Comments for Creative Guise http://www.creativeguise.com Doug McArthur | Winnipeg web designer, Internet marketer and SEO Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on OSX Lion Full Screen Mode is a Dual-Monitor Failure by Doug McArthur http://www.creativeguise.com/2012/01/24/osx-lion-full-screen-mode-is-a-dual-monitor-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 Doug McArthur Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=1036#comment-2236 I agree that focusing on one application is the motivation behind activating full-screen mode and that’s totally in line with Apple’s MO. Where I see this functionality becoming more useful is to look beyond focusing on one application and looking at focusing on one task. Your example of coding and debugging at the same time is a perfect example of this distinction, but what blows my mind is that when you activate full-screen mode inside iMovie, an application that natively supports Lion’s full-screen mode, it disables use of a second display. It would be so helpful to be able to activate full-screen mode in iMovie and see a project preview on one screen while editing clips on your timeline on the other. You’re still only focusing on one task (video editing), but you’re getting to use every pixel of two displays. I know Apple’s response to queries like mine is often to say that they design software and hardware for mass use cases, not fringe users. But I believe this issue to be an oversight on their part for so many users out there who run dual-display setups on their Macs. I agree that focusing on one application is the motivation behind
activating full-screen mode and that’s totally in line with Apple’s MO.
Where I see this functionality becoming more useful is to look beyond
focusing on one application and looking at focusing on one task.
Your example of coding and debugging at the same time is a perfect
example of this distinction, but what blows my mind is that when you
activate full-screen mode inside iMovie, an application that natively
supports Lion’s full-screen mode, it disables use of a second display.
It would be so helpful to be able to activate full-screen mode in iMovie
and see a project preview on one screen while editing clips on your
timeline on the other. You’re still only focusing on one task (video
editing), but you’re getting to use every pixel of two displays.

I know Apple’s response to queries like mine is often to say that
they design software and hardware for mass use cases, not fringe users.
But I believe this issue to be an oversight on their part for so many
users out there who run dual-display setups on their Macs.

]]> Comment on OSX Lion Full Screen Mode is a Dual-Monitor Failure by Doug McArthur http://www.creativeguise.com/2012/01/24/osx-lion-full-screen-mode-is-a-dual-monitor-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 Doug McArthur Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:24:20 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=1036#comment-2235 I agree that focusing on one application is the motivation behind activating full-screen mode and that's totally in line with Apple's MO. Where I see this functionality becoming more useful is to look beyond focusing on one <em>application</em> and looking at focusing on one <em>task</em>. Your example of coding and debugging at the same time is a perfect example of this distinction, but what blows my mind is that when you activate full-screen mode inside iMovie, an application that natively supports Lion's full-screen mode, it disables use of a second display. It would be so helpful to be able to activate full-screen mode in iMovie and see a project preview on one screen while editing clips on your timeline on the other. You're still only focusing on one task (video editing), but you're getting to use every pixel of two displays. I know Apple's response to queries like mine is often to say that they design software and hardware for mass use cases, not fringe users. But I believe this issue to be an oversight on their part for so many users out there who run dual-display setups on their Macs. I agree that focusing on one application is the motivation behind activating full-screen mode and that’s totally in line with Apple’s MO. Where I see this functionality becoming more useful is to look beyond focusing on one application and looking at focusing on one task. Your example of coding and debugging at the same time is a perfect example of this distinction, but what blows my mind is that when you activate full-screen mode inside iMovie, an application that natively supports Lion’s full-screen mode, it disables use of a second display. It would be so helpful to be able to activate full-screen mode in iMovie and see a project preview on one screen while editing clips on your timeline on the other. You’re still only focusing on one task (video editing), but you’re getting to use every pixel of two displays.

I know Apple’s response to queries like mine is often to say that they design software and hardware for mass use cases, not fringe users. But I believe this issue to be an oversight on their part for so many users out there who run dual-display setups on their Macs.

]]> Comment on OSX Lion Full Screen Mode is a Dual-Monitor Failure by Sean Walberg http://www.creativeguise.com/2012/01/24/osx-lion-full-screen-mode-is-a-dual-monitor-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 Sean Walberg Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=1036#comment-2234 I don't use the feature myself, but the use case I see for it is if you want to focus only on one app and eliminate distractions from others. As a developer I often find it helpful to close my email client and chat windows and just focus on my editor and console. If I could get my debugger working properly inside my editor, I think I'd probably use this feature. If you look at the description for the feature (http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/full-screen.html) they even say "Systemwide support for full-screen apps means you can work and play without distractions, using every inch of your display." So with that in mind, it makes sense that the second monitor is unusable, because you asked to focus only on one app. I don’t use the feature myself, but the use case I see for it is if you want to focus only on one app and eliminate distractions from others. As a developer I often find it helpful to close my email client and chat windows and just focus on my editor and console. If I could get my debugger working properly inside my editor, I think I’d probably use this feature.

If you look at the description for the feature (http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/full-screen.html) they even say “Systemwide support for full-screen apps means you can work and play without distractions, using every inch of your display.”

So with that in mind, it makes sense that the second monitor is unusable, because you asked to focus only on one app.

]]> Comment on The NHL Returns: Now What About The Team Name and Domain? by Gavinfwow http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/05/31/the-nhl-returns-now-what-about-the-team-name-and-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-2233 Gavinfwow Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=558#comment-2233 haha old posts :) haha old posts :)

]]> Comment on Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete? by Mpg46-tempd9 http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/03/10/does-osx-lions-mail-client-make-sparrow-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Mpg46-tempd9 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=544#comment-2232 I agree. Sarrow's "simplicity" makes everything more complicated. I agree. Sarrow’s “simplicity” makes everything more complicated.

]]> Comment on Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete? by Elijah Clark http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/03/10/does-osx-lions-mail-client-make-sparrow-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Elijah Clark Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:45:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=544#comment-2231 I agree with the needed MobileMe/iCloud support. Sparrow just doesn't cut it. Not does it provide cloud syncing, which means I need to refresh often to get my messages. I'm hard on arrival times and no other system beats Mac Mail when receiving messages arrive. I agree with the needed MobileMe/iCloud support. Sparrow just doesn’t cut it. Not does it provide cloud syncing, which means I need to refresh often to get my messages. I’m hard on arrival times and no other system beats Mac Mail when receiving messages arrive.

]]> Comment on Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete? by enb14 http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/03/10/does-osx-lions-mail-client-make-sparrow-obsolete/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 enb14 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=544#comment-2227 Both Lion's Mail.app and Sparrow give me a headache. I've never liked preview panes, and sorting mail without a column for each attribute is just weird to me. Where Sparrow is really useful, though, is letting me have separate native apps for my work and personal mail. I used to try running two instances of Mail.app at the same time; it can be done, but it's a pain. Now I use Mail.app for work mail and Sparrow for my personal mail. Sparrow's iPad-like interface is tolerable to me for the amount of personal mail I get. Both Lion’s Mail.app and Sparrow give me a headache. I’ve never liked preview panes, and sorting mail without a column for each attribute is just weird to me. Where Sparrow is really useful, though, is letting me have separate native apps for my work and personal mail. I used to try running two instances of Mail.app at the same time; it can be done, but it’s a pain. Now I use Mail.app for work mail and Sparrow for my personal mail. Sparrow’s iPad-like interface is tolerable to me for the amount of personal mail I get.

]]> Comment on Be Careful Using iMessage On Company Networks and Public WiFi by Anonymous http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/11/28/be-careful-using-imessage-on-company-networks-and-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 Anonymous Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:37:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=870#comment-2226 The IT guy sits right next to me and I've been doing it for over a year without complaint. I think I'm good. Plus I've got pretty good encryption and password protection on my hotspot. :)  The IT guy sits right next to me and I’ve been doing it for over a year without complaint. I think I’m good. Plus I’ve got pretty good encryption and password protection on my hotspot. :)  

]]> Comment on Be Careful Using iMessage On Company Networks and Public WiFi by Kyle White http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/11/28/be-careful-using-imessage-on-company-networks-and-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Kyle White Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=870#comment-2225 Careful with this one Doug, I'd be skinned and quartered for creating a hotspot at work. Careful with this one Doug, I’d be skinned and quartered for creating a hotspot at work.

]]> Comment on Local Hair Replacement Clinic Ad Inspired By QR Code Resume by Anonymous http://www.creativeguise.com/2011/10/03/local-hair-replacement-clinic-plagiarizes-qr-code-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-2222 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.creativeguise.com/?p=586#comment-2222 thanks for the link, those are some great examples! thanks for the link, those are some great examples!

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