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You Control: Desktops 1.3 b5 (Mac OS X)
I've used Macs for a long time and there are a lot of reasons I generally prefer them. Spaces is not one. For the first time since I started using macs (a '85 vintage Mac 512K): a removed an OS upgrade. Spaces is not a virtual desktop manager; it's an application manager. Virtual Desktop applications --when done right-- allow you to organize things not by application but by project or task. If I need to have a browser window open for general browsing on one virtual desktop and another open to test what I'm developing on that virtual desktop, a good virtual desktop manager can handle that. Virtual Desktoop Managers don't force you to switch to another desktop just because you clicked on an icon in the dock (hey... where'd I go?!? I just want the app in front so I can open a new window you stupid OS). If you like Spaces fine, but it's not a virtual desktop manager. It's in a special category of its own. If someone can figure out how to hack Spaces it can be reconfigured to run as a virtual desktop manager, great. Until then, this product seems to work great (granted I'm testing it under 10.4), allows me to do what I want _and_ allows me to re-upgrade to 10.5. [alert admin]
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Sunday, May 11 2008 @ 11:07 AM PDT
Noah Lite English Dictionary 1.0 (Palm OS)
The company that produced this product is out of business, but their old site links to a .org site with the latest professional version (3.0) and a Thesaurus (ArsLexis Thesuarus) for free: http://noahpro.org/ While I'm downloading to try later, I have not tested either product. Caveat Emptor. [alert admin]
Wednesday, November 28 2007 @ 07:20 PM PST
Second Life 1.18.4.3 (Mac OS X)
I tried an earlier version and it crashed repeatedly and crashes happened very quickly. Although I swore I'd never try it again, based on some reports I read online, I tried the latest release candidate (1.18.4.2) and found it was actually stable and usable. I'm using a MacBook Pro 2Ghz Intel Core Duo (I) with 2Gigs Ram and OS X 10.4.10. I've just installed the current release (1.18.4.3) and it seems to be stable on my machine. The list of bug fixes was very long (at around 50 items I stopped skimming), so they _seem_ to be moving fast on improvements. The bottom lines seem to be: 1) Second Life stability is very dependent on your hardware combination. 2) If the current release causes problems, try the release candidate: http://secondlife.com/community/downloads-optional.php If you do decide to try it, take the time to go through all the tutorials. They're well worth the time. [alert admin]
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Thursday, November 15 2007 @ 11:50 AM PST
Second Life 1.18.3.5 (Mac OS X)
The positive is that this is a pretty incredible virtual world and some great enabling technology that I'd find very helpful. The UI is great and it's visually impressive. Well... until I try and click/touch something. SecondLife locked up my MacBook Pro twice in about five minutes. It's not a full kernel panic, but everything grinds to a halt. My machine is a MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo (I), 2Ghz, 2Gigs Ram. For the last 3 months, the vast majority of my reboots have been because of Apple updates (update iTunes, force reboot... grrr). Anyway, Second Life sounds phenomenal but the Mac version needs some _serious_ loving by Linden. The application does not seem to record its existance in /Library/Receipts so an uninstall is a very manual process. Searching on SecondLife, "Second Life" and Linden seems to be the key. Remember the quotes on "Second Life" or you'll come back with everything that has the words second and life anywhere. If you actually happen to get anywhere, it will probably cache things somewhere in your user folder, too. [alert admin]
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Saturday, November 03 2007 @ 12:47 PM PDT
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Uhm .... NO .... the idea with a virtual desktop manager is that you assemble items related to a project in the current window. Virtual desktop managers are supposed to be project/task centric _not_ application specific (like spaces). Clicking on an application in the Dock should draw _it_ into the current project _not_ whip you off to another project. If I want to pull up something on the web related to my current project,…
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Thursday, December 27 2007 @ 01:48 PM PST
