A couple of people at work have pointed out how well the Airport support works. I think the new location settings in 10.1 work well if you use an Airport. If you don't....well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Entourage mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: Re: OS 10.1
> Okay, I know there is no "location manager" in OS X... But I find the > "location" setting in the apple menu to be completely sufficient and about > 90% the same. > > Maybe what many don't realize is that each location can have multiple > "ports" defined in the Network preferences. For example, for my "Work" > location I have the AirPort and Ethernet setup and active. That way no > matter how I connect, it just figures it out. If I plug in to the wall it > uses that, if not, it uses the airport -- I don't have to do a thing. > > For home, I have Airport, Ethernet, and dialup. Again, all of these are > active and it just figures out which way you're connected automatically. > The only thing is, that for dialup, I open he internet connect app and click > "connect". > > All of this is no more work than it was under OS 9. The only thing it > doesn't do is set things like timezone and default printer. And as Paul has > shown, an applescript solves the SMTP problem in Entourage (which existed un > OS 9 anyway). > > -Steve > > On 10/1/01 10:08 AM, "Alan R. Houtzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't want to resort to name-calling, but essentially, I agree. Laptop > > users have apparently been put on the back burner in X development. The > > Energy Saver has no separate settings for battery power, power drains > > rapidly compared to 9.x, and the lack of a real location manager makes the > > PowerBook difficult to use unless the only way you ever connect is to the > > internet by phone. > > > > X 10.1 is very tempting to use, and has much usability (once you figure out > > how to substitute for the lack of tabbed folders and other eliminated > > conveniences), but I am now typing in MacOS 9.2.1 . (sigh) > > > > I hope Apple rapidly adds features by looking at what is missing, comapred > > to 9.x > > > > > > > > On 10/1/01 1:05 AM, "Harry (lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> on 9/30/01 3:23 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Apple have dropped Location Manager from OS X: > >> > >> Idiots! > >> > >>> it doesn't work in OS X native or in Classic. > >> > >> Morons! > >> > >>> There is a very primitive "Location" aspect to the Network System > >>> Pref, but System Prefs are still not scriptable in OS 10.1, and may never > >>> be. > >> > >> Complete idiots - I'm referring in the above, and the following expletives > >> to the morons from the development team that made this decisions. Location > >> manager is the single most important utility for any professional with a > >> laptop, and the lack of support shows, once again, Apple's lack of user > >> testing. > >> > >> Idiots! As impressed as I am currently with 10.1, if there won't be any > >> location manager support (which really is just a simple and primitive > >> support for scriptable system preferences, as it was elegantly implemneted > >> under OS 9), I'll have to diss the OS for it. > >> > >> Damn! What are they thinking? Here's hoping that as the NeXT influence > >> fades, such essential tools will resurface, or be reintroduced by third > >> parties. > >> > >> Harry > >> > >> > >> --- > >> http://www.zinkdifferent.com > >> > >> "Virtue does not come from money, but rather from virtue comes money, > >> and all things good to man" -Socrates > >> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To search the archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
