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Two hints for Valentine's Day 2007...
Authored by: raider on Feb 17, '06 08:34:14AM

I was going to say:

"Hey, quit bagging on Rob - he does good work for us!"

Then I thought:

"Why would Rob post something where someone was bagging on him?"

Then my morning caffeine kicked in and I saw that it was Rob who was posting it... :)

Anyway, I would consider #2 a hint, and #1 a useless advertisement that doesn't really belong as a "hint" on this site anyway. :)

Just my opinion...



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Two hints for Valentine's Day 2007...
Authored by: bkazez on Feb 17, '06 09:49:45AM

Hi raider,

I'm sorry you considered the Valentine Maker hint useless. I think of a hint as something that shows you how to use existing software differently, for free. Since this represents a novel use of Dashboard and since it's free, I thought it would make a good hint. But like you, I was also a bit unsure of whether it qualified, and I actually warned Rob of this in my submission. It's a fine line.

Ben

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Two hints for Valentine's Day 2007...
Authored by: osxpounder on Feb 17, '06 01:05:08PM

Ben, I think it was kind of you to make the app, share it, and also share the news of it via a tip here. I think it's a good tip, personally. The tip's substance isn't "come try my software", but rather, "here's something you can do for Valentine's Day with a relatively new feature of OSX". I wouldn't have thought to even look for a Dashboard widget that makes a Valentine's card, so it seems like a reasonable enough hint to me.

Thanks for taking the time to share it.

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Two hints for Valentine's Day 2007...
Authored by: wyntir on Feb 17, '06 01:00:08PM

Hey, that Valentine's Day widget maker is pretty nifty. I think it's a clever application of the Dashboard. If someone had submitted an Applescript or step-by-step HTML+JS directions on how to make exactly the same widgets it would have qualified easily. Anyway, it's free. DON'T YOU LIKE FREE STUFF??!??



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Two hints for Valentine's Day 2007...
Authored by: raider on Feb 17, '06 02:15:53PM

Sure, the widget was cool. Just not a "hint" exactly. I mean, there are thousands of "cool" widgets and applications and screensavers.

Those things all deserve mention - maybe in forums and weblogs. But Mac OSX Hints is more about hacking. You know, how to do things in ways you might not think of, or how to do things you might have though impossible.

The widget thing is cool, just not a "hint" so much. Just my opinion.

Maybe making the hint the instructions on how it is done - and then link to the valentine widget as an "example" - or something like that would be more hint like.

Again, not slamming on anyone's work - just saying my opinion about what constitutes a hint...

:)

Peace.



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