Stop the Lion "rubber-band" bounce

#1 Macworld

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:21 AM

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#2 Macnutjohn

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:28 AM

At least until Apple does away with Terminal.................

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:38 AM

Perhaps someday you'll have to "jailbreak" your Mac to do something like this.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:50 AM

ozgq, on 05 June 2012 - 07:38 AM, said:

Perhaps someday you'll have to "jailbreak" your Mac to do something like this.

That's just ignorant. I'm assuming your comment is based on sandboxing in the Mac App Store -- Apple is not locking down Mac -- only the Mac App Store, which is a good thing. By increasing consumer confidence (as well as the security) in the Mac platform, it's going to be better for developers because we can sell more software and substantially reduce our marketing costs. The people that want to play and tweak at the system level will always be able to. After all, nearly every developer I know here in NYC uses Macs -- there's no logical reason that Apple would effectively evict developers from their Macs.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:53 AM

Never really thought about it before. I guess it does show (momentarily) that you've reached the end of the page so you don't try to keep scrolling. Realizing that, I think I kind of like it.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:53 AM

Those are easy instructions, but where do you find Terminal?
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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:55 AM

I find it odd that anyone would want to remove it. I guess if you are using a mouse it doesn't make sense but if you are using a trackpad with gestures, it is very helpful. I find it aggravating when an app doesn't do the rubber band bounce not the other way around.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:56 AM

instructor1, on 05 June 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:

Those are easy instructions, but where do you find Terminal?
Gerry

It's in Applications->Utilities

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:56 AM

Applications --> Utilities --> Terminal
but be careful what you type in Terminal, one goof can screw up things on your Mac. That's probably why you have to dig down to it.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:57 AM

Macnutjohn, on 05 June 2012 - 07:28 AM, said:

At least until Apple does away with Terminal.................

At least until Apple does away with OS X and iOS developers.... oh wait, that would be dumb now wouldn't it?

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 07:59 AM

what about the Third Rail effect? Many windows expand almost to full screen when they touch the manu-banner at the top of the screen. I have an elderly Mac Pro that won't run Mountain Lion.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:01 AM

It is offensive that Apple doesn't provide at least a manual that can be purchased describing all OS X features.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:10 AM

jdb8167, on 05 June 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

When you can see the scrollbars you realise don't need to 'paw' at windows to see if they have extra content further down.
The rubber band is feedback for users that have scrollbars that disappear (Lion's default behaviour). If you are a 'keyboard navigator' it feels less useful.

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:33 AM

chimerical77, on 05 June 2012 - 08:01 AM, said:

It is offensive that Apple doesn't provide at least a manual that can be purchased describing all OS X features.

Offensive is strong word to use for that issue.
Do Microsoft or Google provide a comprehensive list of all features that can be enabled in their OS's?

Apple's developer release notes provide a clue to what has changed…
https://developer.ap.../TP40010355-SW5

The manuals are also useful…
https://developer.ap...defaults.1.html

The defaults system is one part of the system, there are other layers that can be customised creating infinite possibilities, how should Apple document that, and would you read it? Bear in mind new settings are added in each OS version. The defaults system is an elegant way to manage settings in a way that is uniform across the platform, and can be edited by administrators.

Try in Terminal…
defaults domains
To see potential preference 'domains' then try reading one of those domains…
defaults read AddressBookMe

or just browse http://secrets.blacktree.com for other ideas.