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Making the dock as unobtrusive as possible
Of course, almost all of this is available directly from the dock's preference pane. The only commands you need to execute are the ones that set it to the top right. Don't we have enough little utilities that will do that for us already? Why is this a hint?
Making the dock as unobtrusive as possible
Well, the tilesize is new to me, so I did get something out of this hint. But why hide to bounce effect on a hidden dock?
Making the dock as unobtrusive as possible
the tile size wasn't apparent to you???
Self-defence
Oh, right, being a Unix afficioinado, I tend to forget pure Mac enthusiasts tend to be console allergic... which is too bad. You're missing out. Anyhow, I posted it because I've never seen any reference to the "top" Dock position elsewhere (discovered it by guesswork) and I use a 12-inch Powerbook myself, and figured I wouldn't be the only one with this problem. There's also been a bit of discussion about hiding the Dock in the past, and I figured I'd post what I consider the ultimate solution.
Self-defence
Don't let someone's rant get you down. Post away and let the admin's sort it out.
Self-defence
"I tend to forget pure Mac enthusiasts tend to be console allergic.."
Self-defence
I wasn't talking for myself... I happen to use the terminal almost every day... I'm a web developer and use the command line to configure servers and set up sites all the time. I happen to just feel this is just as easy if not easier using the gui tools especially for most that don't like the terminal.
Repetition makes Perfect, not redundant
I think it's important to note that, while your way of doing things might work for you very well - i.e. using the available GUI to perform most of the functions of this hint and following other hints that accomplished similar things, it certainly doesn't hurt to have hints that are a bit repetitive come out:
Making the dock as unobtrusive as possible
"the tile size wasn't apparent to you???
Key advantage here: scriptability
The key advantage of this approach (using the CLI instead of the GUI) is that it is easily scriptable, allowing switching between different settings in one easy step (vs. multiple steps with the GUI) and/or exactly replicating settings across different machines (vs. approximations with unlabeled sliders in the GUI).
Get over yourself!
Oh come on! MacOSXHints is a great site - why ruin it by constantly griping about what is a hint and what isn't? Comments like this are getting more and more prevalent ... and I don't see the point! If Robg considers something worthy to spend his time approving then I don't see why anyone can complain - and Robg ... please don't feel like you have to justify posting a hint that others may think is not a hint - if you think it is .... well ... it is!
Get over yourself!
When a hint has been posted and 90% can be done in the obvious GUI supplied, no that's not a hint. Sorry if I ruffled some feathers.
Get over yourself!
It's that other 10% that may be of greatest value to me.
I have to agree...
..albeit a little more calmly. ;-} |
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