[geeks] Leopard, was: find - having a senior moment

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Mark wrote:

> On 14 Jan 2008, at 21:40, Nadine Miller wrote:
>
>> Btw, how are folks liking the new Leopard?
>
> Just great so far. No major niggles, some minor ones but nothing
> that's stopped me enjoying the new features/apps, better speed on
> Intel and all-round slickness. I can't wait to see what rolls up in
> 10.5.2, I think because it's taking it's time that it will hopefully
> address a lot of stuff that 10.5.1 didn't.
>
>> Anyone get bit by those
>> horrible "mv" bugs?
>
> Any sensible person who has a typically healthy distrust of computers
> does a manual copy & delete anyway, incase they suddenly decide to

Somewhat related:  I wish Apple would fix the inconsistency in file  
drag operations.  If you drag to a local destination, it does a move.   
If you drag to a remote location or another drive, it does a copy.

That's bloody stupid.  They need to make up their mind what the  
default is and stick with it.  It's even a violation of Apple's basic  
GUI rules.

Microsoft does it too.

Having shown a lot of newbies how to use computers over the years, I  
find the inconsistency of the file drag operations to be one of the  
hardest things to get across to new users.

Even after all these years, is still causes me grief too.

Apple, of all companies, should be getting this one right, and they  
don't.

> cancel it halfway thru, or the computer crashes, to prevent you being
> stuck with files lost in the ether, and also so you don't have it half
> one way and half the other. Yes it's a stupid bug, but really anyone
> who trusts a computer to safely *move* files from one device to anther
> probably needs a kick in the arse anyway :)

With that logic in mind, anyone who trust a computer store files in  
the first place needs a kick in the arse.

Seems to me you are just drawing your line in the sand in a different  
spot... :)

But seriously, it does amaze me how much people have come to trust  
their machines, especially the people who should know better.

There is no telling how much that costs us every year.

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