22 Jan 2003 | Mart said...

The picture has it right, but the accompanying advice has it wrong. Personally, I've given up. It's too complicated. Or maybe it's too simple. I don't know. A sense of humor and a bit of intelligence certainly don't seem to work anymore. I think I've given up caring about what women want. They seem to want it all their own way, and what way that is is as easy to understand as the apparatus in the picture.

23 Jan 2003 | Simcoe said...

Nope, he's got it down pat. He wishes he were back in the dating game? Me too I'd date him in an instant, he sounds like a lovely man to know.

But I can understand your frustration, Mart. No amount of good manners on a man's part is going to compensate for bad manners on a woman's part, or for a basic lack of chemistry between two people. Still, that extra dose of manner and civility will take a man who's good and make him spectacular. I think it's worth the effort.

20 Nov 2003 | auto insurance company said...

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16 Jan 2004 | James said...

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.

16 Jan 2004 | Ellen said...

If an application is designed well, the reward for users is that they will learn it faster, accomplish their daily tasks more easily, and have fewer questions for the help desk. As a developer of a well-designed application, your returns on that investment are more upgrade revenue, reduced tech support, better reviews, less documentation, and higher customer satisfaction. The rewards of building a good-looking Aqua application are worth taking the extra time.