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90% group similar taskbar buttons? Humph. I'm clearly in the 10%. Probably the .0001%. Marc
I'm in the 4.97% who auto hide the task bar. I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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I'm in the 4.97% who auto hide the task bar. I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Wht's UAC?
Nagaraj Muthuchamy wrote:
Wht's UAC?
User Aggravation Conspiracy
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I'm in the 4.97% who auto hide the task bar. I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
williamnw wrote:
I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
I used to do this. I'm a bit OCD about it, I guess. Then I got Taskbar Shuffle: http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm[^] It's freeware that lets you drag the taskbar buttons around and put them where you want them. It saves me a lot of time!
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I'm in the 4.97% who auto hide the task bar. I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
williamnw wrote:
I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
And I thought I was alone in this. :laugh:
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http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx[^] In all of their statistics gathering efforts, they never asked how many people turn off the UAC...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001People keep bitching about the UAC in Vista, but nobody complains that they have to sudo every command in Ubuntu. It's basically the same thing, but why the different attitude?
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Wht's UAC?
U Are Clueless?
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I'm in the 4.97% who auto hide the task bar. I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
williamnw wrote:
I must admit that I open various bits in the same order so that they appear where I want them. If I accidently close one, I'll then close all the subsequent and re-open so the task bar is in the order I like.
There is of course A tool to order the window buttons in your taskbar[^] here on CP :-D I've fixed the code to work on Vista, but I haven't updated the article. If there's any interest, I could update it... Nick
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People keep bitching about the UAC in Vista, but nobody complains that they have to sudo every command in Ubuntu. It's basically the same thing, but why the different attitude?
blackjack2150 wrote:
People keep bitching about the UAC in Vista, but nobody complains that they have to sudo every command in Ubuntu. It's basically the same thing, but why the different attitude?
Cause Mark Shuttleworth makes his millions and then goes for a trip as the first tourist in space. Bill Gates makes his billions and hires a fat sweaty twat like Ballmer. Ubuntu - cool like Mark, Vista - fat sweaty monkey like Ballmer.
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I've got a free program called Taskbar Shuffle installed that lets you drag and drop the taskbar buttons to a new location.
I use RocketDock, and hide the taskbar. My desktop at home is a blank screen - no icons, no nothing.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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People keep bitching about the UAC in Vista, but nobody complains that they have to sudo every command in Ubuntu. It's basically the same thing, but why the different attitude?
That's probably because you don't have to sudo unless you're installing something via the command line or using an admin tool.
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That's probably because you don't have to sudo unless you're installing something via the command line or using an admin tool.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Which is probably because there isn't a significant fraction of *nix devs who've spent the last decade writing apps on the assumption that every single user is an admin. :mad:
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I use RocketDock, and hide the taskbar. My desktop at home is a blank screen - no icons, no nothing.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I use RocketDock, and hide the taskbar.
Well, that's an excellent utility. It is not the eye-candy that I'm concerned about, but it reduces the clutter, I can keep my quick launch there, I can move, resize it as I'd like. And I remember you were the one who suggested it. I'm using it too with my taskbar hidden.
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http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx[^] In all of their statistics gathering efforts, they never asked how many people turn off the UAC...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
That's probably because you don't have to sudo unless you're installing something via the command line or using an admin tool.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001In Ubuntu I have to provide password when I'm installing using the UI wizard, when I'm modifying video/network settings and many other. All this using the UI and not the terminal.
modified on Friday, September 26, 2008 9:08 AM
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People keep bitching about the UAC in Vista, but nobody complains that they have to sudo every command in Ubuntu. It's basically the same thing, but why the different attitude?
There is a big difference though. You use sudo to run a command and you will be prompted for the admin password. You enter the admin password and that command runs to completion without any os prompting about any further security implications. With UAC this is not the case even after allowing an action a second later you will be asked to allow more actions on the same process. I know this is more secure but it is also much more annoying. Here is a case in point that baffled me: I needed to install putty on a vista laptop from my network at work. Putty does not have an installer so I opened Program Files, created a folder and then wanted to copy and paste the executable there. Vista first prompted me with a Pretty Vista dialog explaining the security implications of this and asked me if I wanted to proceed. I clicked yes and then 1 second later I got the same exact dialog but this time it was XP style instead of vista. I answered yes to that again. Then a second later I got told I could not copy an executable across a network to the program files folder. How annoying. I ended up saving the darn file on the desktop and then copying it from the desktop to the program files folder and I believe this worked without any prompts.
John
modified on Friday, September 26, 2008 9:30 AM
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90% group similar taskbar buttons? Humph. I'm clearly in the 10%. Probably the .0001%. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
90% group similar taskbar buttons? Humph. I'm clearly in the 10%. Probably the .0001%.
.0001%?? What, do you want multiple buttons for a single window? ;)
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Wht's UAC?
You've been living in a cave for the last 2 years, haven't you?
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http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx[^] In all of their statistics gathering efforts, they never asked how many people turn off the UAC...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001MS don't care how many users turn UAC off. UAC is Microsoft's way of getting the point across to developers that you can't assume all users are admins. UAC has focused the attention of the software community into developing software that runs as non-admin. That was MS's goal. Future versions of UAC will be different. Possibly stricter, possible unable to be disabled, but it won't matter because by then, software writers will have taken heed and written software that doesn't require admin.
Simon
