Daniel SwartzArchive for May, 2005
May 14th, 2005 Tiger Features: 11-24
Since I am not a programmer of Apple Script, this is an item I will pass over for now, and contain whatever reviews I can give later on. Instead I will move onto Aqua, where I am more familiar. I now continue on with features 11-24, as listed in the features page on Apple.com: (more…)
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May 14th, 2005 Tiger Features: 6-10
And in my review of the 200 features Tiger has to offer, I now continue on with features 6-10, as listed in the features page on Apple.com: (more…)
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May 14th, 2005 Tiger Features: 1-5
Now I finally get to the list of 200 features that Tiger has been boasting about. I plan to go through as many of these features as possible, to see if they are as great as Apple says. I’m sure they are, but let’s find out. (more…)
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May 10th, 2005 Tiger Install: Step 2
Tiger is installed, and these are my first impressions. Tiger seems to be truly fantastic! There is a very noticeable jump in speed with the new OS. Perhaps it’s just me, but things respond much quicker and programs seem to be starting up faster. I figure this has to do with the 64-bit technology that Tiger utilizes.
Spotlight is fantastic! Spotlight does turn up results pretty much instantly, and it is very useful. While it might not be completely smart, turning up files that have nothing to do the search query, for the most part, it turns up files that are very relevant to the overall search. I would expect this to improve over time with subsequent upgrades. I like how one can access Spotlight in the (more…)
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May 9th, 2005 Tiger Install: Step 1
Before inserting the Tiger install disk, back up all the information you have on your computer. While this is especially important for a clean install of Tiger, it’s a pretty good idea even if you are doing a simple upgrade and keeping all your files and programs on the machine, because if disaster strikes, it’s better to be caught with your pants up than down. Things to think about are applications, documents, pictures, movies, mail, preferences, cache files, additional fonts and (more…)
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May 9th, 2005 The Tiger Roars
Almost a week after ordering the software, Mac OS X finally arrived from Amazon UK today in my inbox at work. During that time I’ve been reading up on both good and negative reviews and issues that have arisen since it was released. Based on what I’ve seen so far, the reviews have been great, but it has not been perfect sailing when it has come to (more…)
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May 2nd, 2005 gLINKaS: CSS Reboot
For people who love and push web standards, it can be ever so frustrating when people complain that CSS is too “boxy”. These are comments that usually come from people who want to stick to the world of 1996 design and think Internet Explorer is the answer to all our problems. But the truth is that CSS brings us to the next level in the world of design and ideas.
CSS Reboot strives to show that CSS design is indeed a whole new universe of asthetic and beautiful design. This is of course not the only site that pushes the wonders and pleasures of CSS. CSS Zen Garden, CSS Vault, and CSS Beauty are but a few sites that strive to push us into this whole new level of web design.
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