Other side...

I am testing and installing stuff on S-Vista... Boys, if you don't see it, you won't believe it. It's not that i am a mac fan, trust me. EVERYTHING turns to be mysterious and dramatically problematic.
Examples? I was installing the skype toolbar for outlook... great tool on xp, indeed...
Then, i've installed it on an Acer running vista and OutLook2007... it succeeded at first time.
Then again i was asked to do it on a Vaio (sweet design, bad OS...) and... puff! Nothing appears... I am chatting since 10 hours with the skype toolbar program manager (thanks Peter :-) ) just to figure out what wi(n)dows invented...
And this is only a taste of it...
Boot time? Hours (and with 2 gigs and brand new core2 duo)
Network services? Waiting for Godot (good name for next MS OS: Godot 2010 ;-) )
GUI? Bakery
File system navigation? WOW! Who cuold do worse?
Do you read how happy I was to spend time on Wi(n)dows S-Vista?

See ya dudes... ;-(

Leopard

I've been running Leopard since oct, 26th (Yes, I was @AppleStore Roma Est - Hallo Bebo and the other guys :-) ).
What should I say?
Besides the necessary indexing time (I had something like 2 TB in hd space :-) ) here's what I think.
At the first look, I kind of hated the new folders design. Then, I started appreciating it (??? tell you later on). The new finder windows are missing Pictures, Movies and Music shortcut on the left side... boys I was used to it... (So I just dropped them there again :-) )... Then, the stack... if the folder you have in the dock contains subfolders, you are not able to navigate them... isn't it a little absurd? My application folder HAS A LOT of subfolders (Adobe, Macromedia - yes I still use some MM soft - and just the Utility folder, as an example...) and so in order to launch an app, I have to click on the stack and then open the folder... (pretty much time...) You could say...: why your app is not in the dock, yet... Correct... But... The (different) thing is... How many apps do you have on your mac? I can count more than 80... ;-)
Again some perplexity in the wi-fi setup: If Apple deicides to do one great thing (no password type selection, such as wep, etc... the OS does it by itself: great!) why is not mentioned there? Hm...
Some Icons (such as SysPrefs) changed... hmmm... then...
ok I am writing like I am mad at Cupertino...

Boys NO!!!

Leopard is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!

QuickLook is something you will never be able to work without again, CoverFlow with files is just marvellous (thoug some usability must be enhanced), Spaces is really useful (mostly with laptops)
The new Finder is so relaxing and helps you thinking correctly (I'll explane this in one next post), Safari is special and... well, I'll be more precise next time... I am in an Internet point right now with my laptop...
Cheers dudes...

See ya next time.

Think(Labs)Different ;-)

Adobe AIR

Though it is still a beta version, check it out @ the Adobe Labs.
It is worth the visit...
We are building a demo for you, check soon...
Cheers

FATW07

Should say that i miss Macromedia...
Adobe is partnering with msoft and that's no good at all...
Anyway... tomorrow MacOsX Leopard... here we go, again...
Think Different, dudes...

S.

TL NextSteps

Hallo dudes,
TL Player is under maintenance, while i am working on some more stuff...
I'll let you know...
Cheers

Welcome Matilde Sofia

On saturday, october 14th, Matilde Sofia just arrived.
Welcome to this world, beautiful baby... ;-)

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