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I had problems installing Duality 4. It would install but wouldn't show up in System Preferences. When I deleted the System Preferences cache file and prefs everything was fine.

It could simply mean that they're dropping the 15" model.

I just wish Apple had thought before making silly traffic light widgets with no other visual cues apart from the color. And as any user interface expert (and Apple's own Human Interface Guidelines) will tell you, colour alone is not enough! All UI elements should be obvious without colour (like...

I believe the Lite edition is only available for OS 9. :(

Yesterday I downloaded the new 2.0-version of Path Finder (formerly SNAX) by <a href="http://www.cocoatech.com">Cocoatech</a>, and have to say I'm impressed. In fact, so impressed I decided to pay for it. For those who don't know what this is, here's the (very short) description from the...

I just thought it is worth noting that the name of Snax has been changed to Path Finder and the new version (2.0), out today, is awesome. Among many other things, it now has the ability to show files and volumes on the desktop. And the developer really listens! Something I can't expect from...

What I'd like to see is this test conducted with users who are skilled in both using the GUI and the CLI. That would give a real sense of which is more efficient. I do believe that a lot of the efficiency and speed using the CLI is only perceived and not in fact real.

Now this I thought was very interesting; I learnt about this on a UI/usability course at my university. These are results from a study conducted by Temple, Barker & Sloane in 1990: - A group of users were asked to do a certain number of tasks using both the command line (in this case...

Well, I found the "Developers, developers"-music video off a Carracho server (the Gathering), but you're sure to find it via the www, too. I don't know where to find the actual original monkey video, though.

Isn't it odd that the page totally fails to mention Microsoft's mac products... :D

This horrible bug happened to me today. I tried a lot of the suggestions made over at Apple Discussions ( http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?14@135.YpJTaZt0fyo.0@.3bbabe0a/0 ), restarting, zapping the PRAM three times... until finally I came across a solution that worked: Deleting the...

I agree, these were all welcome improvements and I like them. However, Apple has had a whole year since the previous release to make improvements, and I don't think they did nearly enough. I recommend you read John Siracusa's extremely in-depth and perceptive <a...

Well I wish Apple worked harder to actually Improve the system - the Finder, for instance, instead of pushing out iApp after iApp. But I guess improving things doesn't sell whereas new features do... :(

I know it should be there, but it isn't. The screen where you choose the install disk doesn't show any options at all! Neither does any of the subsequent screens - only "Customize..." in the Installation Type screen. This only allows you to choose which packages to install. :(

My parents ordered an eMac which came pre-installed with 10.1. There was a Jaguar upgrade CD in the box (2 CD:s + Developer Tools). The Upgrade Installer won't let me do a clean install, ie. if I reformat the drive during installation with Disc Utility, it won't let me install. The Upgrade CD 1...

It seems the new RealOne player for OS X interface is an improvement. The old one was terrible, and RealOne for Windows is awful too, combining a browser with Real Player, yuk. I noticed it doesn't use the standard Aqua widgets, though. The mouseover effect (which is a major usability problem...

This I very much doubt, the graphics card Apple ships with the "Ultimate" G4 tower configuration is a GeForce 4 Ti.

I always get annoyed when a programmer/geek/whoever, who has spent years learning the intricacies of Unix/Windows/whatever, doesn't even try to see things from a normal user's perspective. So I wrote a reply, too: http://www.mortigitempo.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=39233#39233

BBEdit doesn't seem to work properly with Silk. Text seems to get gradually blotchy as you write along - looks just like ink spreading on soft paper. Check out this screenshot: