These Forums Make IE Navigation go SLOW

I am not talking about going to new forum pages, or to a link in a page
I am talking about navigation within IE itself
When I first start IE (have to use Internet Explorer due to work support policy) I can click the Favorites link at the top and my list of saved links appears INSTANTLY
As soon as I go to any of these Adobe forums, IE slows to a crawl and there is a noticeable lag between click on Favorites and the drop down list showing
Whatever script is running at these Adobe forums is evidently taking up a LOT of computer cycles... enough to make IE's internal navigation run slow
It is really too bad that the webx software could not keep up with the message volume and had to be replaced (per a FAQ note before the change)
I really don't care (much) about the new format... but the scripting to MAKE that new format seems to be using up a lot of computer time

Phos says much the same thing here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/426384?tstart=0
For everything to work, scripting must be active
With scripting active, the forum is SLOW
Since that seems to just be part of what Jive is doing, I don't think these forums are ever going to get any faster

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  • Kindly do not make these forums as only the game of points

    Hi all,
    Please stop mentioning commitments on the points as thread heading or as the part of threads.It sometimes mis guide the new persons in utilizing this forums.
    Even though every body interested to gain points, it does not mean that points is the only ultimate goal of these forums.
    And also think abt a while how threads on interview questions spiol the culture of the forums.
    With rgds,
    Anil Kumar Sharma .P

    This might be stretching the argument, but...
    In many cases, the answer 'original poster' wrote is not that original - it may be a code copy from his system which is his employer's IP (again weblogs containing slidesets used at customer site and then used in the blog on SDN comes to mind), a copy from SAP's documentation, a copy from OSS note and so on.
    If I really tell anyone "RSXXXX will get you the change log table name" as an answer, it might be a copy from another post, but really, do you think it was such an 'original' answer drafted by the original poster that an acknowledgement is necessary?
    An acknowledgement, where due, should be given I agree. But, many a times a URL opening something in another window (or same) for a two line answer is mere inconvenience for the questioner, compared to a cut-paste in the same thread. At least this is what is the decider for me. (If it is a small generic answer, just do a cut-paste, if it is a post where original thread needs to be acknowledged, mention the URL). In the end, your priority is to answer to help the questioner, why not make it easy by pasting it there in that thread? In the end, I would still think leaving it in poster's good-faith decision is the most practical option.
    In general, people gaming for points are not that successful (you and me have discussed at least one such poster on this board), and others on the board do figure out what they are up to. I know it stretches the moderator's work but this is the price SDN has to pay for success.
    As an example, if I ever quote Pizzaman's answer, I will mention the URL since he typically writes a well-formed descriptive answer and that effort needs to be appreciated, however if it is a two line code, I may paste it without bothering about mentioning the link.
    In the end, one needs to be somewhat detached with the points one gets, or not. We all evolve (initially the craving for points is more, and it subsides to a level later). At any point in time different SDNers are at different points on that evolution curve, thus causing such friction/debates.
    I take it philosophically, I know as a moderator you may not have that choice
    Apologies for too much free time (on my hand) causing such long posts (perils of on-the-bench life).

  • Forums web site is awfully slow. I propose you make an NNTP server availabl

    Forums web site is awfully slow.
    It is very hard to use it.
    It also fails several times a day.
    I propose you make an NNTP server available for reading and responding to forum threads, or some other technology allowing offline forums access.
    This would make user experience much better.
    Regards,
    Mihail Daskalov

    Actually, the forums poor uptime of 2003-4 and pre recent upgrade, seem to be done away. It hasn't been down for me once in a couple of months... (knock on wood).

  • I used to champion these forums. Now I don't give a gnat's...

    I was a contributor, a corrector, a clarifier.
    I'd write 1,500 words explaining every possible angle on the simplest of topics, sometimes revealing tricks to people who have far more experience with Photoshop than I do. I exercised painstaking detail in choosing the proper terminology and phrasing when answering questions, and I'd test everything to make sure what I posted was correct. I was an obsessive re-editor of my posts if I noticed the wording was wrong, or didn't flow well. I'd craft screen shot composites so clean you couldn't tell they weren't monitor images that could occur natively. I added arrows, and numbering, and translucent, colored-box paragraph backgrounds for descriptors, colors chosen for the best clarity I could muster. I'd bodge together difficult GIF animations and QT Movies if it would help a user understand a concept more completely.
    I was a defender, a protector, an evangelist.
    I took it personally when newbies and spammers would come in and muck the place up. I was sometimes brusque, other times gentle in trying to bring people into line with how to get the most out of their time here. I beat up on troublemakers ruthlessly, and without remorse.
    I brought the "How to Get Help Quickly" mantra to this forum after reading it elsewhere, because it was the best exposition I'd ever seen on the subject of efficient information exchange.
    I'd take the time to help troubleshoot forum problems.
    Now, I don't give a crap about what happens to this place. I'd been hoping for the best, as I had during past attempts at major forum changes.
    It's clear to me now that the planning, preparation, roll-out and fine tuning has been doomed from the start.
    Every single person involved in ramming this new system through is to blame.
    And I'm only one person. I'd guess there are hundreds of people who feel the same way I do.
    Too bad, Adobe. You totally and completely screwed up.
    I'll still visit once in awhile, because there are people here that I like.
    But as for all that content I was giving away for free—and happily, I might add—and all the cheerleading I did for this place?
    You can shove all that right up that gnat's arse and then go sit on your own thumbs and spin.
    It feels to me like you are intentionally doing almost everything in your power to discourage the type of participation I used to revel in. From slow bug fixes and promises unkept (EFF you very much, Jive–shysters) to the mere trickle of ongoing feedback and update info offhandedly tossed to us, Adobe have become slumlords, slapping paint on a building that fails to meet standard-of-living code. Sure, there are some decent new features, but they either don't work, work only part of the time, are cumbersome, and generally regarded as so slow as to inhibit any sort of lively momentum.
    I'd be ashamed and embarrassed to be the captain of this rotting ship. As a fully vested, ranking mate on this vessel, I hereby resign my commission.
    You don't deserve my help anymore.

    Phos, although I am answering your opening message, I'm not really addressing this message to you, but to everyone.
    Almost exactly a month ago, I accepted the first important job I have been offered in more that two years. I did although it had a 30 days deadline and I knew it was very difficult, if not impossible, to complete it in that time. Well, I did manage to finish it not long ago, and one of the first things I did was to come back to my once beloved forums, full of hope of being met with some important changes introduced in these 30 days.
    I am sorry to say that, so far, I have noticed only these two changes:
    1. The "Report spam..." link in the stickies now points to the correct thread, not to a locked one, something I had been asking for weeks before this 30 days interlude; and
    2. The problem for which I offered a suggestion in this post
    http://forums.adobe.com/message/1968406#1968406
    and which had received a very good solution as I reported two days later, is back here. Plus, the "Next" button doesn't work (I don't remember if it worked before the change that was reverted).
    As this forum is full of so many easy to fix complaints, seeing only these two changes in 30 days -one of which can hardly be called an improvement- was really very discouraging. However, what really got me down was reading the opening post of this thread.
    Those who haven't followed Phos' trajectory in these forums may think that he is making false pretences, or at least exagerating, about his contributions to these forums. I am one of those who can testify that he is doing neither.
    To make it short: over these so many years trying to give whatever modest help I'm capable of in the Acrobat and Reader forums, I lost count of the times I asked Phos, somewhat jokingly, to please leave the easy questions for me to answer. Each time I saw a just published easy one, I rushed to try to answer it, only to find he had done a much better job than my attempt, and had replied a several other more recent questions in the meantime. He showed an infinite patience to answer the same questions over and over again, which I admired because I don't have it and just refered the questioner to the appropriate FAQ instead -when I did manage to post before he did.
    And he did everything else he writes in his OP, never boasting about what he did and accomplished. That's why I am sorry he had to do it now, I imagine that in an attempt to put some weight to his words. Not for us, of course, but for those responsible for this unbelievably large fiasco they have so stubbornly refused to acknowledge. And we used to call a fiasco the previous one, which was nothing compared with this mess, and which was rectified!
    I am afraid that I am feeling my age, and so I'm finding that the enormous effort that too many very capable users have being putting in suggestions to improve these new forums, since the last "little fiasco" until now, to be such an gigantic waste, that I also don't feel like continuing. Had I not had this 30 days interlude with no noticeable changes, I would probably have continued by inertia for much longer, hopefully waiting for the improvements that never come, but this has opened my eyes. However, just logging in, or moving from one forum to another, is so excruciatingly slow that I find I simply do not have enough time to waste in just waiting for things to happen.
    I will miss the group spirit of the old forums, and the many persons I got to know and like and care for, although knowing that I would never meet them. But then, I am missing more of them everyday and, after all, such is life.
    Just a final thought. It is most probably true that JC has spent this week in the moutains. I would be happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, but I would say his presence has hardly been noticed, if at all, for quite a lot longer than a week. Another one of those many not at all encouraging signs.

  • These forums are actually painful

    I use forums for many of the computer problems I run across. And I have computer problems frequently.
    However, Apple>Support>Discussions>... are the worst.
    It took over three minutes of watching the download icon spin before this group window opened. Then another forty seconds to get to read one of the previously posted questions, that I thought might help with my question.
    And that thread did help. It was regarding outages.
    So here is my rant. Apple is a reasonably large, successful company. In my opinion, outages and slow service is counter-intuitive to keeping this company growing.
    I have gotten to the point of opening several Support Discussion windows at the same time, switching back and forth between them to try to get an answer to a searched phrase. Even that is not particularly successful.
    Apple, you folks really need to examine what you are providing here and how you fund it. I do not seem to have these problems at Windows, Mr. Excel or Mozilla forums.
    Just here
    k

    Ali Brown,
    Thank you for your guidance.
    I guess I should ask if Apply SysOps reviews these forums? I understand they may not reply, but do they review them. If so, what do they do with the information? If it just goes into the trash bin, no amount of patience on my part will cure the problem.
    If Apple SysOps does not provide any guidance that they have seen the problem and given any insight to the remedy what is the point? Apple needs to advise users of their policy position. Even if they do not choose to do something to fix it I'd like to know. That way I may have a choice to make.
    It may be better once I know what their position is that I have to stop using Apple products and go to their competitor's. If enough people go to a competitor, Apple will make adjustments. The marketplace is the king.
    Apple and Apple SysOps can not just stand on the sidelines and make their customers be patient.
    I'm not particularly patient when it comes to things like this. I am porky enough to take my paltry shares of Apple and raise my hand at the next stock holders meeting, and pose the question to Apple management..."why don't they have a viable discussion forum?".
    k
    HP dv8225nr Media Center   Windows XP  

  • These forums suck.

              these forums suck. no one here to answer anything. No good discussions. I'm not
              using them again. Notice that 60% of the questions are unanswered
              

              "Joe Hartmen" <[email protected]> wrote:
              >
              >WL7.0 SP1.
              >
              >Hot deploy is unpredictable. Sometimes it work and sometimes it doesn't.
              > This
              >happened with WL6.X as well. You would have thought somebody spend some
              >time
              >to fix this problem before release yet another version.
              >
              >Slow to deploy large apps. This makes it painfully slow to develop on.
              >
              >Takes a long time to compile JSPs with taglib.
              >
              >Tech support. Try submitting a ticket on the tech support site and you
              >would
              >get the same reply. Read the doc. Hello? I read the doc and it wasn't
              >there
              >that why I submitted a ticket. Another favorite is: The next version
              >of WL will
              >fix the problem.
              Agree, another favorite is: please make a test case... If he is in front of me,
              I would like to slam om him, go make your own, lazy bone.
              >
              >I double if WL8.1 is any better. I think I'll just wait two more month
              >when WL10.2
              >will be released. Or if I wait three months for WL15.3. Can somebody
              >tell them
              >that the dot com era is over and we don't a new buggy version every two
              >weeks.
              >
              >
              >
              >
              >"David " <[email protected]> wrote:
              >>
              >>What Version of WL and service pack
              >>OS
              >>Mem.
              >>
              >>What your problem.
              >>
              >>What happening went WL cashes.
              >>
              >>Cheers
              >>David
              >>
              >>"Joe Hartman" <[email protected]> wrote:
              >>>
              >>>I agree. This is a lame forum. Actually, the product sucks. It's
              >>expensive,
              >>>slow, hog up all the god damn memory, and crashes all the time. I
              >thought
              >>>Micrsoft
              >>>stuff was crappy, but this take the cake. JEzzzz.....I think JRun
              >is
              >>>even better.
              >>>
              >>>
              >>>"Flip" <[remove][email protected]> wrote:
              >>>>Funny, that's what I said about the Sybase's Jaguar newgroups before
              >>>>I
              >>>>switched over to wls. I don't want to bad mouth them, but man, talk
              >>>>about
              >>>>lack of activity for days, even weeks. I guess the difference is,
              >>the
              >>>>newsgroups there, were monitored by people (Sybase people too) who
              >>used
              >>>>the
              >>>>product, which was very low in numbers. Here? It's actual tech support
              >>>>people who monitor these postings like they monitor their phones,
              >emails
              >>>>and
              >>>>faxes. At least, that's what I've heard.
              >>>>
              >>>>I guess I don't share your opinion of the newgroups here. Ya, sure,
              >>>>one or
              >>>>two of my postings haven't had any activity on them. But in general,
              >>>>the
              >>>>people here are helpful, educated about the product and overall very
              >>>>quick
              >>>>on the uptake for suggestions! And no, I'm not one of those support
              >>>>people.
              >>>>:> I'm just a newbie who's been helped out of jams a few times. :>>>>
              >>>>
              >>>>If you want to have a bad newsgroup experience, you could try being
              >>>a
              >>>>newbie
              >>>>on any of the core linux newsgroups! Now that's a frustrating experience
              >>>>IMHO. The guys/gals here are at least trying to help people out,
              >>>>independent of OS/experience/technology used.
              >>>>
              >>>>
              >>>>
              >>>>"Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
              >>>>news:[email protected]...
              >>>>>
              >>>>> these forums suck. no one here to answer anything. No good discussions.
              >>>>I'm not
              >>>>> using them again. Notice that 60% of the questions are unanswered
              >>>>
              >>>>
              >>>
              >>
              >
              

  • I have followed all the steps to fix this problem, but I do not receive texts on my new Galaxy 4 from iPhone users.  I tried everything I was told and found in these forums.  Still no luck.

    I switched to Verizon in March 2014, from AT&T.  I traded in my old iPhone4 for a Galaxy 4.  Ever since, I am not getting text messages from anyone who has an iPhone unless they WORK for Verizon.  I have deleted my phone from my apple profile and I don't own any other apple products.  I switched to an Android because I was tired of Apple's proprietary ways.  It seems not matter what I do, and I have done EVERYTHING suggested here on these forums.  No luck. I am so frustrated.  I have a very large family and almost everyone else has an iPhone.  Even if they don't, I am not getting all their messages.  I like the new Galaxy, but believe I have made a huge mistake switching carriers and phones, even though I hate Apple products.

        Welcome to the Verizon family irishlass82! I know how important it is to stay in touch and we'll make sure that you don't regret your decision! Before trading in your device, did you turn off iMessage? In effort to correct this issue, text the word STOP to 48369.
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  • Polite use of these forums

    To Apple Community Forum Moderators:
    I have owned Apples for almost twenty years and periodically have found myself in need of advice on an Apple hardware issue, network compatibility, or Apple Application issue. The Apple website “recommends” that we go to these Forums for information it seems like a good idea. It has the potential to expand technical help to those of us that have a problem with using a Mac or an Apple application. However, in every case that I have accessed the Forum I have either viewed attacks by some of what I'll call the “loyal users” against others that note problems with Apple, or have been the object of nasty responses myself:
    - Early on I engaged the Forum about the difficulty of getting Apples to work in a Windows Network Environment. When I got on I saw nasty comments about similar questions from other users chastising the user for being on a Windows network. Well there is little one can do about that. The institution's leadership decides on what kind of network will be used, not an individual user. To dismiss this problem is unrealistic at best and arrogant at worst.
    - After Microsoft moved to Office 2007 and left Mac users in the lurch I purchased iWork based upon what users in the Forum were lauding about about the Suite and what Apple said about it. I found it limited (from what I could gain from being a new user) and sought out answers to questions I had. The equation editor (the industry standard) at the time could not be used in iWork. So I pointed this out on the Forum. I got flamed by this guy that said that this was not appropriate place to point out limitations. I pointed out that Apple Developers would be nuts not to monitor these forums so it would be appropriate to point out functional limitations for future versions of iwork. All I got from the moderator was that I shouldn't have posted it. Others in this thread were flamed because they wanted more functionality from Numbers. They were told that anyone who is serious about analysis would use another database program (Excel maybe? - they didn't identify what program that might be.)
    - Just recently I sought out the Forum because I have had this laptop for two years and am having to replace my battery the second year in a row. I tried to get Apple Help on this after my first replacement and did (what I thought was) everything correct. Someone else was having a similar problem. I related my understanding of how to evaluate battery performance (cycle count), and pointed out that Apple has had a problem with defective batteries (most notably mine) and that users need to watch these metrics closely. Well apparently according to one reply post I mis-stated how to evaluate cycle count (though I think I am still correct on that – our IT people basically told me what to look for.) The reply was that I had not really read the manual on batteries. Well I did, though I could have misunderstood what the battery document was trying to say. Instead of accusing me of lying they could have elaborated on why my interpretation was mistaken.
    Now in all these cases and more there are social forum communication flaws that Apple needs to be aware of. This flaw is a social pathology that is characteristic of the medium. First attacking a frustrated user is not a constructive exercise. There is a difference between a negative comment about Apple or its applications and negative comments directed toward users. A negative comment at an Apple Inc. product should not be viewed as some kind attack on all users or a violation of a misguided religious doctrine. It should be viewed as a window into a potential improvement. Apple should be “man enough” to take those graciously. This gives Apple a window into problems in either its Help Manuals or its design. Contrary to trying to stifle comments like this Apple should encourage this. (In fact after I complained about the inability of iWork to use Mathtype - Decision Sciences - an upgrade of iWork works with Mathtype.) In a similar manner Politicians in our state regularly lambast the University I work with. I don't have a problem with their attack on the Institution. It goes with the territory. I do have a problem if they focus on a particular faculty member. Apple Inc. can handle criticisms.
    On the other hand the “loyal user's” attacks or nasty comments on users that are critical of Apple or frustrated users are another issue. We purchase the hardware or software and expect it to work based upon what we interpret from Apple advertising claims. It is not working the way it is advertised. We may not be accessing the computer correctly, accessing the Help Manuals correctly, using the Apps correctly, or there may be a problem with the product itself. That is why we go on these Forums. To get chastised or insulted by a “loyal user” does not solve our problem and it does not make us want to tell other people how great Macs are. (My experience with iWork pushed me to OpenOffice - which I am writing this letter in rather than Word or iWork.)
    More importantly though it makes us very hesitant about engaging in this social forum about a problem we have with an App or hardware. Ultimately this could mean that many technical/business users such as myself will migrate away from Apple because they can't get the solution they need and the mere size of Apples competitors (e.g. Microsoft) means that user support is much more available. We can forego the nastiness by changing products.
    Now this is not say that these issues I raise are unique to Apple Community Forums. I was just on an OpenOffice community forum and saw similar behavior so this really is a social pathology that is part of this form of communication. But moderators need to be aware of this pathology if the company wants users to rely on this medium for good advice. Apple hopefully views these forums as ways to see where they could improve products or add functionality to preserve or enhance market share as well as providing broad technical support. But moderators need to more forcefully impose politeness and gracious responses to users that may not sit well with the “loyal user” part of the community. Thanks.

    Roger Coupal wrote:
    However, in every case that I have accessed the Forum I have either viewed attacks by some of what I'll call the “loyal users” against others that note problems with Apple, or have been the object of nasty responses myself:
    "Every" time? I waste a lot of time here and I very rarely see anything that could be construed as "nasty". I read through all of your postings and I can't find any response that could be considered "nasty" or an "attack". In one case you posted some incorrect information and a couple of people called you on it. That's life and it happens to the best of us. No need to get upset about it.
    Early on I engaged the Forum about the difficulty of getting Apples to work in a Windows Network Environment. When I got on I saw nasty comments about similar questions from other users chastising the user for being on a Windows network. Well there is little one can do about that. The institution's leadership decides on what kind of network will be used, not an individual user. To dismiss this problem is unrealistic at best and arrogant at worst.
    Maybe you should increase your participation. You've only posted 17 times in 3 years. If you were at Level 2 (pretty easy to reach) you would have the ability to automatically alert the moderators about any postings that violate the Apple Terms of Use. Until then, it would be better to notify the moderators via this forum about specific posting that you think are improper. Otherwise, it is just hearsay. Perhaps those postings were from known trolls or people who are otherwise "looking for a fight". People often only start posting here when they have problems and, unfortunately, they sometimes wait until they are already very angry and upset. When they start threads with an argumentative tone, it usually doesn't end well.
    I can't really say much about Windows networking. All of MacOS X uses SAMBA, so if you can access it via xterm, you can access via the Finder. Maybe start a new thread with more details and keep trying. Windows networking is very complex and SAMBA is just an open-source reverse-engineering effort.
    - After Microsoft moved to Office 2007 and left Mac users in the lurch I purchased iWork based upon what users in the Forum were lauding about about the Suite and what Apple said about it. I found it limited (from what I could gain from being a new user) and sought out answers to questions I had. The equation editor (the industry standard) at the time could not be used in iWork. So I pointed this out on the Forum. I got flamed by this guy that said that this was not appropriate place to point out limitations.
    "Flamed"? Again, I read those messages. That was hardly being "flamed". Plus, it had nothing to do with you pointing out limitations.
    I pointed out that Apple Developers would be nuts not to monitor these forums so it would be appropriate to point out functional limitations for future versions of iwork.
    Sorry, but that is not correct. There is way too much disinformation here for developers at Apple to get meaningful information out of it. If people find bugs or limitations they are usually encouraged to contact Apple via the appropriate feedback channels to improve the products. That actually happened in your case.
    No one outside Apple really knows if Apple does or does not read these forums. The official word is that they don't and I accept that. This is a user-to-user tech support forum. It is not a place to complain, report bugs, or suggest enhancements. There are better places for that. This discussion forum is meant to help end-users, not Apple. Apple is a big, multinational corporation with lots of money. They have people whose job it is to track down complains, fix bugs, and enhance products.
    All I got from the moderator was that I shouldn't have posted it.
    There was no moderator posting in that thread. You can identify Apple employee by the Apple logo under their name.
    Others in this thread were flamed because they wanted more functionality from Numbers. They were told that anyone who is serious about analysis would use another database program (Excel maybe? - they didn't identify what program that might be.)
    You are the one who mentioned Excel. Someone correctly pointed out that if you are already a user of advanced Excel features you might not be happy with a 1.0 application like Numbers. Excel is 25 years old. No one expects Numbers to match it for functionality. But it might be easier for casual users than Excel. Again, there was no flaming going on.
    The reply was that I had not really read the manual on batteries. Well I did, though I could have misunderstood what the battery document was trying to say. Instead of accusing me of lying they could have elaborated on why my interpretation was mistaken.
    They didn't accuse you of lying and they did elaborate on why your interpretation was mistaken. You provided misinformation and suggested people take their batteries in to the Apple store for a problem that doesn't exist.
    Now in all these cases and more there are social forum communication flaws that Apple needs to be aware of. This flaw is a social pathology that is characteristic of the medium.
    I think Apple is well aware of that. That is why they have a good system of moderation that they have been working on for several years. This forum is much better than anything you will find anywhere else. I'm sorry, but you have no idea what a true "flame" really is
    First attacking a frustrated user is not a constructive exercise. There is a difference between a negative comment about Apple or its applications and negative comments directed toward users. A negative comment at an Apple Inc. product should not be viewed as some kind attack on all users or a violation of a misguided religious doctrine.
    Sometimes people just want to vent. It is pretty clear when someone starts a thread where they don't really want a solution but just want to complain. I always try to give them a solution, while at the same time tearing down all their logical fallacies. Sometimes they are just frustrated and are happy to get the problem resolved. Sometimes they take the bait and keep fighting. Either I've solved someone's problem or I have provided a solution to some jerk who then won't accept it just because it came from me. Either way I'm pleased.
    It should be viewed as a window into a potential improvement. Apple should be “man enough” to take those graciously. This gives Apple a window into problems in either its Help Manuals or its design.
    Again, you are assuming Apple reads these forums. They don't. These forums are for your benefit, not Apple's.
    To get chastised or insulted by a “loyal user” does not solve our problem and it does not make us want to tell other people how great Macs are.
    I gave up evangelizing a long time ago. At this point, everyone knows about Macs. If people are too boneheaded to use Macs, I'm content to let them suffer with Windows or Linux.
    (My experience with iWork pushed me to OpenOffice - which I am writing this letter in rather than Word or iWork.)
    Really? Safari has really nice text editing features with a built-in spell checker. Also, what's wrong with Word? You are obviously a power user, why not use Office? Microsoft got their start with Office, which started out as a Mac program and is still one of the best Mac programs you can buy.
    I was just on an OpenOffice community forum and saw similar behavior so this really is a social pathology that is part of this form of communication.
    So, in other words, you just invalidated your whole thesis?
    But moderators need to more forcefully impose politeness and gracious responses to users that may not sit well with the “loyal user” part of the community.
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    <THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED>
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    MSDN Community Support
    Please remember to "Mark as Answer" the responses that resolved your issue. It is a common way to recognize those who have helped you, and makes it easier for other visitors to find the resolution later.

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    CLICK to enlarge
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    phrakture wrote:
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