From: "Dennis B. Swaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>I didn't run into this, so I'm not sure what the problem could be. You might try downloading and uninstalling/reinstalling, since I'm pretty sure Cleardock is a free program.I'm running Cleardock in Panther with no problems, though IIRC I had to update the APE Manager thingy first.
I tried but it asked for a password and I don't remember having to use a password before.
The main problem with the Dock is that Apple tried to make it do too MANY things, so instead of a couple of small apps doing their thing very well, we have 1 big app that tries to do everything adequately.
I don't consider the Dock a "big app" and everything it does, I find it does very well.
Even made very small and with auto hide turned on, the Dock STILL gets in my way (unless I leave about an inch of empty space between the window edge and the screen edge where the Dock is located.
For some people this could be a valid point. If you have a small screen, the Dock could be seen as more "obtrusive" than Fruitmenu. I'll certainly concede that point. Personally, I like having my most-used stuff readily accessible and QUICKLY customisable (which the Apple Menu and Fruitmenu can't match). Particularly since I found MultiDockX (which allows me to have several custom-oriented Docks), I'm really enjoying the Dock even more these days.
Expose may work as a windowshade replacement as soon as I get into the habit of hitting F9.
You can customise how Expose works to make it a key or mouse-to-a-corner that you're more comfortable with.
I've found that having the hierarchical lists for System Preferences and Applications in the Apple menu is more convenient having to open a window to select one.
Well, that's no longer true in Panther actually (the System Preferences panel now shows a list of the individual panels), and it was never true for Applications. I just click-and-hold on the Apps folder in the dock and I get a list of the apps. I navigate to the one I want and it opens. Simple.
And no, your "click and hold" does NOT give a list for the System Preferences, it gives ONE item "Show in Finder" FruitMenu gave a nice list of the control panels.
This has been changed in Panther. Until that happened, I used a menubar item called "PrefsMenu" to do the same thing as what you're talking about.
Xounds lets the OS X Macintosh really be the "Computer for the rest of us"
My understanding of Xounds is that it simply allows you to assign sounds to system actions. Is there something else it does that makes it so wonderous to merit such praise? Sounds take up a LOT of RAM and on low-mem computers can REALLY affect peformance, which is why Apple limited it's sounds to only the necessary ones.
A lot of the changes in OS X seem to be change JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE.
No offense, but this is the standard line from people who've never really learned the system. I think as you grow more familiar with OS X you'll discover that NONE of the changes made were for that reason.
_Chas_
"Preview in Panther is as fast as [Steve] Jobs says it is. Preview in Panther doesn't *own* other PDF readers, it *whips their schoolyard asses and points at them while walking away with their lunch money.*" -- Mikey-San, NewDamage
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