted by: robin at November 7, 2007 01:48 PM
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