ATTENDING: Tom B, Bob S, Jerry
L, Gene N and Ed M.
TOPIC: Pet
Peeves
The group shared some little
irritations that annoy us about computers, software, e-mail, internet,
etc.
Tom's list: 'In
vogue' websites which use the latest stylish very
light font colors which are difficult to read. Mouse clicking
vs. quicker ways to navigate a website or document (i.e. keyboard shortcuts
such as tabbing, double-triple clicking, spacebar down, 2-finger scrolling,
tap clicking) Pop-up and pop-under
ads and videos that begin playing without your input - disabling Safari
Plugins helps stop some of this annoyance (Safari>Preferences>Security>uncheck
Enable Plugins) - also you might add Safari AdBlock extension (Safari>Preferences>Extensions>Get
Extensions> download AdBlock ) People who don't Google something
first. Not checking out
e-mail hoaxes before forwarding them to everybody - read E-mail
Etiquette tips. Typing in 'http://'
or 'www' in browser URL window - for example apple.com works
as well as http://www.apple.com/
Jerry's
list : Slow
start-up The d*&%# Beach
Ball Keyboards that don't
spell rite Hard disks that fill
up too fast Batteries that discharge
too fast Hot laptops Can't find neat website
page again Poor memory (oops,
that's my memory) Too expensive Spell checkers that
can't figure out what word I was trying to write Slow computer that
takes 8 hours to build a video No place to enter
a punched card Cell phones that
can't tolerate going thru a clothes washer and dryer App icons that I
forget what the app does (see poor memory, above)
Ed
has been annoyed by his cursor accidentally activating hyperlinks which
seem too sensitive - Gene suggested turning off the 'tapping' feature
of his trackpad and it seemed to solve the problem.
Gene
discovered settings in iCal which allowed him more flexibility in viewing
his calendars, similar to older versions he had used.
Larry
(who couldn't make this meeting) e-mailed news about the next big iPhone
5 change - - - for those who are peeved about the small size of their
current iPhone - watch
the promo video.
Bob was very content and shared
no peeves.
SOME OTHER POINTS OF DISCUSSION
AdBlock
for Safari - donationware - pay by the honor
system - blocks all types of annoying web ads - to install (Safari>Preferences>Extensions>Get
Extensions> download AdBlock )
Three
old geezers were playing golf one morning.
The first exclaimed "It's windy today"
The second fellow replied "Wednesday? I thought it was Thursday"
The third man said "I'm
thirsty, too. Let's go have a beer"
Hammondsport Mac Users Group - Hammondsport, NY 14840
- www.hportmug.com
'In
vogue' websites which use the latest stylish very
light font colors which are difficult to read.
AdBlock
for Safari - donationware - pay by the 
Snow
Leopard - is this solid OSX staging a comeback? See 
Three
old geezers were playing golf one morning.