Snap! Damn, Paul. You're dissin' my OS? And my Control Panels, too? Ouch.
;-)
On 2/6/01 5:09 PM, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(when the topic was: "Re: Open/Save Dialog Oddity") :
> I'm sure that there's something missing in your make-do Navigation Services
> that Entourage expects. Really, Gary, you're using up-to-date expensive
> software (from somewhere) on outdated OS. You're always best using the
> software made for the current OS. I'm sure that with OS 8.1, OE 4.5 works
> perfectly. I know that Entourage is supposed to work OK with OS 8.1, but
> isn't it time you upgraded to 9.1, or at least 8.6? Once you're upgrading,
> might as well go all the way. If your hardware, disk space and RAM can
> handle Office 2001, surely it can handle OS 9, or 8.6?
And regarding:
> Really, Gary, you're using up-to-date expensive
> software (from somewhere) on outdated OS.
What does "(from somewhere)" mean? A parenthetical aspersion being cast?*
Regarding outdatedness, Entourage works fine with 8.1 (and, as previously
quipped on this list, that isn't just by accident: it is acknowledged to
work for this system version and higher). The Navigation Services extension
isn't "make do", it is an extension downloaded from Apple.com for OS 8.1, to
add that particular 8.5+ feature (that feature being Nav Svcs style
Open/Save boxes).
It is irrelevant to have a discussion about which OS is best for which
person/useage, but for me and my computing needs, I make much better use of
my low-cost RAM by avoiding installing OS's with hoggish features which I
don't really need. I don't need 9's multi-user stuff, and my net control has
always been fine with Internet Config, which is now rolled in...and so on.
I have multiple macs running OS's from 6 to 8.1. The Mac Classic running OS
6 (and Multi-Finder...oh yeah!!) has never failed to turn on the coffee pot
and radio at the same time every weekday, as scheduled. And it is blazing
fast at finding ingredients in over 3,000 recipes stored in a HyperCard
stack. It meets every need I have of it, and I wouldn't put OS 7 on it for
anything (although it came pre-installed.) And don't get me started on my
PowerBook 190cs (68040) running OE 4.1 and OS 7.5.5, which was the only
machine that had absolutely no trouble serial-connecting directly to the
router when it needed reconfiguring after a Sarajevo power outage (using
ClarisWorks 4 and OS communication tools extensions only.)
So, just a few comments about my OS predilections and praises.
Everything after System 7 is just icing on the cake!
Best regards,
Gary
P.S.
For the record, every component of Office 2001 works brilliantly, every day,
under Mac OS 8.1. As do some great add-ons, like Office Reminders and
Office Reminders Control Strip module (which shows you your tasks in a
control strip pop-up, with one mouse click)...check it out if you haven't.)
*And, the "(from somewhere)" from above is uninterestingly revealed to be:
MacWarehouse! Ta da!
G'night, Paul. G'night Mary Ellen.
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Re: Open/Save Dialog Oddity
On 2/6/01 5:09 PM, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/6/01 1:14 PM, "G Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> When I am selecting a script from Open/Select file dialog (as in creating a
>> schedule that runs a script, and clicking button to select script) I often
>> see only folders until I close that Open/Select dialog, then click the
>> "Select Script..." button again with the Option key held down -- then I get
>> the full list.
>>
>> At some point about a year ago Paul B thought it might be an Apple OSAX
>> issue (Choose file/Choose folder).
>
> It turned out to be a conflict you had with a two-bit utility called
> "Default Folder", or something like that, if I remember correctly.
>
>> I am running:
>> OS 8.1, with Navigation Svcs installed (giving 8.5 dialogs under 8.1)
>> AppleScript 1.1.2
>> AppleScriptLib 1.2.2
>>
>> OSAx:
>> ChooseFile 1.1.2 / Choose From List 1.1.0 / Choose Item 1.1.2
>>
>> It's not a huge problem (no ill effects elsewhere), but it is strange that
>> it has only happened in OE and Entourage.
>>
>> Any insight is appreciated.
>
>
> I'm sure that there's something missing in your make-do Navigation Services
> that Entourage expects. Really, Gary, you're using up-to-date expensive
> software (from somewhere) on outdated OS. You're always best using the
> software made for the current OS. I'm sure that with OS 8.1, OE 4.5 works
> perfectly. I know that Entourage is supposed to work OK with OS 8.1, but
> isn't it time you upgraded to 9.1, or at least 8.6? Once you're upgrading,
> might as well go all the way. If your hardware, disk space and RAM can
> handle Office 2001, surely it can handle OS 9, or 8.6?
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