Mac OSX takes away the Instant Palm menu heh?

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In <john.doggett-DF028D.00585726052005@news.charter.net> Bible John
wrote:

> In pre OSX oses I would see a Instant Palm desktop menu at the top of
> my screen and I would thus click on it. I see in OSX the same
> process is far more complex, as I have to click on the icon in the
> dock,

Ooh, yeah, that sounds complex all right.

> which is far harder to see and often dances when I move my
> cursor over it.

Of course it dances out of the way. It doesn't want to be clicked.

I saw something today that reminded me of you:

"There are a lot of genuinely decent religious people out there, but
their quiet good work is constantly being undone by the nutters that
are getting in the press all the time."

--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (More info?)

On 2005-05-26 00:58:57 -0700, Bible John <john.doggett@x-files.gov> said:

> In pre OSX oses I would see a Instant Palm desktop menu at the top of
> my screen and I would thus click on it. I see in OSX the same process
> is far more complex, as I have to click on the icon in the dock, which
> is far harder to see and often dances when I move my cursor over it.
> Is there anyway to revert back to the old way?
> John
>
> OS X has "system menus" that show up in the menu bar. While it doesn't
> look like Palm Desktop supports that, it is a feature of Missing Sync
> (you can turn it off if you don't like it). You can select the conduit
> profile to use, the selected handheld, and switch between sync and
> internet sharing.

Brian Hall
(Missing Sync)