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> Or maybe I put quotes around it because I don't agree with that assertion and it's a quote from the article... Well, that's unfortunate, because you are wron
by jasonlotito 13y ago
> Or maybe I put quotes around it because I don't agree with that assertion and it's a quote from the article...
Well, that's unfortunate, because you are wrong. You don't have full control over the system. It's not a matter of debate. You don't. You simply don't. There are elements that you cannot control in OS X. That are closed source.
I mean, maybe you are a developer for Apple. I don't know. And maybe you do have access to the source code. But the average? No.
> Can you give me an example? I'm genuinely curious...
Proper full screen support on multiple monitors. It should finally be fixed in Mavericks. That being said, the window management is still fairly weak compared to what I implemented years ago.
(I forget the WM I was using at the time, but it wasn't properly handling full screen support in a multi-head environment. I patched it, as well as added some handling for allowing easy movement of FS windows to other screens via key-board shortcuts.)
> Yet the author certainly could get a MBA,
The author is not the only web developer out there. So I don't see how that matters.
- superuser2 13y agoWindows are scriptable. http://mizage.com/divvy/ http://mizage.com/divvy/ https://github.com/jigish/slate/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/jigish/slate/blob/master/README.md
- jasonlotito 13y agoNeither of which solve the problem. Edit: And if being able to script is your proof that everyone has full control over OS X, you also need to share your definition of "full" as it definitely doesn't mean what you think it means.
- superuser2 13y agoWhat window management features, exactly, are impossible to implement because OSX is proprietary? You obviously have a visceral and emotional opposition to closed-source software, and I respect that, but what exactly is the functionality that you need that OSX can't be made to provide?
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