To those that have now had OS X 10.3 running for a while: how is it?
Mostly excellent. I'm splitting my time between 10.2.8 and 10.3.1 right now. The difference is substantial.
Is it everything you had hoped? What are the drawbacks (if you can think of any)?
Still gotta couple of minor quirks. For example in the standard "Find..." dialog box, if I type my search word and then press the <Return> key, the Return character is actually entered into the search term instead of initiating the search. Not the traditional behavior (have to use the Enter key).
Has anybody tried out the OS-level keyboard shortcut feature?
Yes. It works, but I gotta say that the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane is too dinky right now.
How QuicKeys-like is that?
Not quite there yet on the level of being able to assign keys to the Scripts menu however Apple Mail allows you to bind shortcuts to scripts. That's one application where the facility really useful.
Are you still required to use the command key in every single shortcut?
If you use System Preferences->Keyboard and Mouse->Keyboard Shortcuts, you may bind to the Control-Key as well. The top-level rule is if the key binds to a character which can be typed into a text-document then you can't assign it a shortcut. However one can get around this to a certain extent by using other methods to assign the keybindings. Note that "to a certain extent bit". Some things are impossible if the application hasn't been coded according to the MacOS X guidelines. I have tested these alternate methods and they have been confirmed on a completely different setup by a very capable member of this list. These alternate methods can work with most Cocoa applications in Jaguar and have been upgraded to include Carbon applications in 10.3. Finale 2004 is Carbon...
I know that that's a lot of questions... I'd welcome any response about this new OS version, though. Is it worth the upgrade?
In spite of my Faire Complaintes, every bit worthwhile for my purposes.
Cheers,
Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca
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