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To Jaded (I'm also busy as hell, maybe you'll get back sometime): So Domino has a bad GUI. I don't know too many people who administer it a lot, so I don't know if it has a generally "bad" perception, but even I, a GUI advocate, thought it was "bad" when I briefly looked it at a training...

whoa, thanks for the detailed answer. I tried to replicate the behavior i mentioned (I decided I still like the original look of TextEdit better :) ), but the appearance didn't change immediately this time. I also had to login as "root" in the first place. As a normal user, I couldn't rewrite...

I'm not saying this is bad, I've just asked if this is common practice to have such easy and friendly access to proprietary elements of applications. The program code is pretty hard (if not impossible) to reverse engineer, as I know, but nib files are opened in a dedicated GUI tool, an easy one...

Hi everyone, I noticed something strange: when I do a Get Info on an app package, and choose "Show package contents", I'll get access to the nib files. Is it common practice for an OS to let users tinker with the commercial applications' files? I mean, the nib file does tell the user...

Sheesh! I'm stupid as hell when it comes to Unix, but I just unzipped (or un-whatever-ed) the whole thing by dragging it to the Stuffit Expaned icon. The Clasic version, of course, the Carbon one is just a crock of shite. It also installed perfectly. I'm wondering what might be your problem...

I didn't like the fact that TextEdit had no border around my document (it poses legibility problems), so I opened its Nib file with Interface Builder, and made a large enough margin for my text field. To my astonishment, I found out that TextEdit was running all along, and it didn't just refuse...

The one and only logical location for the Terminal.app is in the Apple Extras folder on the install CD. Yes, I agree that a large majority of Mac users will want to stay away from the command line. But I also think that this is going to be an ideal platform for interaction between the two...

I think CLI purists will just ignore the GUI if they don't like it. GUI purists, however, won't ignore the CLI: they will loathe it, and call an exorcist to deinstall it. Mac users are just like that. We're stuck with them. If Apple can change their attitude somehow, that'll be a huge...

So, Apple is merging two diametrically opposite extremes into one platform. Who's going to use it? Mac users will like the new power and stability. I'm just concerned that the changes in (or rather, replacement of) the Mac GUI will turn them off... but let's be more optimistic. Then, people...

Okay, Ruzz: You're making an assumption that people willing to configure complicated server stuff like Apache and people who swear by the CLI are necessarily the same people. Wrong. You think that server admins use a CLI for Apache because it's better than any GUI could ever be. You think...

In general, I think OS X must have as much as possible AVAILABLE, with making as little as possible NECESSARY.

Tell me about it: once I opened a 70-meg swap file... Wasn't a wise decision, though... opening a swap file. The system recreated it immediately, and I had to just sit and wait. I thin I force-quitted TextEdit, the system was slowing down badly.

It's obvious: M$ doesn't want to advocate OS X, about the only competitor to their Windozes. Look at how they "carbonized" Inernet Explorer: it's a half-a$$ed product. They want OS X to fail, but in the meantime, the suckers using it should surf the web with a M$ browser. That's all. Maybe...

I have an original Iomega USB ZIP 100, and OS X won't mount it. What can be wrong?! OS 9 mounts it without a hitch.

Hi guys, Wow, what an intelligent and interesting discussion here! As a graphic designer with some FileMaker (don't laugh!!!) developing experience, AppleScript knowledge and as someone getting involved with web design, I'm really interested in the way OS X is attempting to unite the Mac...