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ArtPulse asked a question in ClickOnTyler on August 04, 2009 02:07:

.htaccess not working

Hey there. Lovely product over there, but it's not working along my .htaccess files. I have configured AllowOverride All on both parts of the httpd.conf file, restarted Mac, yet no success... How do I make this work with a virtual host?

I'm running Mac OS X Leopard default Apache.

A comment on the idea "Produce Creative Suite for Linux" in Adobe:

But even if that's true, many designers prefer Mac because it's the best platform to work with images and typographies. If it wasn't for this, Adobe wouldn't even bother on Mac because it has only 10%, though the percentage of Mac CS users vs PC CS users definitely is bigger than 10%.

They are not a company like Google which stands for Linux. They are not making the first move: first they want customers, then they'll get interested. Linux has around 1% market share, and truth is most of them are advanced users because they were smart enough to choose between Windows and Linux. Yet that's not enough to bother I guess.

I wished CS was for linux when I used it... I managed to use older versions like CS 1 on Wine, but wasn't enough. Wine is the answer to our problems: make the apps work, people switch to linux, then you have customers, then you produce non-ports releases for Tux. I think that's the way to go, but it will take years.

Wine is the most important project on the linux community from my point of view. – ArtPulse, on July 22, 2009 17:39

ArtPulse started following the idea "Allow all users to speak in chat" in Ustream.

ArtPulse replied on June 15, 2009 16:08 to the problem "Photoshop CS4 & Leopard Spaces do not get along" in Adobe:

"A half way workaround"

Turns out without the Application frame, it does work fine... but it's a bit tricky. We can activate / deactivate the Application frame at the Window menu. Once we do, we'll have the classic view of Photoshop on Mac, but thing is no matter where our documents are on spaces, if we click the Photoshop icon on the dock, all the toolbars are gonna appear on the active space. We'd have to go back to the space where our documents are, and then click the Ps icon.
Call it a feature or a bug, whatever, i'd guess it's a "feature" so you can have docs on separated screens.

BUT!!!... you have to give away Application frame, which is pretty neat.

Also, if we press F once to go to "Full screen mode with menu bar" we'll have something SIMILAR to what we had on Application frame, and we are sent to the document's space when clicking Photoshop's icon.

This is not a solution, but a workaround. Adobe still needs to take care of Application frame for Leopard's Spaces.

Cheers!

ArtPulse replied on June 09, 2009 14:00 to the problem "Photoshop CS4 & Leopard Spaces do not get along" in Adobe:

Why is Apple's fault that Photoshop does not support Spaces? That can't be an official answer, it's just idiotic.

They have released terrible products and won't face it. Photoshop CS4 with spaces, Flash CS4 with... medium / large projects...

You can't blame the OS if your app sucks and crashes, neither =P Photoshop crashed to me a few times already but the Mac stays stable as always.

It's just frustrating there's no response after so many months, they really don't care...

A comment on the question "Why are Apple computers more expensive than other computers?" in Apple:

I read like 10% of your message, but a Mac comes with Mac OS X plus extra hardware you don't have on a PC. It's not all just about graphic card, cpu and ram...
plus beauty and great great software that comes with it.
PCs gotta stick with Windows xP i've used it and i'm sorry for these people. Seriously.
The fact there are more apps & games for an OS doesnt make it nor the computer better xP, the 3rd party apps are.

You may reboot now! =) – ArtPulse, on June 01, 2009 04:06

A comment on the problem "Photoshop CS4 & Leopard Spaces do not get along" in Adobe:

You've just reminded me: Yeah, even if I manage to keep everything in place, when I come back from a space to the one Ps is, the screen is not refreshed on the changes I apply on the document, only when moving items around... Quite annoying working while moving an object 1 pixel up and down to see changes. It forces you to close all opened files and open them again AND REMEMBER NO TO SWITCH SPACES NEITHER BY ACCIDENT.

Adobe with Photoshop and Flash (specially) really screwed it up this time. – ArtPulse, on May 20, 2009 18:42

A comment on the question "Why are Apple computers more expensive than other computers?" in Apple:

Mac is neither a hardware nor software company: is both, but as a medium to provide an awesome user experience. People usually compare CPU, graphic card, memory, hd and other parts of a Mac with a PC: this is just wrong!!!. A PC is a computer that lights up when you turn it on. A Macintosh provides a great experience, comes with greatly-built peripherals, a software that respond to even unique peripherals (like the 4 fingers touchpad, the sudden motion sensor or the ambient light sensor, in example).
PCs are still just computers a kid built in it's garage with parts they buy from somewhere, installing any OS on it.
Microsoft would be a serious competitor for Apple if they released a "Microsoft PC": they'd produce the computer, with a specialized windows. Since this is not happening, Windows must be able to handle thousands of different hardware, and since you can't try it on all of them, the chances it's unstable, crashes or do not work properly are high.

 I like the Apple philosophy. They sell the whole package because they wanna do something great.

Sorry for my excessive writing T_T

P.D: LOL @ Zune... it... zucked... – ArtPulse, on March 11, 2009 12:27

ArtPulse replied on February 20, 2009 02:48 to the problem "Photoshop CS4 & Leopard Spaces do not get along" in Adobe:

Actually I see lots of bugs on Photoshop, it feels like it wasn't made for Mac, just PORTED to Mac...
Nice to see I'm not alone... WE are alone =P

A comment on the question "Why are Apple computers more expensive than other computers?" in Apple:

For 750 you only got hardware, but not a multi-touch pad, iSight, great display, backlight keyboard, etc... and by performing illegal action (you can't install Mac OS X on a Non-Mac environment, legally speaking). Also you should pay for your OS.
A Macintosh is a computer that just works. Everything makes sense, have a reason to be there, and is really easy to use - yet with greater results. Windows, for me, is just a platform to run some specific apps. Mac is a total different experience (Mac + Mac OS X). – ArtPulse, on February 10, 2009 13:46

A comment on the idea "Produce Creative Suite for Linux" in Adobe:

Ah, I don't get you wrong.

Thing is Dreamweaver stays with this old WYSIWYG concept, which is out of place now in web design. Designers use straight code. THAT's the way to do things now.

I'm on a Mac, and I use Coda for web layout and programming. No WYSIWYG... like if I'd need it!

On Linux, I tried most of them: Quanta, BlueFish, Geany (good, but lacks hundreds of key features), Eclipse...

I stay with Coda, though =P

The only thumbs up for Dw is it's integrated FTP functionality. Though it's quite slow. – ArtPulse, on January 08, 2009 01:36

A comment on the idea "Produce Creative Suite for Linux" in Adobe:

Macs are not just beautiful =) they're also very easy to work with and to produce / share with other Mac users. Other systems are not so advanced yet. iChat makes things so easy, in example!!

Anyway, yeah. The most of professional Linux users surely are web developers. – ArtPulse, on January 02, 2009 16:04

A comment on the idea "Switching graphic cards on MacBook Pro is a nightmare" in Apple:

I will! thanks... – ArtPulse, on January 01, 2009 20:51

A comment on the question "Why are Apple computers more expensive than other computers?" in Apple:

I did not know that, Tim! Thanks for sharing. Well, it wasn't in Steve's plans letting others touch his little piece of art!

Unlike PCs with Windoze, Mac OS X knows perfectly it's environment as there aren't much varieties. This is one great point of their philosophy: you make sure people who gets a Mac and OS X will have everything running perfectly! And even make additional hardware when you need it! (Like MacBook Pro, supports up to 4 fingers gestures on the trackpad =P).

"People who love to make software, will want to make their own hardware". – ArtPulse, on December 31, 2008 13:29

ArtPulse shared an idea in Apple on December 31, 2008 13:24:

Switching graphic cards on MacBook Pro is a nightmare

Sometimes I, all the sudden, need more graphics power because I'm opening Photoshop, iMovie, etc... at the same time, or maybe I wanna play a game. So in order to do this, I must quit everything since log out is required to switch graphic cards!.
I heard some laptop has the same feature for Vista and it works =S how come it works on such OS and... Apple couldn't make it work this way on it's own OS?

The MacBook Pro is a product out of this world... but this "feature" is a Windows-like torture. Will we ever see a patch for this? If so, (thanks and) when?

(Please, on Leopard)

Thank you =) bye!

ArtPulse replied on December 31, 2008 13:09 to the praise "Happy Linux User" in Adobe:

I don't see why we should hate being charged by Software. All this wouldn't exist after all if wasn't a business! And the only reason Linux is still behind on great 3rd party apps is because there's no business in Tux yet.

Windows is dead, the future is Linux and Mac...

I'm a web designer. I wouldn't like people to demand me to do websites for free, I like to earn money with what I do, not do it 100% for love to art =P.

Since I'm not a programmer... I don't really care it's open source or not. I like the fact I'm running the most advanced OS ever: Mac OS X Leopard (no, really, it's insanely great!).

=)

ArtPulse reported a problem in Adobe on December 31, 2008 02:19:

Photoshop CS4 & Leopard Spaces do not get along

I have problems specially moving Photoshop from one space to another, but also if I open a photoshop file and then change to another space... and other difficult to remember situations.
Did Adobe forget completely about testing CS4 with the latest Mac OS X? and with such a "popular" - let's say - feature?

This is totally annoying - frustrating.

ArtPulse replied on December 31, 2008 02:19 to the idea "Produce Creative Suite for Linux" in Adobe:

I'm an active contributor to a Linux project. Yet I use Mac, I'm a designer!. Macs represent about 8% of the marketshare, but most of these are designers. That's why, and only why, you have design apps for Mac.

Linux is about 0.8% of the total market share... We are nothing =( why spending money on a less than 1% community which is used to not pay for it's products? (let's face it, we like it free!)

Maybe in 10 years. Just maybe.

ArtPulse started following the idea "Produce Creative Suite for Linux" in Adobe.

ArtPulse replied on December 31, 2008 02:16 to the praise "Happy Linux User" in Adobe:

Problem on Linux is that you have a very "free" community. We (even if I use Mac, I'm also a Tux!) don't like paying, we like clicking the apps we like to install and get downloaded + installed from internet for free...

Linux is small and scary territory for businessmen!