--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh. You do have to actually have a window open in > list view in order > for that option to be available, oddly enough.
Gotcha thanks. > > 3. Irritating in OSX! I pull a folder out of> another> > folder and put it on my desktop. IT DOESNT SIT> WHERE> > I PUT IT! Instead, it heads out to appear> somewhere> > ELSE on the desktop. Nor even in the same place> every> > time, but in random places, even BEHIND active> > windows, so I have to minimize all the windows> looking > > for it. Why?> > The "grid" view on the Desktop behaves that way. > This is something that > annoys me as well. With the Desktop active, go back> to the trusty "View > options" menu from "View", and uncheck "snap to> grid". Alternately > consider changing the icon sizes or spacing; that> might reduce the > flying-icons problem. I long ago tried all of that. Never was snap to grid ever activated, > > 4. I do not have Speech turned on, yet the round> > microphone doohicky-jobby ALWAYS appears on my> desktop> > and there is no way to get rid of it! The best I> can> > do is minimize it. > It might be on by default. Under X.3, if you get > into the "Speech" > control panel and look under the "On/Off" section, > there's a checkbox > that reads "Turn on Speakable Items at login". Make > sure that's not > checked. Did that long ago. Also, X.3 has command-/ set up as being the > toggle to activate > the speakable items. If you're pressing that > combination inadvertently, > it could be activating speech. A danger for a guy like me who uses lots of reconfigured Quickeys... but no. It is off, off, off! And the goodgie-McFlopper disk won't go away. Thanks. db _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
