- Removing Apple Bonjour Service from Adobe CS3 & Vista
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Posted by oVan on Thursday, September 06, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 commentsHere's my definite guide to removing the (annoying) Apple Bonjour service from your Windows Vista.
You'll find that it has been installed silently by a.o. Adobe CS3 installations (Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, etc), because Adobe feels it is necessary for the Version Cue functionality (even for stand-alone functionality).- Identify if Bonjour is installed:
From the Start menu, select Control Panel, and then type services. Click on the View local services link in the Administrative Tools group.
If the first line in the list of services looks similar to ##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762##, you have Bonjour on your system. You may now close the Services window. - Open a command prompt with Administrative privileges:
In the Start menu, type cmd and press Control-Shift-Enter!
You'll have to confirm this operation:
- Execute the following commands:
- cd "\Program Files\Bonjour"
- mDNSResponder.exe -remove
- ren mdnsNSP.dll mdnsNSP.old
- Finally...
Close the command box and restart the computer, then delete the Bonjour folder from the \Program Files\ folder.
Goodbye Bonjour!
Note from Adobe: Removing Bonjour prevents Version Cue clients (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Bridge) from automatically discovering Version Cue Servers and Version Cue projects in your local network. You will need to connect manually using Connect to Server and the URL or IP address of the machine running Version Cue Server instead.Labels: Adobe, Apple, Bonjour, CS3, remove, Vista, Windows Vista
- Identify if Bonjour is installed:
- 22 Reasons Why Safari 3 is Unusable (and counting)
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Posted by oVan on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | PermaLink | 9 commentsAs indicated in my previous post, I had high hopes for Safari on Windows and I've played with it for about an hour.
Although I didn't intend to use it as my daily browser, I did want to keep it for testing purposes. The following list of problems and bugs will explain why I will uninstall it immediately, as it won't be of any use to me anymore:
Update: I've added some more problems posted by visitors
Update 2: Added related articles at the bottom- The interface does not adhere to Aero or XP Windows UI standards (same problem as iTunes and QuickTime (and is subjectively ugly)
- No ClearType support, only font smoothing that looks terribly fuzzy on flat panels
- In Vista, the window has no drop shadow like other applications, making it very hard to see what application is focused (unless you keep checking the status bar)
- Clicking on the Safari icon in the Windows taskbar doesn't Minimize or Restore its window
- You can't resize the window with its borders, only by using the small grip in the bottom right corner (provided it is not off screen).
- You can't close a tab with the middle button of your mouse
- Alt-Enter does not open an address in a new tab
- Typing Ctrl-Enter does not add "www" and ".com" in the address bar
- Escape key doesn't close the Print Preview window.
- Buttons for Minimize, Maximize and Close are too small
- Clicking on Bookmarks button or using Show All Bookmarks function (Ctrl-Alt-B) crashes Safari
- Viewing installed plugins gives error message: Safari is missing important resources and should be reinstalled.
- While typing my email address in the edit box on this page, Safari just crashes!
- The toolbar buttons have no tooltips. I have no idea what that spider button will do...
- Moving the Print Preview window around the desktop is very slow
- Left edge of toolbar on Print Preview window has transparent part
- Loading a different website in the main Safari window while the Print Preview window is still open, renders the new site also in Print Preview mode. I can't see the use of that, and the Print Preview should probably be a modal box.
- Safari doesn't maximize properly on a second monitor.
- Side-scrolling with the mouse does not work
- Using Back & Forward buttons on my Logitech mouse doesn't work either
- Not only does it use a lot of memory, it also leaks memory fast! Reloading this blog post a few times will eat up a few megabytes extra.
- And finally... it does not uninstall gracefully. It leaves a lot of orphaned registry entries, including for the Bonjour technology.
- Submitted by Tamir: Choose Language description in Hebrew is shown in reverse.
- Submitted by Philip: It's impossible to change the proxy settings.
- Submitted by anonymous: Preferences do not persist between sessions, nor is there a save button!
Okay, I agree that some bugs mentioned will be fixed, as this is a beta version after all. What will not be fixed however, is the fact that although Apple has the reputation of building user friendly devices and software, it actually fails totally in the User Experience! They have the arrogance to ignore de facto UI standards on the Windows platform, and by doing so they confirm what I've always thought about their products: they're (most of the time) beautiful but not practical. Sure, a lot of people benefit from a simple user interface, but not if it makes it harder to use the product: you can't easily resize the window, the font rendering looks horrible, buttons have no tooltips, the top header panel is huge, the removal of the status bar makes you wonder if your webpage stops at the bottom of your screen or continues under the taskbar, etc.
Apple might think that they'll gain some market share back from FireFox or Internet Explorer, but as it is now it just might backfire...
What are your thoughts? What problems did you encounter, or maybe you really like it? Let us know!
Here are some related articles on other blogs:- View from W6th: Mac browser on the pc
- Phun-ky.net: Safari on Windows bugs
- 456 berea street: Safari now officially available for Windows
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- Apple Safari 3 for Windows (beta)
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Posted by oVan on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 commentsApple has released a public beta of their Safari browser version 3, including a Windows-version.
Here are the top reasons Apple wants you to know:- Blazing Performance
- Elegant User Interface
- Easy Bookmarks
- Pop-up Blocking
- Inline Find
- Tabbed Browsing
- SnapBack
- Forms AutoFill
- Built-in RSS
- Resizable Text Fields
- Private Browsing
- Security
That list looks pretty compelling! I might add another reason, especially for web developers: it is the easiest way to know how your website might look on an Apple. If you install it together with Firefox 1.5 in the free Microsoft VirtualPC with IE6, you can easily test IE6, IE7, Safari 3, Firefox 1.5 and Firefox 2.0 on a single Vista or XP machine without much trouble.
Update: In my follow-up post, I list no less than 22 problems with Safari on Windows that I've encountered in the first hour of usage. Suffice to say that I have uninstalled it now, and I'll revert to my previously reported method of cross-platform checking.
- Test your website on all browsers for free!
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Posted by oVan on Monday, June 11, 2007 | PermaLink | 1 commentsThis is an excellent tip for developers who want to test their website on all major browsers and platforms, without having to buy a Mac, Windows and Linux pc at the same time.
On browsershots.org you can get a screenshot of your website from a whole list of available browsers. It does take a while before you get all screenshots (from 15 minutes to a few hours sometimes), probably due to its large success so far. However, since this is a free service, there's no need to complain I suppose.
Here are some screenshot from browsershots.org that shows this very blog as it is displayed in Opera 9.20 on Linux and Firefox 2.0.0.4 also on Linux:
When you click on the image of the Opera screenshot, you'll see a close-up like this:
And finally when you click again, you'll get a 1:1 view on the screenshot, so you can examine every pixel of your layout.
If you need a faster solution, you can try BrowserCam which has affordable prices and gives you near instant results and much more options.Labels: Apple, browser, Firefox, free, Internet Explorer, linux, Opera, screen capture, Web Designer, web develoment
- Download Vista Wallpapers
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Posted by oVan on Friday, April 06, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 commentsThe UltimateVistas.com website has launched! It contains a growing collection of free wallpaper downloads for your Windows Vista, XP or Mac desktop.
In the near future a new section with exclusive wallpapers at extremely low prices will be available, and also corporate and custom licenses.
Enjoy!
Update: corporate license is now available!Labels: Apple, download, free, Mac, photo, Vista, wallpaper, Windows
- Apple iPhone is illegal
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Posted by oVan on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 commentsSure, the new Apple iPhone looks like a fantastic device, although I'm sure Microsoft will be interested to check if Apple is paying royalties for stealing borrowing the Vista-look.
Anyway, if you read the small print on the Apple iPhone webpages, you'll notice the following statement:This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.