Perspective

  Mar 30, 2004

I love this stuff. Dan Cederholm, of SimpleBits, appreciates a new feature in Mac OSX 10.3:

When saving a file, if you'd like to replace an existing file using the same filename, just click the file you'd like to replace from the dialog's column view. Dan Cederholm
A small timesaver, but cool nonetheless. And yet another example of the subtle features that Apple builds into the OS. Dan Cederholm

Isn't that just fabulous, the amazing level of sophistication of Apple designers is mind-boggling. This is exactly what makes the Mac such a lovely user experience, reminiscent of poetry rather than work, while using Windows is like having bricks thrown at you while you're trying to get something done.

Yes I had been waiting for that feature as many years ago when I used Windoze it was always a great feature and it annoyed me that OSX didn't have the same functionality. Jason
I use Windows at work and Panther at home. Windows save boxes are far superior -- for one, you can rename files other than the one you're working with. I do that all the time. There are a lot of little things like this missing from Panther, for seemingly no other reason than Apple's desire to be different. dayvin

Mac users seem to relish "subtle" little features like these, and praise Apple for them, far more so than Windows users do. Is it just me, or are they easily impressed?

Update: Just for the sake of clarity; I'm not religious about neither Windows, Mac or any other operating system. I use a PC presently, because, quite frankly, they're cheaper, give more bang for your buck, and are vastly more configurable. I'm planning on getting an iBook too, though.

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Spammers

  Mar 30, 2004

For every legitimate e-mail I get, including newsletters, reports and other such automated mailings, I get another twenty consignments of spam, at the very least. Who is sending all of this stuff?

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Comments

  Mar 29, 2004

In my opinion, the comments to a given blog entry is often just as interesting to read as the original post itself. Yet, irrespective of how interesting, or big, a discussion evolves around an entry, the discussion is always secondary to the original post in nature...

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Beheading

  Mar 24, 2004

Shelley Powers' latest post regarding TypeKey, entitled "TypeKey: Final Act", makes her real motif surprisingly obvious. Shelley knows she often makes asinine and offensive comments in other people's weblogs, and now she's afraid that she won't be able to continue to...

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