In Leopard, if the developer allows certain types of file to be opened, then you get a free iLife browser in the file open dialog. This applies to OpenOffice.org aqua on Leopard too. As the X11 version of OpenOffice.org doesn’t have a native filepicker, this won’t be available there. Find a screenshot below. Those… Continue reading iLife Browser in Leopard’s open dialogs
Month: December 2007
BBC’s iPlayer now compatible with Mac OS X
After reading a macnn article. I have now found out that the BBC’s Player is now supported on Mac OS X. It is great that I can now watch BBC content from within Safari. The player only has a short buffer, though you can jump to any part of the video and it will start… Continue reading BBC’s iPlayer now compatible with Mac OS X
Edinburgh Leopard Tech Talk
Today I went along to the Leopard Tech Talk in Edinburgh at the posh Caledonian Hilton Hotel. It was a very interesting event, and might just convince me to start programming in Cocoa and Objective-C 2.0. Objective-C 2.0 is far more like Java when it comes to memory management. This is where I tend to struggle… Continue reading Edinburgh Leopard Tech Talk
Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
Bruce has mentioned that he didn’t understand the files on the good-day server in a comment to a prior blog post. I’ll try to make this as simple as possible for end users to understand using the following example: OOo_SRC680_m237_MacOSXIntel_AQUA_install_en-US.dmg This can be broken down into several smaller chunks _ is used as a separator:… Continue reading Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
Cycling: Edinburgh Critical Mass – St Andrews Day
On Friday I headed in to the centre of Edinburgh for November’s Critical Mass. Even before I set off from work in the west of the city, it was pitch black. So I had my lights and reflective jacket on. About 17:45 a whole load of fireworks started from Edinburgh Castle to mark St Andrews… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh Critical Mass – St Andrews Day