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Things we've always liked about windows yet never admitted it

DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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motulist said:
You're welcome! :) I'm always glad to help. Out of curiosity, which menu items in which programs are you most excited about adding key commands to?
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ive always wanted to set some in adium for my statuses.. u kno like "away" might be :apple: + Opt + Ctrl + A or something.. maybe something easier lol.
i dont think its possible to do that kinda stuff, but there are a few other ones that i need in ical like "export", it doesnt have its own.
thanks mate :)
 
mathwhiz90601

mathwhiz90601

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The thing I always miss when using my Mac instead of my Win is the lack of a scroll wheel. I love the scroll wheel.

Yeah, yeah, I know the new Mac mice have scroll balls, but my Mac is too old (7 years) for them.
 
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mpw

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DoFoT9 said:
of course you do.. i spose it just comes as 2nd nature to me. i dont even have 2 think about the shortcuts my brain just does it 4 me lol
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Ah ha but you still haven't answered my earlier query. Don't worry I won't hold it against you, I know you can't even though it would only take three key stokes in windows. I'll clear my desj of all the important paper work and find my mouse to acheive the desired result:p
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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mpw said:
Ah ha but you still haven't answered my earlier query. Don't worry I won't hold it against you, I know you can't even though it would only take three key stokes in windows. I'll clear my desj of all the important paper work and find my mouse to acheive the desired result:p
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set a custom key, like was suggested. im sure u could make it something like Fn-F9.. or something.

haha my desk is also a mess like that, cant find nething these days.
 
XheartcoreboyX

XheartcoreboyX

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So is there ANY way to make 'Entre' open the file/app instead of renaming it?!:confused:

i HATE the stupid fact that when you click enter it renames the file... >_>
 
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DoFoT9 said:
set a custom key, like was suggested. im sure u could make it something like Fn-F9.. or something...
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Why should I have to write the bits of the OS Steve forgot?

Don't worry, I know you all love Mac regardless, and I'm happy for you, I'm just hating the way Apple are trying to control how users use their softwre right now. It's almost become a religion rather than logic.

I covert a VAIO TZ or Asus UF1 so much I might revert to Windows
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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mpw said:
Why should I have to write the bits of the OS Steve forgot?

Don't worry, I know you all love Mac regardless, and I'm happy for you, I'm just hating the way Apple are trying to control how users use their softwre right now. It's almost become a religion rather than logic.

I covert a VAIO TZ or Asus UF1 so much I might revert to Windows
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if you feel the need to go back to windoze then by all means please do. dont hesitate.

also, setting the keys is quite easy... extremely easy.. im sure you would have known this. hardly takes a second
 
synth3tik

synth3tik

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The file system.......:eek: OK just kidding.

Not something I enjoy about windows, just something OS X does not have, until 10.5 comes. The ability to search a network. A good simple way to search for files on other networked computers with out having to have a client software loaded on them.
 
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DoFoT9 said:
...also, setting the keys is quite easy... extremely easy.. im sure you would have known this. hardly takes a second
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I knew it could be done, but due to my poor memory I never bothered to find out how or to do it.

I bought into Mac originally as a out-of-the-box never ned to add anything system.
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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mpw said:
I knew it could be done, but due to my poor memory I never bothered to find out how or to do it.

I bought into Mac originally as a out-of-the-box never ned to add anything system.
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ooohhh ok... why did/do u want to\want to go back to use windoze then??? there are that many things u have to change with windoze to get it working.. (thats for me anyway) i have to change so many things just to get it to actually work, then i have to change it to look good....if thats possible :p
 
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DoFoT9 said:
ooohhh ok... why did/do u want to\want to go back to use windoze then??? there are that many things u have to change with windoze to get it working.. (thats for me anyway) i have to change so many things just to get it to actually work, then i have to change it to look good....if thats possible :p
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FACT: Those two PCs I mentioned could save me an hour a day.

I don't really care what my desktop looks like, more how it lets me be productive.
 
XheartcoreboyX

XheartcoreboyX

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Now,thats what i love about MAC =D,theres always a little tiny app to make you happy...now after some search found this app 'PresButan' that lets you use 'Enter' key to open instead of rename...would someone try it and tell me if it works(dont have a mac currently)
 
After G

After G

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mpw said:
OK you do it your way, the MS Windowes way is waaaaay better for me, I loves me some user friendslyness.
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If it works for you, then that's good. Just remember that what takes three keys in Windows takes two clicks with a mouse (or even one if you just hold down the mouse button). And I asked you some questions there ... I do wish you didn't brush my comments off with a <blah blah blah> and gave me some answers.

mpw said:
Ah ha but you still haven't answered my earlier query. Don't worry I won't hold it against you, I know you can't even though it would only take three key stokes in windows. I'll clear my desj of all the important paper work and find my mouse to acheive the desired result:p
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I've asked you this before, but if you had a similar situation in Windows, when there's no underscored letter in the menu, what would you do? I've seen this in Windows before with some subpar 3rd party apps.

synth3tik said:
The file system.......:eek: OK just kidding.

Not something I enjoy about windows, just something OS X does not have, until 10.5 comes. The ability to search a network. A good simple way to search for files on other networked computers with out having to have a client software loaded on them.
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Amen to this, but I usually use locate in a remote terminal (my remote systems are usually some sort of Unix/Linux) so I don't miss this as much as I probably should. It's a pain to get networking working on Windows though which is probably part of the reason why I don't feel the pain as much

I do think OS X could use a better filesystem, but something that isn't tied to Microsoft like NTFS.

mad jew said:
I like the default XP desktop the most.
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I like the clouds but the grass comes off to me as too bright. I always switch to a plain background color for this reason. That said the default green desktop color like on Windows 95 always looks better to me than the default OS X green. I don't know why.
 
TheAnswer

TheAnswer

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mpw said:
Ah ha but you still haven't answered my earlier query. Don't worry I won't hold it against you, I know you can't even though it would only take three key stokes in windows. I'll clear my desj of all the important paper work and find my mouse to acheive the desired result:p
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As long as keyboard navigation is turned on in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts (and it should be, as it's usually turned on by default). Then...

Ctrl+F2 (or Ctrl+fn+F2 on a laptop)...then type "sel" to move to the Selection menu, then down arrow to open the menu, then either down arrow or start to type the command name to select it. Then return to activate the selected menu item.
 
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