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| Started by | Rich Gray <devnull@nowhere.invalid> |
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| First post | 2012-08-12 17:06 -0400 |
| Last post | 2012-08-14 18:17 -0400 |
| Articles | 20 on this page of 186 — 23 participants |
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Losing my religion(?) Rich Gray <devnull@nowhere.invalid> - 2012-08-12 17:06 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-12 19:55 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-12 20:24 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2012-08-12 23:19 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-13 03:06 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 11:42 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-13 12:11 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-13 12:29 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-14 15:30 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 13:46 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 12:32 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:32 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-13 16:08 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 18:29 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 23:32 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Rich Gray <devnull@nowhere.invalid> - 2012-08-14 23:01 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 03:14 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 21:51 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 07:52 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-15 18:06 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-15 00:44 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Rich Gray <devnull@nowhere.invalid> - 2012-08-15 01:04 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 15:35 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-15 10:45 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-15 13:59 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:38 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 06:11 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Rich Gray <devnull@nowhere.invalid> - 2012-08-15 00:46 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 08:04 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-15 09:24 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-15 10:52 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-15 14:54 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 12:01 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-15 15:42 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 22:40 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:43 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 09:56 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 22:57 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 03:28 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:01 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 03:29 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:06 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 20:33 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 22:50 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-15 22:27 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-16 01:32 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-16 09:14 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-13 20:21 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 06:13 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 03:56 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-14 12:19 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:37 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-14 17:52 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:07 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-14 22:55 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 17:17 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 17:15 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 16:50 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-15 18:15 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:49 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:18 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:08 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 15:45 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 10:14 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 17:05 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-15 10:26 -0500
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 07:20 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> - 2012-08-14 08:51 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 09:31 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-14 10:09 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:19 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-15 12:36 +1200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:16 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-14 08:58 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 13:39 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-14 14:43 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 14:54 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 13:19 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-14 12:05 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 15:11 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 13:12 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:17 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 18:08 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-16 09:37 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 18:49 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-16 10:29 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-17 16:52 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-17 16:19 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-17 16:54 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-17 20:13 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-17 18:09 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-18 06:34 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-18 18:40 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-18 13:19 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-08-18 14:46 -0500
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-18 16:45 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-08-18 15:59 -0500
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-18 17:05 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-18 13:49 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-08-18 16:02 -0500
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-18 19:09 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-08-18 22:05 -0500
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-19 05:25 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-19 13:42 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-19 03:39 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-18 17:19 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:43 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:41 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-15 01:05 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-15 08:02 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-15 15:36 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-15 23:53 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 04:27 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-16 06:35 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 09:26 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 13:02 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-16 12:57 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-16 15:49 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-17 04:57 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-16 09:36 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-16 14:43 -0400
Auto-Save, Ask to save changes, etc (Re: Losing my religion(?)) Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-16 12:31 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-16 20:21 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-16 03:49 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-14 12:54 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 13:53 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:28 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 16:04 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 14:26 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-14 22:37 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 21:28 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:22 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:10 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 16:17 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 02:06 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 21:23 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-15 09:50 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-14 09:39 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:28 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 19:43 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-15 12:36 +1200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 02:04 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-15 21:33 +1200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 20:31 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-16 13:35 +1200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:31 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:28 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 07:16 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 12:50 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:29 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 15:14 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 17:52 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 02:14 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 19:36 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 02:58 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-14 21:23 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 07:58 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-15 04:01 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-15 09:29 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:34 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-14 13:41 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-14 22:03 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-15 02:44 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 20:25 -0700
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-16 00:03 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-15 16:13 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-16 00:06 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-16 07:19 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 03:49 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 05:51 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-14 11:10 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 03:46 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-14 21:30 +0000
Re: Losing my religion(?) Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2012-08-14 16:15 -0600
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 08:03 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-13 08:54 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 14:15 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-08-13 09:22 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 13:25 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-08-13 15:06 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 20:38 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-13 20:53 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-13 21:47 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2012-08-14 11:01 +0200
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-15 19:57 -0400
Re: Losing my religion(?) Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-14 18:17 -0400
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 13:41 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <502a8dd9$0$61503$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #29395 |
Lewis wrote: >> Autosave is useless to me anywhere, and harmful in a few places. > > Where is it harmful? You can revert to any previous version. Assuming you know exactly when the save was done without your knowledge and assuming that the application uses that "versions" thing and assuming you know exactly what version you should be using to ensure your contents ate 100% those before you accidentally pressed the space bar while reading a document. And this assumes you will regain modification dates of the unodified document.
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| From | Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 22:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <k0f01d$8j3$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #29395 |
On 08-14-2012 02:13, Lewis wrote:
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>> Versions is useless to me where I need versioning because I already have
>> better solutions. It is a waste of resources where I don't need it.
>
> How many resources are you talking about? Practically NONE.
The amount of disk space it wastes is proportional to the amount of time
spent editing. It is totally screwed up in Mail, creating half a dozen
new drafts (in the drafts folder) in the time it takes to type
a twenty-line message. After sending the final, they remain there until
manually deleted. (Oddly though, it doesn't do that for every message,
and I haven't figured out what makes the difference.)
The amount of CPU time it wastes--well, I don't know. But I hate waste.
>> Autosave is useless to me anywhere, and harmful in a few places.
>
> Where is it harmful? You can revert to any previous version.
I shouldn't have to. That is a waste of my time. And I hate waste.
> Mission Control is brilliant and makes massive and welcome improvements
> to Spaces (which I'd stopped using out of annoyance a long time ago) and
> Exposé. WHile Full Screen Apps are a bad joke on my desktop machine,
> they are absolutely brilliant on my MacBookPro.
The last time I used anything similar to Spaces was CDE on Solaris
around 1990. I was not impressed. Exposé is nice when I need it, which
is almost never. The rest of the time, accidentally triggering it
wastes my time and pisses me off. So its minor benefit is far
outweighed by its getting in the way.
> The much improved gestures in Lion have made a huge impact in how I use
> my computers (though you won't really see this without a trackpad).
THOSE I would probably like if I had a trackpad. But I have an iPad, an
iPhone, and a Macbook, so I am familiar with the concept--and find them
convenient but not enough to drive me to apple.com to order one.
> The improvements to Mail's feature set in 10.7 were also very welcome,
> and I use the 'favorites' bar almost exclusively to switch mailboxes now.
Meh.
> In addition, there are all sorts of little features that I really like.
> I can select, for example, a bunch of items in my download folder and
> then rclick and say "Make a new folder with these items." I don't use
> that often, but when I do, I sure appreciate it.
I actually did think that was great when I saw it. But now, all these
months later, I find that I have not used it even once.
> Screen Sharing got a huge improvement in that I can use it to login to a
> remote machine that someone else is using and NOT have to login to their
> session. They can keep working in their login, and I can be using my own
> login at the same time. This is a *huge* improvement for me as it means
> I no longer have to schedule most admin tasks overnight when the
> machines aren't in use.
I would love that if I were an admin for others. But I'm not, From the
very beginning it irritated me that Mac OS was one user at a time.
More as a purist then as someone who would actually use it. :-)
> I know some people get their panties in a bunch over Resume, but I love
> it. I can be in the middle of a bunch of work with dozens of open
> documents and many unsaved changes and I can quite or even reboot
> without delay and end up back exactly where I was.
I would like it if it weren't buggy. Before I got it mostly disabled,
items I had used recently but had finished with and closed were coming
back and cluttering up the screen. Now that I have it disabled, it
still happens but only once in a long while.
--
Wes Groleau
Nobody believes a theoretical analysis — except the guy who did it.
Everybody believes an experimental analysis — except the guy who did it.
— Unknown
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2012-08-15 02:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnk2m37o.1trd.g.kreme@mbp55.local> |
| In reply to | #29456 |
In message <k0f01d$8j3$1@dont-email.me> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 08-14-2012 02:13, Lewis wrote: >> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >>> Versions is useless to me where I need versioning because I already have >>> better solutions. It is a waste of resources where I don't need it. >> >> How many resources are you talking about? Practically NONE. > The amount of disk space it wastes is proportional to the amount of time > spent editing. It is totally screwed up in Mail, creating half a dozen > new drafts (in the drafts folder) in the time it takes to type > a twenty-line message. After sending the final, they remain there until > manually deleted. (Oddly though, it doesn't do that for every message, > and I haven't figured out what makes the difference.) My Drafts mailbox is empty. *VERY* occasionally, like a handful of times a year, I may see a stray message in there that shouldn't be there. >>> Autosave is useless to me anywhere, and harmful in a few places. >> >> Where is it harmful? You can revert to any previous version. > I shouldn't have to. That is a waste of my time. And I hate waste. You said harmful. A couple of seconds to revert to a previous version does not fit my definition of harmful. >> Screen Sharing got a huge improvement in that I can use it to login to a >> remote machine that someone else is using and NOT have to login to their >> session. They can keep working in their login, and I can be using my own >> login at the same time. This is a *huge* improvement for me as it means >> I no longer have to schedule most admin tasks overnight when the >> machines aren't in use. > I would love that if I were an admin for others. But I'm not, From the > very beginning it irritated me that Mac OS was one user at a time. > More as a purist then as someone who would actually use it. :-) When was it ever one user at a time? Sure, the GUI was limited to one user, but you *could* do almost anything from the command line if you needed to. >> I know some people get their panties in a bunch over Resume, but I love >> it. I can be in the middle of a bunch of work with dozens of open >> documents and many unsaved changes and I can quite or even reboot >> without delay and end up back exactly where I was. > I would like it if it weren't buggy. Before I got it mostly disabled, > items I had used recently but had finished with and closed were coming > back and cluttering up the screen. Doesn't match my experience at all. Resume has been flawless. -- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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| From | Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 20:25 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <2nehn8ygxx.fsf@ethel.the.log> |
| In reply to | #29456 |
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> writes: > On 08-14-2012 02:13, Lewis wrote: > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> Versions is useless to me where I need versioning because I already have > >> better solutions. It is a waste of resources where I don't need it. > > > > How many resources are you talking about? Practically NONE. > > The amount of disk space it wastes is proportional to the amount of > time spent editing. It is totally screwed up in Mail, creating half a > dozen new drafts (in the drafts folder) in the time it takes to type > a twenty-line message. After sending the final, they remain there > until manually deleted. (Oddly though, it doesn't do that for every > message, and I haven't figured out what makes the difference.) I have seen this happen on my computer, but of the hundreds of email I send every week, this happens less often than once per week. So something is buggy, yes, but it isn't that the default behavior in this case (writing messages in Mail) is stupid.
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| From | Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-16 00:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <k0hreo$fkn$6@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #29475 |
On 08-14-2012 23:25, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> writes:
>> On 08-14-2012 02:13, Lewis wrote:
>>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote:
>>>> Versions is useless to me where I need versioning because I already have
>>>> better solutions. It is a waste of resources where I don't need it.
>>>
>>> How many resources are you talking about? Practically NONE.
>>
>> The amount of disk space it wastes is proportional to the amount of
>> time spent editing. It is totally screwed up in Mail, creating half a
>> dozen new drafts (in the drafts folder) in the time it takes to type
>> a twenty-line message. After sending the final, they remain there
>> until manually deleted. (Oddly though, it doesn't do that for every
>> message, and I haven't figured out what makes the difference.)
>
> I have seen this happen on my computer, but of the hundreds of email I
> send every week, this happens less often than once per week. So
> something is buggy, yes, but it isn't that the default behavior in
> this case (writing messages in Mail) is stupid.
Saving a dozen drafts during composition is stupid.
Occasionally failing to clean them up is a bug.
The method of cleaning up--moving them to the trash mailbox--is also stupid.
--
Wes Groleau
He that complies against his will is of the same opinion still.
— Samuel Butler, 1612-1680
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| From | Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-15 16:13 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <lcnsf9-do4.ln1@news1.chingola.ch> |
| In reply to | #29456 |
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:03:24 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote: > The last time I used anything similar to Spaces was CDE on Solaris > around 1990. I was not impressed. Exposé is nice when I need it, which > is almost never. The rest of the time, accidentally triggering it > wastes my time and pisses me off. So its minor benefit is far > outweighed by its getting in the way. I did find the CDE equivalent of Spaces useful, but that was in the context of managing several clusters, so I could reserve separate windows for each. I am also finding it handy on this Linux system to group related apps together and hide them when I am working on them. I don't think I have ever used Exposé. I solved the problem of accidentally triggering it by assigning the key combination to toggle keyboard layouts. The default suggested happened to collide with the Exposé shortcut and I was happy with that. -- Paul Sture
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| From | Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> |
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| Date | 2012-08-16 00:06 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <k0hrkp$n3q$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #29493 |
On 08-15-2012 10:13, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:03:24 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote:
>> The last time I used anything similar to Spaces was CDE on Solaris
>> around 1990. I was not impressed. Exposé is nice when I need it, which
>> is almost never. The rest of the time, accidentally triggering it
>> wastes my time and pisses me off. So its minor benefit is far
>> outweighed by its getting in the way.
>
> I did find the CDE equivalent of Spaces useful, but that was in the
> context of managing several clusters, so I could reserve separate windows
> for each. I am also finding it handy on this Linux system to group
> related apps together and hide them when I am working on them.
There is one thing that would persuade me to use Spaces or Fences or
whatever all the other names are. And that is easy access to a log of
times each Space got focus. That would be a wonderful way to keep track
of time spent actively working on a project.
--
Wes Groleau
“Statistics are like bikinis.
What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital.”
— Aaron Levenstein
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| From | Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-16 07:19 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <kfcuf9-ev72.ln1@news1.chingola.ch> |
| In reply to | #29553 |
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:06:46 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote: > On 08-15-2012 10:13, Paul Sture wrote: >> >> I did find the CDE equivalent of Spaces useful, but that was in the >> context of managing several clusters, so I could reserve separate >> windows for each. I am also finding it handy on this Linux system to >> group related apps together and hide them when I am working on them. > > There is one thing that would persuade me to use Spaces or Fences or > whatever all the other names are. And that is easy access to a log of > times each Space got focus. That would be a wonderful way to keep track > of time spent actively working on a project. There's a Linux feature called Zeitgeist which is an activity logger. Its reporting side was still very much in development / beta status last time I looked at it, and I had to download the latest snapshots to get an idea of what it was capable of. It was telling me what files I had worked on and when. I don't think it could tell you how much time was spent actively working with a particular file, but it was a start. -- Paul Sture
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| From | Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-14 03:49 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <howard-8109B3.03495614082012@news.giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #29375 |
In article <k0bjhr$ap8$1@reader1.panix.com>, Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> wrote: > There's been a lot of hand-wringing about how horrible Lion is, but > very very little substance. Witness the nearly endless discussion > recently about the width of the scrollbars. *That* is cause for such > complaint? Seriously? (Though, in fairness, I do agree that some of > the defaults are not to my taste - for example, I like my scrollbars > visible all the time. So I flipped the setting. Not a big deal.) Seriously. And it's not the width of scrollbars, but the loss of functionality in the Lion scrollbars. And the change in functionality in the touchpad between SL and Lion. And auto-save, which I hear is kind of fixed in ML. And other things, such as loss of performance and loss of Rosetta. We can tell you the substance all week, but if you won't listen, I guess you won't hear it. -- May joy be yours all the days of your life! - Phina We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass. - The Youngbloods Those who eat natural foods die of natural causes. - Kperspective
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 05:51 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnk2jpr9.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local> |
| In reply to | #29360 |
In message <5028a772$0$1490$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > While I personally disagree with many of the things Apple did to OS-X > starting with LION (I need a computer, not an appliance) I am staying > tuned to see what happens with that Windows-8 thing that is expected > between now and Christmas. Neither 10.7 nor 10.8 are 'appliances'. > If people are seriously turned off by the migration from Windows-XP to > Windows 8, this may be very good news for Apple, despite what they did > with Lion and Mountain Lion. I've looked at Windows 8 and I think the "Metro"<1> shit is possibly the worst thing Microsoft has ever done to desktop computers. It's terrible, horrible, unusable *shit*. > While my server will remain Snow Leopard until I move it to Linux, my > desktop/laptops may eventually have to move to whatever is current for > OS-X. Hopefully by then, Apple will have removed or allow one to disable > stuff like that autosave and other annouyances such as gratuitous > transparency etc. But am not holding my breath. Yeah, damn that autosave. who wants to have infinitely recoverable documents and never lose data. Damn Apple for this, those thoughtless bastards! <1> No one knows what it's called, right? -- Away with him! away with him! he speaks Latin.
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| From | Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 11:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <p8hpf9-o54.ln1@news1.chingola.ch> |
| In reply to | #29393 |
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:51:36 +0000, Lewis wrote: > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: >> >> If people are seriously turned off by the migration from Windows-XP to >> Windows 8, this may be very good news for Apple, despite what they did >> with Lion and Mountain Lion. > > I've looked at Windows 8 and I think the "Metro"<1> shit is possibly the > worst thing Microsoft has ever done to desktop computers. It's terrible, > horrible, unusable *shit*. I have had a look and don't like it either. Its supporters claim you can simply bang the mouse in a corner and get what you want but try doing that from a remote session or in a virtual client and see how far you get. To be honest while MS still have all on persuading businesses to upgrade from XP to Windows 7, I am not sure they care about business users where Windows 8 is concerned. Oh, Windows Server 2012 gets that interface too. While that product contains enhancements that will be useful in the server world, the interface puts me right off, and I suspect I am far from alone. -- Paul Sture
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| From | Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-14 03:46 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <howard-63ECDF.03463214082012@news.giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #29393 |
In article <slrnk2jpr9.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local>, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > Yeah, damn that autosave. who wants to have infinitely recoverable > documents and never lose data. Damn Apple for this, those thoughtless > bastards! Wrong. Read the TidBITS dated 13 August 2012. -- May joy be yours all the days of your life! - Phina We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass. - The Youngbloods Those who eat natural foods die of natural causes. - Kperspective
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 21:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnk2lgs1.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local> |
| In reply to | #29401 |
In message <howard-63ECDF.03463214082012@news.giganews.com> Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> wrote: > In article <slrnk2jpr9.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local>, > Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: >> Yeah, damn that autosave. who wants to have infinitely recoverable >> documents and never lose data. Damn Apple for this, those thoughtless >> bastards! > Wrong. Read the TidBITS dated 13 August 2012. About the Bug in "Save As..."? -- How you have felt, o men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost made me forget who I was, such was the effect of the,; and yet they have hardly spoken a word of truth.
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| From | Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> |
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| Date | 2012-08-14 16:15 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <howard-8A64E8.16155514082012@news.giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #29440 |
In article <slrnk2lgs1.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local>, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > In message <howard-63ECDF.03463214082012@news.giganews.com> > Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> wrote: > > In article <slrnk2jpr9.114u.g.kreme@mbp55.local>, > > Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > > >> Yeah, damn that autosave. who wants to have infinitely recoverable > >> documents and never lose data. Damn Apple for this, those thoughtless > >> bastards! > > > Wrong. Read the TidBITS dated 13 August 2012. > > About the Bug in "Save As..."? About how Mountain Lion adds a couple of checkboxes in System Preferences which undoes this behavior. -- May joy be yours all the days of your life! - Phina We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass. - The Youngbloods Those who eat natural foods die of natural causes. - Kperspective
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| From | Davoud <star@sky.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-08-13 08:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <130820120803421877%star@sky.net> |
| In reply to | #29358 |
Davoud: > > > Bottom line--I've been called a fanboi, as many of us have. I deny it. > > > I use Macs because they work for me for what I do. I try to avoid > > > juvenile remarks like "Macs rule" and I don't believe that everyone > > > should use the Mac OS because I use it. Alan Browne: > > I've been asked by two people if they should get a Mac and my reply is, > > "Yes, absolutely. Hang on. Tell me what apps you need?" isw: > I do something similar, except that instead of asking "what apps", I ask > "what sorts of things do you use it for"? > > Often, there's a Mac app that does a better job of whatever-it-is, and > changing apps at the same time as changing the hardware and OS is > probably the best time. That might work for video poker, but Mr. Browne went on to mention two people who rely on certain Windows-only accounting software. Virtually all professional-level accounting software is Windows-only; you are very unlikely to see an accounting firm using Macs. Accountants are justifiably hyper-conservative on maintaining the integrity their databases. There is no way an accountant is going to switch to the Mac OS, and with very good reasons. They run the risk of ruining the trust they have built with their clients over the years, and with it their reputations and business. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
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| From | Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2012-08-13 08:54 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <ooKdnfdjktGfZLXNnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| In reply to | #29363 |
In article <130820120803421877%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote: > > OS, and with very good reasons. They run the risk of ruining the trust > they have built with their clients over the years, and with it their > reputations and business. Serious question: How? -- America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."-- Claire Wolfe
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| From | Davoud <star@sky.net> |
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| Date | 2012-08-13 14:15 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <130820121415506633%star@sky.net> |
| In reply to | #29364 |
Davoud: > > There is no way an accountant is going to switch to the Mac > > OS, and with very good reasons. They run the risk of ruining the trust > > they have built with their clients over the years, and with it their > > reputations and business. Kurt Ullman: > Serious question: How? Loss of data. Inability on the part of the accountant to produce reports and archived records instantaneously when a commercial or government auditor walks into the clients' office. The client does not want to hear "We're just changing platforms and that report isn't available right now" or "We're learning new software and that report isn't available right now." How about "Your employees are going to be paid a few days late this period due to a software change?" Just about any answer other than "Give me a few seconds, please. (Click, Click) OK, your data is in your inbox now" can lose a client for an accounting firm. Not to mention that there is no enterprise-grade accounting software for the Mac. Look at a company that is a big user of Macs, such as one of the biotech companies. The lab may be all-Mac, the CEO has a Mac on his desk, but the company bean counters almost certainly use Windows. The accounting firms are ultra-conservative (the reputable ones, I mean), but the developers of enterprise-grade accounting software are perhaps even more conservative. They weren't going to develop for the Mac when it had 2% of the market, so the Mac was never on their radar, and probably never will be. Enterprise-grade accounting software is necessarily among the most reliable and bug-free of all commercial software. One of my graphics clients, who is also a personal friend, owns an accounting firm and she tells me that she has used various iterations of the same software (from a company you and I have never heard of) from the advent of the IBM PC and she has never had it crash or perform in an unexpected manner. That's an impressive record, a sign of the conservatism of the developer. These people also don't update their OS's unless forced to; if you've been using a certain software package with Windows XP for the past 11 years and it has performed flawlessly, you're not going to move everything to Win 7 or 8 until forced to do so. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
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| From | Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> |
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| Date | 2012-08-13 09:22 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <barmar-016F72.09225113082012@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #29363 |
In article <130820120803421877%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote: > Davoud: > > > > Bottom line--I've been called a fanboi, as many of us have. I deny it. > > > > I use Macs because they work for me for what I do. I try to avoid > > > > juvenile remarks like "Macs rule" and I don't believe that everyone > > > > should use the Mac OS because I use it. > > Alan Browne: > > > I've been asked by two people if they should get a Mac and my reply is, > > > "Yes, absolutely. Hang on. Tell me what apps you need?" > > isw: > > I do something similar, except that instead of asking "what apps", I ask > > "what sorts of things do you use it for"? > > > > Often, there's a Mac app that does a better job of whatever-it-is, and > > changing apps at the same time as changing the hardware and OS is > > probably the best time. > > That might work for video poker, but Mr. Browne went on to mention two > people who rely on certain Windows-only accounting software. Virtually > all professional-level accounting software is Windows-only; you are > very unlikely to see an accounting firm using Macs. Accountants are > justifiably hyper-conservative on maintaining the integrity their > databases. There is no way an accountant is going to switch to the Mac > OS, and with very good reasons. They run the risk of ruining the trust > they have built with their clients over the years, and with it their > reputations and business. Haven't many software companies been rewriting most desktop applications to online versions? I'll bet whatever applications they're using now have versions that can be run on a server, and accessed from any desktop with a browser. Unfortunately, some of these apps depend on Active-X controls, which still ties them to Windows and IE. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
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| From | Davoud <star@sky.net> |
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| Date | 2012-08-13 13:25 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <130820121325154529%star@sky.net> |
| In reply to | #29366 |
Davoud: > > > > > Bottom line--I've been called a fanboi, as many of us have. I deny it. > > > > > I use Macs because they work for me for what I do. I try to avoid > > > > > juvenile remarks like "Macs rule" and I don't believe that everyone > > > > > should use the Mac OS because I use it. lan Browne: > > > > I've been asked by two people if they should get a Mac and my reply is, > > > > "Yes, absolutely. Hang on. Tell me what apps you need?" isw: > > > I do something similar, except that instead of asking "what apps", I ask > > > "what sorts of things do you use it for"? > > > > > > Often, there's a Mac app that does a better job of whatever-it-is, and > > > changing apps at the same time as changing the hardware and OS is > > > probably the best time. Davoud: > > That might work for video poker, but Mr. Browne went on to mention two > > people who rely on certain Windows-only accounting software. Virtually > > all professional-level accounting software is Windows-only; you are > > very unlikely to see an accounting firm using Macs. Accountants are > > justifiably hyper-conservative on maintaining the integrity their > > databases. There is no way an accountant is going to switch to the Mac > > OS, and with very good reasons. They run the risk of ruining the trust > > they have built with their clients over the years, and with it their > > reputations and business. Barry Margolin: > Haven't many software companies been rewriting most desktop applications > to online versions? I'll bet whatever applications they're using now > have versions that can be run on a server, and accessed from any desktop > with a browser. Many? Perhaps. Most desktop applications? Not yet. It would be interesting to learn how Adobe's cloud apps are doing with graphics professionals. I'm not a graphics professional because I don't have significant income from graphics work though I supply scientific photographs <http://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7749871750/in/photostream/lightbo x/> to not-for-profits at no charge, and once in a while someone sees one of my photos on-line and buys usage rights for a book or magazine. Once I have promised someone that they will receive such-and-such photo at such-and-such resolution on such-and-such date I am honor-bound to deliver as promised. I'm not yet ready to trust that edited photo entirely to the cloud, though I don't mind putting a copy of it into Dropbox for the client to pick up at her convenience; after all, it's only a copy and it has multiple back-ups. If I'm going to edit the photo with Photoshop in the cloud and still keep local backups, then why do I need the cloud? Use of Adobe Creative Suite 6 apps in Adobe's "Creative Cloud" costs $600 per annum, including a paltry 20 GB of storage. (The master version of the Flickr photo referenced above is more than 1 GB in size.) That price seems a bit high to me; I paid $950 for the update to CS 6 Design and Web Premium. It may be a bargain for a large company that saves on IT support costs, however. I may live long enough to laugh at the day when I kept my files on my own storage media, just as I laugh at the era of the 1.4 MB floppy. Windows-using accountants (i.e., all accountants) are even more conservative than I am and they will likely be the last people on Earth to trust the cloud for their clients' data. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
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| From | Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> |
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| Date | 2012-08-13 15:06 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <barmar-49E13C.15063413082012@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #29370 |
In article <130820121325154529%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote: > Windows-using accountants (i.e., all accountants) are even more > conservative than I am and they will likely be the last people on Earth > to trust the cloud for their clients' data. I wasn't talking about moving to the cloud, I meant the applications would be run on corporate servers, with the web browser as a thin client. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
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