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Please don't be critical of Stacks if you reply to this post as Apple has been deleting them. Yeah, we can expect the moderators to be a little heavy handed over the next couple of days. After a while it can become a bit difficult to separate out constructive criticism with suggestions for workarounds from scurrilous complaints.

I was trying to find a way to disable stacks. Apparently there's not and all the complaints Apple is getting on that, they've decided to start deleting them.

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Nothing new...
I made some extensive posts about bugs and troubles with Apple Remote Desktop 1.x (when that was the current version)...
Apparently they were "too negative" and the posts were deleted.

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Apple has always censored their forums.

The usual trigger for the "disappearing thread" is simple criticism (rants).

Why?

Well, the mods usually explain it something like this: The forums exist for an exchange of helpful information. They are not there for every person with a beef against Apple to post their angry complaints.

There are feedback forms available for users to send Apple their comments about Apple products.

Example:
[www.apple.com]

BTW: I have no doubt whatsoever that Apple knows that most users hate Stacks, the 3D Dock, the transparent menubar and the dumb generic folder icons, but rumor has it that even with tearful rebellions during usability-testing, those "features" are nevertheless still there specifically because STEVE likes 'em. Thus, they probably aren't going away.

...but there should be a new APE engine any day now, and haxies to make Leopard usable will be arriving shortly.

I got the same thing when I was trying to get assistance with the wifey's PB display.

'Official' verbage in the auto-response email:

"ronklob,

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Please read our Apple Discussions Use Agreement so that you may discover what constitutes an appropriate post to our service. Section two, "Submissions," is most germane.

Please see the Apple Discussions Use Agreement at [discussions.apple.com] for more information on the proper use of Apple's Discussion forums.

Each Discussion user is required to agree to these terms before gaining posting privileges. You reserve the right to not post on Apple Discussions should you disagree with these terms.

If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection at [www.apple.com]

Sometimes you have comments or concerns for which there is no technical response. If you need the kind of help that a troubleshooting expert can't provide, you can call Apple's Customer Relations group.

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A copy of your message for reference:

Why won't Apple help us with the faulted PB video problem?"

Just go to system prefs and to Spaces pane and uncheck

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Just go to system prefs and to Spaces pane and uncheck

Huh?

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Sorry, Misread as spaces.

> Just go to system prefs and to Spaces pane and uncheck

The complaints were about Stacks, not Spaces.

BTW: If you park your Dock on the side of the screen you can go back to something akin to the traditional view.

dragthing looks better and better everyday =)

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> Just go to system prefs and to Spaces pane and uncheck

The complaints were about Stacks, not Spaces.

BTW: If you park your Dock on the side of the screen you can go back to something akin to the traditional view.

I already do that, but it's not even close. No nesting, and doesn't show enough.

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BTW: I have no doubt whatsoever that Apple knows that most users hate Stacks, the 3D Dock, the transparent menubar and the dumb generic folder icons

Most people hate change, any change. Users are people too...

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there should be a new APE engine any day now, and haxies to make Leopard usable will be arriving shortly.

Sad.

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BTW: I have no doubt whatsoever that Apple knows that most users hate Stacks, the 3D Dock, the transparent menubar and the dumb generic folder icons

Most people hate change, any change. Users are people too...

I don't mind change, except for when it results in reduced productivity! I use the Dock popup menus all day every day. Why would they remove that functionality from Stacks? It's just goofy...

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there should be a new APE engine any day now, and haxies to make Leopard usable will be arriving shortly.

Sad.

Agreed, if you mean sad that people are going to have to resort to APE to regain features we all used and loved. Or maybe, sad because Apple has increasingly stopped allowing a lot of beneath-the-hood tweaking to get things looking and working exactly as any individual user wishes. Now they're appearing more and more Micro$oftian in their locking-down of features in the OS...

I see a lot of references, like yours, to the fact that this is just people resisting change. That simply could not be further from the truth in these cases. There is no excuse for removing productive functionality in favor of glitzy special effects!

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I see a lot of references, like yours, to the fact that this is just people resisting change. That simply could not be further from the truth in these cases. There is no excuse for removing productive functionality in favor of glitzy special effects!

Exactly. It used to take two clicks to launch apps, now it often takes several followed by a double click. The list before was easy to read, now the names are all truncated so I see "Adobe ... CS3" Oh, that's useful. I used to be able to scroll through the list - Not anymore.

If I could control the size of the icons, the length of the name shown, the number of items shown, the icon that displays in the dock... then this change would be nice. Instead they reduced the functionality.

Imagine if they removed spell checking in Mail.app. Or the ability BCC or CC others. Would people still say "oh, you just hate change."

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It used to take two clicks to launch apps, now it often takes several followed by a double click.

I don't think so. Drag the Applications folder to the Dock. One click opens the grid, one more launches your chosen application. That makes two.

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If I could control the size of the icons, the length of the name shown, the number of items shown, the icon that displays in the dock... then this change would be nice.

I agree, I think.

There's a trade-off between functional flexibility and interface complexity.