November 2, 2003

Beatles Songbook, Revised

There's be a bit of back and forth this week about whether or not this really is a "War of Civilizations." Jack Reno's been busy with the theme song over at:edge

"War of Civilizations"

You say you want a War of Civilizations
Well, you know
Everybody wants to rule the world
You tell me to join Allah's Nation
Well, you know
Every god wants to rule the world

But when you talk about terrorism
Don't you know we're gonna hunt you down
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night

You say you got a real religion
Well, you know
We'd all love to see it walk on water
You ask us to be your congregation
Well, you know
We'd rather free a nation.

But when you strap bombs on people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is that for you it's too late
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night

You say you'll change our Constitution
Well, you know
Everybody wants to rule the world
You say you'll wreck our institutions
Well, you know
You don't wanna see our flag unfurled

And if you go off on a jihad from Allah
You'll be erased with all those that follow
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Don't you know it's gonna be good night
Good Night, Good Night...

Posted by Vanderleun at November 2, 2003 11:42 PM
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"But when you strap bombs on people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is that for you it's too late"

Not bad, Gerard. Lennon lives (or is it Lenin?).!

Posted by: RLS at November 3, 2003 2:06 AM

The simple fact is that, when all other factors are equal, where will consumers spend their money? I believe that in the long run, the best looking, easiest-to-use applications will also be the most successful. I think that's why Apple encourages developers to write programs that are 100 percent Aqua-compliant.

Posted by: Nathaniel at January 13, 2004 7:28 AM

You Must Promise. To call your mother, to help old ladies cross the road, and to turn your cell phone off at the movies.

Posted by: Evan at January 13, 2004 7:28 AM

Adopt Sheets. I really like the use of Sheets in OS X. The use of Sheets lets me know which window my dialogue belongs to without hijacking my system.

Posted by: Bridget at January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

Okay, I just told you what Apple wants you to look out for with window positions, but in the real world, not everyone uses the hiding feature of the Dock, and it is unrealistic to be able to predict where each user will place their Dock at any given day or how large they will have it. However, you can build a feature into your application that allows spacing for the Finder. You can give users the option of where to position their windows and what area of the screen not to cross. I know that BBEdit provides me with this feature, and I wish more developers gave me more control over my windows.

Posted by: Ottewell at January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

At WWDC, I listened to Apple representatives make some excellent points about taking the time to build a 100%-compliant Aqua application, and I think all developers need to look beyond the code and listen to what the folks at Apple have to say

Posted by: Adrian at January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

So far in these articles, I have only dipped a toe or two into Aqua's pool. I have covered basic aspects of building an Aqua-compliant application, including the building of photo-illustrative/3D application icons. Now it's time to address other components of our Mac OS X application.

Posted by: Dudley at January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

Drawers. Similar to Sheets, this is a "child" window that gives users access to items that do not always need to be present. But when do you use a drawer and when do you use a palette?

Posted by: Anchor at January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

For example, if you see an AIM window peeking out from behind your browser and you click on it, that window will come to the front, but the main application window will not. The Mail.app/Activity Viewer is another example. The Aqua system of layers works well in many instances, but not in all. Thank goodness that the Dock is always there to come to the rescue. I know that clicking on an application icon in the Dock will always result in not only the application coming to the front, but also any non-minimized windows associated with it. And if the application is active but no windows are open, clicking on the Dock icon should create a new window in that application.

Posted by: Osmund at January 13, 2004 7:30 AM

Clicking an application in the dock should always bring forward an active window. If the user clicks on an open app's icon in the Dock, the application is active and all unminimized windows come along with it. I have found a few problems with windows behaving independently of their application.

Posted by: Wymond at January 13, 2004 7:30 AM

Adhere to System Appearance. Does your application use all the sweetly colored buttons, delightfully shaded windows, and all the other "bells and whistles?"

Posted by: Ottewell at January 13, 2004 7:30 AM