Star 'Leopard Is the New Vista, and It's Pissing Me Off'
Linked by David Adams on Fri 30th Nov 2007 19:26 UTC, submitted by netpython
Editorial In a PC Magazine opinion piece, Oliver Rist makes note of some deficiencies in Apple's new OS, declaring, "Before Apple makes any more smug OS-related attacks on Microsoft, it ought to take a good look in the mirror."
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RE: before the fanboys start...
by xioztzu on Fri 30th Nov 2007 20:09 UTC in reply to "before the fanboys start..."
xioztzu
Member since:
2006-01-01

To make dock 2D go to terminal and type the following:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock

To make dock 3D
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
killall Dock

Granted it should be a preference item, but why does everyone whine so much about this?

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DeadFishMan Member since:
2006-01-09

Perhaps because the 3D dock is ugly as hell and apparently there is no way to easily revert to the old dock??? Just a guess...

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SlackerJack Member since:
2005-11-12

You can get utils to use the 2d dock, it's a simple case of using a dashboard widget to change it. People like their 2d dock which has worked well since 2000, no need to cry about it.

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aent Member since:
2006-01-25

Because it means Mac OS X is not ready for the desktop. Or at least thats what many want us to believe if you need to open a terminal in Linux to do something like this. Then again, every time someone wants network information in Windows as well, they are also told to open cmd at almost every tech support place I've heard of, so I'm not sure if we have a OS ready for the desktop yet.

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steviant Member since:
2006-01-11

Hear hear!

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Alleister Member since:
2006-05-29

Because they aren't used to that on Apple. This isn't better than messing with the Windows Registry or GConf.

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rayiner Member since:
2005-07-06

Beyond the fact that it involves a mechanism that most mac users don't even know exist (the Terminal), there is the issue that it doesn't put the dock back the way it was in Tiger. It takes up more space for no reason.

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kaiwai Member since:
2005-07-06

Granted it should be a preference item, but why does everyone whine so much about this?


People whine for two reasons:

1) It was a pointless and horrid addition; it adds nothing and makes usability worse. Heck, I was spending a few seconds when trying to place an application the dock whether it was 'in the dock' before releasing the button.

Why didn't they stick with the glass one? the general consensus by people around the web as that it was the prefer option - so why not?

2) The fact that it requires a hack when it should have been a visible option in the dock preferences - rather than having a broken concept rammed down our (end users) collective throats.

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xioztzu Member since:
2006-01-01

I agree, my point is that this is such a minor ascetic part of the OS (along with the translucent menu bar) that I just don't get why people spend so much time talking about it. Can't we move on to something more substantive? Like why is resolution independence is not included?

IMHO, it seems like people are grabbing for stuff to complain about. And they aren't trying very hard if the dock and bar is the major complaint. This reminds me of the tactics used by political parties i.e. lets attack something minor, repeat it over and over, until the populous thinks its a real problem. This goes for any minor attack on Linux, Windows or OS X.

Edited 2007-12-01 15:48 UTC

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