i didn't think i was getting particularly "worked up". i just happened to mention that i thought this app had deteriorated from its previous incarnation under 'classic'
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according to the other posters [who did seem to get worked up!], this marked me out as everything from a luddite longing for a return to 'classic' [which i'm not] to a congenital idiot [which i'm not] to someone pushing some kind of hidden agenda to undermine DF and possibly western civilisation [which i'm not either!]
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i think your [plaintiger] comment about resistance to change is a bit wide of the mark in this instance. i'm firmly of the opinion that the reason DF in its present incarnation presents a toolbar [more or less!] attached to the side of the open/save dialogues is because, unlike with 'classic' the developer was unable to actually alter the structure of the dialogues themselves under OSX. i can't for a minute believe the current implementation was done by preference. therefore, this is not a case of resistance to change, just a lament for the deterioration of a formerly excellent piece of software
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it would be interesting to hear from the developer on this. i don't suppose s/he would be too keen to admit that the the latest version of DF was anything but the greatest thing since sliced bread, but i'd be interested to know if my hunch is correct and the toolbar only came about because the OSX open/save dialogues are not as 'hackable' as they once were.
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i didn't think i was getting particularly "worked up". i just happened to mention that i thought this app had deteriorated from its previous incarnation under 'classic'
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according to the other posters [who did seem to get worked up!], this marked me out as everything from a luddite longing for a return to 'classic' [which i'm not] to a congenital idiot [which i'm not] to someone pushing some kind of hidden agenda to undermine DF and possibly western civilisation [which i'm not either!]
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i think your [plaintiger] comment about resistance to change is a bit wide of the mark in this instance. i'm firmly of the opinion that the reason DF in its present incarnation presents a toolbar [more or less!] attached to the side of the open/save dialogues is because, unlike with 'classic' the developer was unable to actually alter the structure of the dialogues themselves under OSX. i can't for a minute believe the current implementation was done by preference. therefore, this is not a case of resistance to change, just a lament for the deterioration of a formerly excellent piece of software
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it would be interesting to hear from the developer on this. i don't suppose s/he would be too keen to admit that the the latest version of DF was anything but the greatest thing since sliced bread, but i'd be interested to know if my hunch is correct and the toolbar only came about because the OSX open/save dialogues are not as 'hackable' as they once were.
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