Existing users, 
Little apps like these are used to personalize the experience people have with their own computers...much like putting sheepskin on the seats of your car, or an iPod plugged into the cigarette lighter...pardon me, I don't smoke, should I gripe about the car companies putting lighters in cars? Or should I gripe about people plugging something other than a lighter into the receptical?
I've got news for you Brian...Apple may continue to work on OSX but it will NEVER build it to suit everbody's tastes (nor should it) and thank god that clever developers bring DIFFERENT THINKING into play (gee, sounds like a slogan...Think Different?)
It is developers like Insanity and Karelia (Watson) that keep pushing Apple into new areas of User Interface design. Maybe Brian should consider using a WinTel machine instead...then see who gripes.
Why do misguided users gripe about things they know NOTHING about? - Bryan Pietrzak
I am curious why Brian would make a snide comment about WindowShade or any of Unsanity's haxies. I have used them all (haxies) and have NEVER found any instability caused on ANY of the 18 various Macs I manage and use.Don't take my word for it. Ask Unsanity. They'll tell you: there have been dozens of extension, application and OS conflicts with their "haxies". It is probably documented in their version notes. Ask other developers (for example on the carbon list) how many times they've gotten a bug report only to track it down to a piece of software that is patching (usually a haxie or Default Folder).
Don't get me wrong, I understand the desire to have things in OS X that Apple didn't provide. But is it worth the price of having the same problems we had in OS 9?
Wouldn't you gripe about a customization to your car that caused it to stop working, or worse, explode?
btw: I've never said anything about Watson, not sure why you brought them up.
My beef is specifically with developers that patch and don't explain clearly to users what they are doing so that uses can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to install something that can compromise their entire system. Event though I think what these developers are doing is flat out wrong, they should at least be upfront about it and just give users the ability to make informed decisions.
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Friday, August 29 2003 @ 08:34 AM PDT