I wondered about that :-) On Sep 7, 2013, at 4:48 PM, stephen barncard <stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote:
> < abdominal ! > NO! > > abominable ! > > > > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > >> (for mac desktop users) >> I got a notice there was a new beta version of Safari from Apple dev, and >> thought there wouldn't be a problem trying it out. Usually I will test a >> new OS on an isolated drive, just in case. >> >> "But this is just an app", I thought. I was wrong. >> >> As soon as I tried to hit the 'enlarge' button on a YouToob video, I >> realized I had screwed up by installing it. >> >> You know that 'Full Screen' mode that some apps have now, where if one has >> two monitors, the second is rendered useless and presented with a grey >> textured background? >> >> Well now this extends to the Safari browser, where if one enlarges any >> video on any web page, it goes into this $#@$@%$ mode and one can't do >> ANYTHING on the second monitor while the other holds the expanded movie. >> DUMB-ASS UI MANIPULATION. >> UIs are supposed to help people, not cut options. This is BS. >> >> Safari 6.1 shows us what's in our Mavericks future: More controlling and >> more UI changes that annoy. >> >> I like to have the news full screen on one, and work on the other. There >> have been some missing cursor issues, but I could work around that most of >> the time. With 6.1, it's impossible. >> >> Well I would have none of that, so I tried to delete the Safari 6.1 app. >> Guess what? A new dialog pops up telling me that Safari is now required >> by the Operating System to be there and can't be removed. >> >> WHAT?? This is supposed to be an app, not a system component. >> >> I looked in vain on the dev site for an uninstaller, and on a web search I >> found references to one, but it didn't exist anywhere. >> >> The only option was to re-install the entire system, on my machine, a two >> hour affair. >> What a PIA. Annoying. >> >> By the way, the new nightly builds of Webkit do the same shtick. >> >> so beware, I'd suggest NOT getting this version of Safari - at first >> glance no real new feature other than Twitter integration (whatever the >> hell that means), and this abdominal and irreversible bonding of the OS and >> the browser . >> >> sqb >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Stephen Barncard >> San Francisco Ca. USA >> >> more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
