I just noticed that we're one member away from hitting our century here at thalo.net. I mean, I know it's pretty much because Snobby forgot his access, but still it's going to be kind of a big day for us. Look out MFI, your bastard child is gaining ground, lol.

And the good news just keeps coming. I discovered I'm not banned any more at Apple Delusions. I wonder what happened? I haven't posted there yet, for fear that one innocent post from me will bring the gate crashing down. That site is part of the axis of evil, just like Squelchran, North Squelchrea, Squelchuba. Perhaps I'll wait and bide my time until Leopard comes out. Apple still needs to know that OS X is still not adequate for pro use.

Thalo I think we have been sitting on 99 for weeks now. I thought maybe the counter did not go any higher.

Perhaps you were only on probation from Apple's boards. I remember when the Apple boards started to designate members as helpers. Oh man did the shit hit the fan. Then Apple made a secret lounge area with special priviledges that the helper class were let into through a new ranking system based on Levels. It was some combination of post count and point system how people rated your post's as either helpful or not on a scale. I think there are Appleboard members reaching the 100,000 post mark.

Brother Rico,
Who knows. That was kind of a long probation. I think they just periodically overhaul the system, and forget I'm still watching them.

Oh yeah, the whole thing about creating squelch-collaborators made me crazy. No better way to drown out the voice of the individual, than to make a gestapo, with a merit system, and rewards for being a mindless pro-Apple automaton.

When I'm pro-Apple, which I used to be, and which I sometimes still am... it was only because they deserved my loyalty. Now I still think they're in a period of dysfunction where they really need to go back to basics, reclaim their soul, and remember the kind of JOY of computer use that a great intuitive graphical interface gave them. There was a time when I couldn't wait to sit down in front of a Mac. Now it's heartbreak and heartache for me. I'm reminded daily of how crappy OS X is, and how difficult it makes my life and work. I used to love my job when it was the legacy. Now in this bullshit casual-use nightmare, where all intuitiveness has been sucked out of the OS, it's just a miserable supersized eye candy hell.

wait, was I preaching again? lol

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wait, was I preaching again? lol

Funny thing happened a few days ago. I'm currently working at a very large publishing house in my hometown. They finally have decided to switch to Indesign & OS X in early 2007, currently still working on OS9 + Quark 4.11 (Yes, this isn't a typo) ... So, i sit there and kicking my layouts.
Next to my working enviroment is a G5 with the usual Software installed - mainly photo-software which isn't available for OS9 anymore (currently it's used for photostation and photo-agency specific stuff AND websurfing) ...

So, the AD of the Mag i'm working at is occasionally coming in and tries something using ID (Indesign)... Lol, he's complaining all the time.. "It's sticky! (even in german he sez "sticky"!) ... Those very small pop-up arrows in the upper left corner of each palette seems to small for him, complain... "Looks like some Linux-crap" (no offense, Linux is cool for it's purpose which IS NOT design) ... I DON'T said a word, but after a while i couldn't resist, but saying for ID we need faster machines. :-)) .. and "using OS X EVERYTHING is more or less sticky!" ...

(This is partly exactly my opinion about the UI of OS X: The small elements are friggin tiny and hardly readable and on the other hand the "normal" sized things (e.g. Menubar) are TOO FUCKING BIG!)

Well, it's just sad. ID is quite OK, but not at all responsive.
I use an old G4 and it's more responsive than a Dual G5 (which is "old-fashioned" these days too)... I'm so lucky i didn't invest my money in that crap.

But in the end it's just sad, bc. we're talking about "professional" tools...

Have a nice Sunday.

ps. Another thing i've seen at this Publishing House. They use a Software to gain access to all the photo-agencies in the world, which is OS X only. It works, but FUCK, it's slow and even scrolling of lists is WACKY and FLICKERING (!)... Ow, man... Just bullshit!... Running on Dual G5s. It's so sad.
Of course this isn't a direct fault of the OS, but partly I guess. Plus, it seems to be OK these days for Software to be crappy.

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Another thing i've seen at this Publishing House. They use a Software to gain access to all the photo-agencies in the world, which is OS X only. It works, but FUCK, it's slow and even scrolling of lists is WACKY and FLICKERING (!)... Ow, man... Just bullshit!... Running on Dual G5s. It's so sad.
Of course this isn't a direct fault of the OS, but partly I guess. Plus, it seems to be OK these days for Software to be crappy.

Brother smithz, tell me about it. I need a lot of stock photography, and use software like that, including Adobe Stock Photo through bridge... and it's the same deal. So many apps--even the ones that are supposed to be more appropriate to OS X's more "servery" nature--are flaky and unstable.

I'm really getting sick of it. The way apps run on Macs is unforgivable. I swear, I'd rather have the tradeoff of the old days, where stuff worked right in between frustrating crashes. Now? It's like you have to grok when to restart the machine just as it starts acting up, which is like having to preempt crashes... and meanwhile, the app and Finder and OS doesn't work right in the meantime.

The latest Mac/PC ad says it all. The one about the PC not being appropriate for the 10 year old, while the Mac is. Poor PC just wants to balance checkbooks, and he's got all these stickers all over himself (eye candy), and has to worry about playing music. The smug Mac sits back like, yeah, well I can do that stuff.

Great. But casual use is not what you base your operating system on. It's like entering a NASCAR race with a little kiddy pedal car.

Until OS X can run pro apps for pros like a pro, it's still going to be broken for me. Itunes doesn't play loud enough to drown out the fact that the platform isn't up to the task of pro usership.

The one century mark has been reached!

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The one century mark has been reached!

Woo Hoo!

Welcome brother ianj

I think IANJ stands for "is aqua not junk?"

lol

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Originally posted by thalo:

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The one century mark has been reached!

Woo Hoo!

Welcome brother ianj

Thanks. Does this make me number 100?

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I think IANJ stands for "is aqua not junk?"

lol

Never thought of it that way, but it might as well

smithz, did you give ID + XP a try? I think it feels closer to OS9 than OSX, both UI and performance-wise. So ironic..

Yes, brother ianj, you are the century. Congratulations. There should be a prize for that. It's a huge milestone for our bastard-child-of-MacFixIt site.

We hung up for the longest time at 88 members, then it was 99.

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Originally posted by Trifid:
smithz, did you give ID + XP a try? I think it feels closer to OS9 than OSX, both UI and performance-wise. So ironic..

Brother Trif, not yet, but i will.
I'm currently testing stuff on ID here on my G4 and at work on a Dual G5 - so far a "sticky" experience, simply doesn't feel all right. I absolutely believe you that ID on XP is faster and more lean, the OS itself, esp. the UI, is x times tighter than OS X slowqua and more open to user-specific customization... argh! ID alone isn't the fastest, but in combination with OS X - "grunt" ....
I'm thinking about getting a MacbookPro and i fear i'll use XP most of the time then. So i could ditch Apple completely and buy a cheaper windoze-notebook, but somewhere in my heart i still want an Apple :-)
These days mainly because Apple IMHO actually offers good HARDWARE-Design. ... The software... Well...