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  DockMod billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-09 00:06 +0000
    Re: DockMod Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 07:32 +0000
      Re: DockMod billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-09 15:32 +0000
        Re: DockMod Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-09 23:12 +0000
          Re: DockMod billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-10 03:00 +0000
            Re: DockMod Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 04:04 +0000
            Re: DockMod Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:06 -0400
              Re: DockMod billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-10 23:57 +0000
      Re: DockMod Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-09 15:40 +0000
    Re: DockMod Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 12:06 -0400
      Re: DockMod billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-09 22:08 +0000
        Re: DockMod Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 18:24 -0400

#57752 — DockMod

For those of you who like to put the dock on the side of the
screen, and are unhappy with the contrast problems caused by
the extremely hot level of the dock background in Mavericks,
a solution to this problem is now available -

http://DockMod.COM

It does patch the dock executable, but it seems like it's a
reasonably well written tool, and, based on exchanging email,
its author appears to be an OK guy.  It costs US$8, and it
definitely gets the job done.  Here's a screen shot, after
using it to make the dock background transparent -

http://MIX.COM/DockMod.jpeg

It has several other choices in how the dock looks, but all
I care about is seeing what I have running, unintrusively.

Billy Y..
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#57763

In message <lfgbab$8ba$1@reader2.panix.com> 
  billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> For those of you who like to put the dock on the side of the
> screen,

I do this on my multi-screen desktop machine.

> and are unhappy with the contrast problems caused by
> the extremely hot level of the dock background in Mavericks,
> a solution to this problem is now available -

The what?

> http://DockMod.COM

> It does patch the dock executable,

That's a complete non-starter then.

> http://MIX.COM/DockMod.jpeg

You seem to be a fan of hacks. I suppose that's fine for you, but I
learned long ago that running a system free of hacks makes for a much
more stable system.

<https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ayaqyojaqbaots/Screenshot%202014-03-09%2000.30.39.PNG>

The only change I made to my dock, and only on my laptop, was setting
the delay to 2.5 seconds. I moved it to the right just for the
screenshot, I normally keep it on the bottom unless I have multiple
screens.

Of course, I nearly never see the dock.

-- 
Clarke's Law: Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic

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#57773

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

> You seem to be a fan of hacks. I suppose that's fine for you, but I
> learned long ago that running a system free of hacks makes for a much
> more stable system.

I learned long ago that hacks are not always intrinsically bad.
When, for example, one knows what one is doing.  I did this same
thing myself to my 10.3 systems, and they've been quite stable
for about ten years now.

Here's another good example -

jwz: HDMI audio prevents screen saver
http://www.jwz.org/blog/2014/03/hdmi-audio-prevents-screen-saver/

> Of course, I nearly never see the dock.

I've come to use it to indicate running programs.

Billy Y..
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#57806

In message <lfi1iv$631$1@reader2.panix.com> 
  billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

>> You seem to be a fan of hacks. I suppose that's fine for you, but I
>> learned long ago that running a system free of hacks makes for a much
>> more stable system.

> I learned long ago that hacks are not always intrinsically bad.
> When, for example, one knows what one is doing.  I did this same
> thing myself to my 10.3 systems, and they've been quite stable
> for about ten years now.

Yeah, I heard that song and dance from fans of the aped kernel extension
too.

-- 
I WILL NOT YELL "FIRE" IN A CROWDED CLASSROOM Bart chalkboard Ep. 7G01

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#57831

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

> Yeah, I heard that song and dance from fans of the aped kernel
> extension too.

Not that it was a kernel extension (it was not), but.....

Well, let me make a long story short - if you can't discern between
decent hacks and utter, total crap (as in APplication Enhancer) then
you'd best be happy with whatever Apple tosses your way.  But, that's
no reason to just condem everything en masse.  Better to leave that
kind of FUD to Chicken Little.

Billy Y..
For those outside the USA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny
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#57835

In message <lfj9ro$2fs$1@reader2.panix.com> 
  billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

>> Yeah, I heard that song and dance from fans of the aped kernel
>> extension too.

> Not that it was a kernel extension (it was not), but.....

> Well, let me make a long story short - if you can't discern between
> decent hacks and utter, total crap (as in APplication Enhancer) then
> you'd best be happy with whatever Apple tosses your way.  But, that's
> no reason to just condem everything en masse.  Better to leave that
> kind of FUD to Chicken Little.

Hacks that patch other applications are just like aped which patched
other applications. No difference.

They are a security risk, they break the sandbox, the introduce
instability. On my machines they are absolutely not allowed, period.

-- 
Windle shook his head sadly. Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an
insane mind. --Reaper Man

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#57866

On 2014.03.09, 23:00 , billy@MIX.COM wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:
>
>> Yeah, I heard that song and dance from fans of the aped kernel
>> extension too.
>
> Not that it was a kernel extension (it was not), but.....
>
> Well, let me make a long story short - if you can't discern between
> decent hacks and utter, total crap (as in APplication Enhancer) then
> you'd best be happy with whatever Apple tosses your way.  But, that's
> no reason to just condem everything en masse.  Better to leave that
> kind of FUD to Chicken Little.

Before installing a hack of any kind, the benefit to risk ratio would 
have to be very high as well as decent supplier cred.

For the widget you're promoting the benefit is slightly above negligible.

-- 
   ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#57874

Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> writes, quoting me:

> > Well, let me make a long story short - if you can't discern between
> > decent hacks and utter, total crap (as in APplication Enhancer) then
> > you'd best be happy with whatever Apple tosses your way.  But, that's
> > no reason to just condem everything en masse.  Better to leave that
> > kind of FUD to Chicken Little.
> 
> Before installing a hack of any kind, the benefit to risk ratio would 
> have to be very high as well as decent supplier cred.
> 
> For the widget you're promoting the benefit is slightly above negligible.

Benefit is in the eye of the beholder.  Risk management, on the other
hand, is quite straightforward.

Billy Y..
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#57774

On 09/03/2014 07:32, Lewis wrote:
> In message <lfgbab$8ba$1@reader2.panix.com>
>    billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
>> For those of you who like to put the dock on the side of the
>> screen,
>
> I do this on my multi-screen desktop machine.
>
>> and are unhappy with the contrast problems caused by
>> the extremely hot level of the dock background in Mavericks,
>> a solution to this problem is now available -
>
> The what?
>
>> http://DockMod.COM
>
>> It does patch the dock executable,
>
> That's a complete non-starter then.
>
>> http://MIX.COM/DockMod.jpeg
>
> You seem to be a fan of hacks. I suppose that's fine for you, but I
> learned long ago that running a system free of hacks makes for a much
> more stable system.

I used to be a fan, back when I was a PC owner, of customisation 
software for Windows such as WindowBlinds and IconPackager. But over the 
years, as new versions of Windows rolled by, I came to the conclusion 
that prettiness was secondary to being able to get work done quickly. 
Eventually, my desire for customisation dwindled down to tweaking the 
colours of the Aero UI in Windows 7, and the odd custom desktop wallpaper.

I've also used PowerPC-based Macs (and various versions of OS X) for 
work for the best part of a decade prior to getting my own iMac in 2012, 
and to be honest I was more concerned about having as little clutter as 
possible between me and my tools (mainly Adobe Illustrator and Apple Mail).

The only customisation I've done on my own iMac has been to make the 
desktop icons larger and more informative, and make the mouse cursor 
larger. For the dock, I've turned off magnification and changed the 
window animation from Genie to Scale.

One customisation that I can recommend, though, is F.lux ( 
http://justgetflux.com/ ) which adjusts the screen brightness 
automatically between daytime and nighttime. My eyes definitely feel 
better as a result!

Alan.

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#57781

On 2014.03.08, 19:06 , billy@MIX.COM wrote:
> For those of you who like to put the dock on the side of the
> screen, and are unhappy with the contrast problems caused by
> the extremely hot level of the dock background in Mavericks,
> a solution to this problem is now available -
>
> http://DockMod.COM

Solution in search of a problem, IMO.  It's true that the "on" apps 
lights since Lion (or ML) don't exactly leap off the screen, but they're 
adequate - not worth a 3rd party fix, IMO.

> It does patch the dock executable, but it seems like it's a
> reasonably well written tool, and, based on exchanging email,
> its author appears to be an OK guy.  It costs US$8, and it
> definitely gets the job done.  Here's a screen shot, after
> using it to make the dock background transparent -
>
> http://MIX.COM/DockMod.jpeg
>
> It has several other choices in how the dock looks, but all
> I care about is seeing what I have running, unintrusively.

UI's have become so clean, generally, that modifying them, especially 
with a 3rd party "solution", seems very 1995.

-- 
   Those who have reduced our privacy, whether they are state
   or commercial actors, prefer that we do not reduce theirs.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#57799

Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> writes:

> > http://DockMod.COM
> 
> Solution in search of a problem, IMO.  It's true that the "on" apps 
> lights since Lion (or ML) don't exactly leap off the screen, but they're 
> adequate - not worth a 3rd party fix, IMO.

That's not a problem, both for me (I like them as they are),
and for anyone who wants to patch them - it's separate files.

> UI's have become so clean, generally, that modifying them, especially 
> with a 3rd party "solution", seems very 1995.

Elegance is timeless.

But, you just said, elsewhere (comp.sys.mac.apps) -

> I agree it's not clear - Apple are good at that.  Like sidebar items in
> Finder that are hidden unless you cursor over the "Show" button that is
> hidden too (until you cursor over it).

Heh.

Billy Y..
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#57801

On 2014.03.09, 18:08 , billy@MIX.COM wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> writes:
>
>>> http://DockMod.COM
>>
>> Solution in search of a problem, IMO.  It's true that the "on" apps
>> lights since Lion (or ML) don't exactly leap off the screen, but they're
>> adequate - not worth a 3rd party fix, IMO.
>
> That's not a problem, both for me (I like them as they are),
> and for anyone who wants to patch them - it's separate files.
>
>> UI's have become so clean, generally, that modifying them, especially
>> with a 3rd party "solution", seems very 1995.
>
> Elegance is timeless.
>
> But, you just said, elsewhere (comp.sys.mac.apps) -
>
>> I agree it's not clear - Apple are good at that.  Like sidebar items in
>> Finder that are hidden unless you cursor over the "Show" button that is
>> hidden too (until you cursor over it).
>
> Heh.

You play nasty!

The thing I mention above is similar to the dock app lights.  Useless 
waste of someone's time at Apple and of no value to users.  That said, 
I'm not about to add 3rd party apps for nits like that.

OTOH, it seems a natural to have a trash timer option such as that in 
Apple Mail.  So I added an app to do that for my trash (24h) and my SO's 
trash on her MBA (2 weeks).

It's nice to have passive utilities to monitor the system (Menu Meters, 
iStat and so on).

For some reason my new USB 3.0 docks keep sleeping the drives, so I 
wrote a little app to write a short file to each of them and erase it 
every 5 minutes (the app sleeps otherwise).

-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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