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05-06-2008, 02:58 PM
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Group: Regulars
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Originally Posted by The Fluffy Duck
an "innovation" in voice control. I mean come on the one in apple is from the mid nineties and doesn't work at all.
For example this is what I would like to see:
ME: "computer could you please open that document I was working on last night, the one on irigation and turn to page 23 ?"
Imac: "The south australian report or the victorian report"
Me: "The victorian one"
imac: "By your command"
That and not piss farting around training it for my dialect.
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If it suddenly starts calling you Dave ('what are you doing Dave'?) Panic. 
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05-06-2008, 03:07 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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I want the ability to be able to lock my workstation when I leave the room
Similar to how windows has win key + L.
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I second that one. Would make life so much easier.
On the same topic, have an option to enter a password to return from a screensaver. |
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05-06-2008, 03:34 PM
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It's a cruel, cruel summer
Group: Regulars
Location: NSW
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^ You can use Keychain to put a little padlock in the top menu.
And you can already have passwords required to be entered from sleep/screensaver. Look inside System Preferences.
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05-06-2008, 03:36 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Lancaster, UK
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Originally Posted by bennyling
I don't know, but something has got to be better than the blue-ish scroll bars that were there in 2004, and are still there today.
Even the iTunes-like scrollbars would be an improvement!
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Ask and ye shall receive!
Leopard Mod: Finder Scroll Bars
It looks brilliant. To be honest, I'd forgotten until now that it was a mod, and was wondering why you were complaining about the aqua scrollbars.
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05-06-2008, 03:41 PM
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Member
Group: Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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It would be cool to have iPhone like scroll bars through out the system - as they don't take up any screen space leaving a very clean looking screen.
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05-06-2008, 03:53 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Hobart, TAS
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Originally Posted by mactalkuser8282
It would be cool to have iPhone like scroll bars through out the system - as they don't take up any screen space leaving a very clean looking screen.
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BEST... IDEA... EVER! |
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05-06-2008, 03:55 PM
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Widgeteer
Group: Forum Leaders
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I really love the iPhone hidden scroll bars.
Can't grab onto them with the mouse though...
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05-06-2008, 04:27 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Originally Posted by marc
YUK!
No thanks. I don't mind the current Leopard styling.
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I beg to differ:
I got mine hacked in. They look great. Much, Much better than before. If only I didn't have to hack to get these things that I want 
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Originally Posted by Samb0
changeable transparency so u get it as transperant as u want and change apple icons in the corner
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Even better: Changeable translucency. Sure it would be a processor hog, but imagine all those windows behind, blurry in their behindness :P
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05-06-2008, 05:13 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbonia
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Originally Posted by someguy
I want the ability to be able to lock my workstation when I leave the room
Similar to how windows has win key + L.
As currently whenever I leave the office I have to close all apps and log out.
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It is quite easy to set up a shortcut key (eg. Option-L) to do this, but you'll need to install two pieces of software. The first is Quicksilver (which is an awesome app in its own right), and the second is called Dockables, which contains a stack of mini apps such as Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Log Out, Close All Applications, Sleep Display. etc
Then you just configure a trigger in Quicksilver to launch the Dockable app called 'Lock Screen'
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05-06-2008, 06:46 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Newcastle
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Originally Posted by Petronius
Then you just configure a trigger in Quicksilver to launch the Dockable app called 'Lock Screen'
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Wouldn't it be easier to just click on the "dockable" app??
(p.s. I still think Quicksilver is the most overated app for Mac
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07-06-2008, 06:53 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbonia
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Originally Posted by grfxninja
Wouldn't it be easier to just click on the "dockable" app??
(p.s. I still think Quicksilver is the most overated app for Mac
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That would depend on your personal preference for keyboard or mouse. Since the OP mentioned Win-L, I explained how you could configure a similar shortcut on OS X.
My own preferred way to lock the screen is a keyboard shortcut, since I can hit Option-L on the keyboard faster and with much less effort than it takes to do pretty much anything with the mouse (except perhaps hot corners).
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07-06-2008, 07:46 AM
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Still stuck in 1984
Group: Regulars
Location: Inside your head
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A better Finder. One that knows how to merge folders. An additional view that is akin to the 'explore' mode of Windows Explorer. Death to the miller-browser-esque column view. Ability to run two panes of 'explore' mode in the one window.
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07-06-2008, 08:47 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by Brains
A better Finder. One that knows how to merge folders.
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That much I 100% agree with. Why Apple haven't done this by now, I will probably never know. It's a no-brainer.
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07-06-2008, 08:52 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbonia
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Originally Posted by Brains
A better Finder. One that knows how to merge folders.
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Amen to that. Whenever I'm backing up to an external disk, I have to either replace the whole folder, or manually pick which files to copy up (risking missing some).
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Originally Posted by Brains
Ability to run two panes of 'explore' mode in the one window.
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Oh yes please.
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07-06-2008, 08:55 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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When you go to delete something and it says "example.mpg" is in use, I want something to tell me what app is using it.
Most of the time i have 12+ apps running at once, and its hard to tell.
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