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[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

thanks and thank you for your patience – i’ll address the q deal this week and i should be getting tiger soon enough so i can research a dashboard widget then…. 🙂

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[Mitch Ives]

Ron, Kathlyn, Curtis, et al,

Boy, talk about a thread taking on a life of it’s own and getting way too much attention!

I hope from my posts that this is clear by now, but if not, let me apologize and put this to rest. I never meant to insinuate that there was any bias. I’ve always liked the COW because I always felt it wasn’t biased. Mac users are probably happier here than on any other forums. Yes, we’ve had repeated issues with the “Q” function in Safari, but it’s a small issue, these are not the COW’s fault, and we’re grateful when it’s fixed. Yes, I know that Safari is just one browser, and I’ve never felt that you were responsible for dropping evverything and fixing issues with it. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m not happy when you do fix it.

It’s clear my initial post was too brief and not specific enough. I thought asking for a Widget was a stretch (though it sounds like fun). What I should have said was “given that they are trying to find the time and resources to keep up with the changes in Safari, a widget is unlikely”. Hindsight is 20/20. If there ever is a widget, that would be icing on the cake, but not something I’d expect you to put effort into given the demands on your resources.

The comment about the coding side being PC (although it appears to be Linux as well now) was that the coders don’t always notice when Macs are experiencing problems, nor do we know if they have equipment to test for it. In my experience PC users tend to use the Mac reluctantly, at least in our companies (you’d think we were sending them to their room without supper). In the future, I will send an email to Curtis (since he has both) whenever I expereince an issue and not wait for someone to discover it.

As for your mix of OS at the COW, that’s pretty common these days, and I expect Linux to continue to grow. I also forgot that Curtis works part time. Given the explosion in the number of new forums, I’m sure you have competiting priorities. The bad news is, there’s probably no relief in site for you. The good news is it means you’re thriving.

Good luck with your interface changes… a task I’m sure will provide many challenges.

(still laughing about the Linux and command line reference… we have those here as well)

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com