On 4/3/01 4:19 PM, "Harry (lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 4/3/01 1:55 PM, Christian M. M. Brady at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> One of the things I like the most about X so far is the OSX battery! I can
>> see it fine, even with my Dock icons set *very* small.
>
> I'm sorry, but I have to question that, or you have some very discriminating
> eyesight. I have tried this with several people, and have several friends
> with PBs as well, and that is the one common complaint about X - can't see
> the friggin' battery indicator.
How can you question my own testimony? My eyesight is not great, I am
near-sighted and wear glasses, but I don't have any real trouble seeing it.
Do I get great detail? No, but you didn't get that with the menu bar
indicator in OS 9.1.
>> Plus, I just hover
>> the mouse in order to see "Time remaining" so it comes up nice and big, very
>> easy on my eyes, even in bright light situations
>
> Well, certainly, one of the common factors of X so far is that every action
> can be duplicated, or made to be seen better, by performing additional
> movements and work - not entirely my ideas of efficiency, compared to the
> older OS 9.
Actually, it is *much* more efficient than in 9. In 9 I have to scroll
through my Control Strip in order to find my battery CSM (since it is too
long to leave exposed) and then look for time left, etc. With OSX just
hover. Much less time and effort. The menu bar indicator in OS9 doesn't
really tell one anything...
> Then again, what do you consider *very* small? :-)
The height of the Control strip in OS9. Is that small enough for you?
Cb
cbrady @ tulane.edu
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