Recent content by theNonsuch

Can anyone talk about stability - day-to-day usage? What breaks? What isn't working?

No, that's still there, but in general screen redraws are much faster. There's still some drawing delays, but in general performance is definitely improved. There's a new RD menu extra, too!

I took the plunge and installed b85 on my GF's tibook (667 gigabit ethernet). It's the model that has the ATI Rage video card w/ a mere 16mbs of VRAM. I'm pleased to announce that OpenGL support in Panther is vastly improved, if running through the pile of OpenGL screensavers I have is any...

I know these questions aren't normally allowed, but I'm just trying to find clarification: where are people getting the 7b8x builds? I have dev seed privileges and the latest drop on the Apple site is 7b74... Hmmm?

Has anyone had problems getting certain menu extras from "sticking" in the menubar over restarts or logouts and logins? For some reason a few of my menu extras won't stay once I log out - MenuMeters and ASM, to be exact. Just wonderin'.

Well, I found the reason why ALL applications quit on launch when I tried to run Panther for the first time. It seems that Default Folder is not compatible with 10.3 (which is an understatement). Deleting Default Folder from my login items allowed me to boot and run Panther with no problems...

No, no, no. The easiest way is just to change the permissions on Panther's application folder to 0. In the terminal, and in the root of the Panther partition: sudo chmod 0 Applications This will make the Applications folder unreadable by Jaguar, which will then not know about the...

I actually work for Cocoatech, in a consulting fashion (I designed the new cocoatech web site and wrote the copy), but I originally started off just as a Path Finder user, and like the appliation so much that I started helping Steve out with stuff. Anyway, to answer someone's question about...

A software developer who is a client of mine surprised me last week with the gift of a dev seed. That makes me glad I did a good job on his project... :) I was wondering: now that I have access to dev seeds, is the later builds of Panther stable and usable enough for basic day-to-day usage...

Having a problem here with my internet connection and a first generation Quicksilver. For a while, web pages load just fine. After an indeterminate amount of time, I lose the ability to load pages, or even sometimes reach the router that my computer is hooked up to. Pinging doesn't work...

I hate to sound like a weiner-necked businessman, but... "it's all about the branding". Apple has grabbed onto branding with both hands recently, and are seemingly convinced that the aqua / brushed metal look is part of their overall branding strategy. They want people, when they see either...

I agree - I really like the toned down aqua a LOT. It's much less garish and "in-your-face". For me, I've been using Path Finder as my Finder for ages, so the BM finder isn't the end of the world... but I really wish Apple would stop forcing basic UI decisions on users - if they had used the...

I recently installed my first theme, and haven't had any problems. I used ThemeChanger 0.5 to install the theme Aqua Extreme, which looks almost exactly like the new toned down Aqua look in Panther. It's really nice - much more subtle and softer on the eyes than the Jaguar version of Aqua.

Hi, everyone: I would like to start a lobby effort with Apple to include a preference in Panther to switch all brushed metal applications back to Aqua. I know the camps are divided as far as whether or not brushed metal is good or bad; this is not about that argument. This is about adding in...

Okay: First of all, you need that last period in the URL name at the end, so don't remove it, contrary to what someone else has said. The extra period at the end of the hostname tells Mac OS X that you're using a rendezvous local name and not typing in a standard URL. Secondly, to test...