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shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 15:25:43 Has any1 ever found ballon help(the Apple os variety) helpfull? Or would the general concensus agree that it is mostly just annoying & the os would be well rid of it? We could replace it with this ballon help! I pi**ed myself laffing when I first saw ballon help, I went over a window & lo & behold, ballon help informe me "this is a window" Pure genius? I think not. shaktiman Quadra 840av 128MB ram 2MB vram cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)1.44 floppy drive,inject :-(1.2 gig drive 2 monitors 15" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem Stylewriter 1200 Zodiac speakers Umax 1220s scanner 3 year old son!
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 15:48:58 Balloon help has never, ever been helpful. Then again, Windows has some equally retarded systems in place (hover windows, clippy, etc.). 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs! Edited by - cinemafia on 23 Aug 2002 15:49:18
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 15:52:42 quote: Balloon help has never, ever been helpful. Then again, Windows has some equally retarded systems in place (hover windows, clippy, etc.). rule of thumb: online help . . . DOESN'T jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 16:33:25 That's another thing I like about the NeXT: help actually helps you out! Apple's help in OS X isn't bad, but it's nothing compared to what Jobs & Co. did already. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE (2), IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 21:55:04 quote: rule of thumb: online help . . . DOESN'T Another rule to be prefaced by "COMPUTERS SUCK!"? -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Aug 2002 : 21:58:21 quote: quote: rule of thumb: online help . . . DOESN'T Another rule to be prefaced by "COMPUTERS SUCK!"? LOL! YUP! all computers! jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 00:10:41 LOL! P.S. 1981 posts? ewww. Better post some more! -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
aftermac New Member USA 80 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 06:38:46 The only time balloon has ever been useful to me is in classic mac os. Mainly under System 7 on machines with very little memory. In the "About This Macintosh" menu if you have balloon help on, and move the pointer over the bars that show how much memory is alloted to a program, a balloon will come up telling you how much memory the program is using, not just how much is alloted to it. This is useful for deciding how much memory to allot each program. Other than that I've never found balloon help useful. Aftermac A bandoned, F orgotten, T ortured, E ndangered, R etro, M acintosh, A cquisition, C ommando 5 Apples, 23 liberated 68k's, 9 contraband PPC's, and a Duo Dock Edited by - aftermac on 24 Aug 2002 07:53:37
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 08:11:36 The other good thing Ballon Help can do is show easter egg messages... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 13:47:23 Cac for finding a use for ballon help, & it sounds like a good thing too. Computers suck what? Lolly's? shaktiman Quadra 840av 128MB ram 2MB vram cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)1.44 floppy drive,inject :-(1.2 gig drive 2 monitors 15" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem Stylewriter 1200 Zodiac speakers Umax 1220s scanner 3 year old son!
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 13:49:33 quote: Congratulations to aftrermac for finding a use for ballon help, & it sounds like a good thing too. Computers suck what? Lolly's? shaktiman Quadra 840av 128MB ram 2MB vram cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)1.44 floppy drive,inject :-(1.2 gig drive 2 monitors 15" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem Stylewriter 1200 Zodiac speakers Umax 1220s scanner 3 year old son! shaktiman Quadra 840av 128MB ram 2MB vram cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)1.44 floppy drive,inject :-(1.2 gig drive 2 monitors 15" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem Stylewriter 1200 Zodiac speakers Umax 1220s scanner 3 year old son!
candyPunk Full Member USA 856 Posts	Posted - 24 Aug 2002 : 19:50:48 In the same menu as balloon help, I learned a few things about the finder, once upon a time... { candyPunk } { Captain of Observation, 68k MLA } { 68k Macs liberated: 3} { My baby: Q660av }
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 25 Aug 2002 : 12:43:52 then u get big hugs too ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((candypunk))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) shaktiman Quadra 840av 128MB ram 2MB vram cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)1.44 floppy drive,inject :-(1.2 gig drive 2 monitors 15" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem Stylewriter 1200 Zodiac speakers Umax 1220s scanner 3 year old son!

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