Mac Mini - M1 Chip, 8GB Ram, 256gb SSD - Apple. $99.99 +$8.40 tax. Ring Video Doorbell 2020 Release - Satin Nickel. $124.18 +$0.00 tax. For Mac users, OTR comes built-in with the Adium client. OTR employs end-to-end encryption. This means that you can use it to have conversations over services like Google Hangouts without those companies ever having access to the contents of the conversations.
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Current Production Releases
- See therelease notesfor a list of new features and other information.
- For more recent changes,use thesnapshotanddailybuilds; they are less tested but usually reliable.
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- Apple Mac OS X Character Viewer The easiest way is to just go to the top menu bar and from there choose Edit Special Characters (at the very bottom). That way you can access Character Viewer at least in a lot of programs, one of them being Safari.
64-bit Releases:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Microsoft Windows 64-bit chimera-1.15-win64.exe
Size: 152310162 bytes
MD5: 6a68ab33f35a298059b9ef89f6372cfcDec 18, 2020 Instructions
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Runs on Windows 7 or later.Mac OS X 64-bit chimera-1.15-mac64.dmg
Size: 191085873 bytes
MD5: 2debb9ae125af17bd8905bfb1ae6063cDec 18, 2020 Instructions
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Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.Linux 64-bit chimera-1.15-linux_x86_64.bin
Size: 154069682 bytes
MD5: 5c8f48ed5d474ed79df944b58c78eb39Dec 18, 2020 Instructions
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Compiled on CentOS 5.11.32-bit releases are no longer supported.
Daily Builds
- New builds are made when the code changes.
They are untested but are usually reliableand include new bug fixes not in the production release.
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64-bit Builds:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Microsoft Windows 64-bit chimera-alpha-win64.exe
Size: 152343770 bytes
MD5: cfe4a5035e4e37cd29b6d640e24ea21dApr 29, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Runs on Windows 7 or later.
Release notesMac OS X 64-bit chimera-alpha-mac64.dmg
Size: 192153074 bytes
MD5: 198c68030af3f3b66fd5aefc0071fbd3Apr 29, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Runs on Mac OS X 10.12 or later.
Release notesLinux 64-bit chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64.bin
Size: 154088506 bytes
MD5: a2a4927b9390b257316ddda7bc8fc0d7Apr 29, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
Release notesHeadless Linux 64-bit chimera-alpha-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
Size: 148014844 bytes
MD5: 9eef2e4e827408ccd9f0a1e8025c8a41Apr 29, 2021 (See production version for installation instructions)
For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.
Release notes32-bit builds are no longer supported.
Snapshot Releases
- These are development snapshots, not tested as much as the production releases.
- Currently there are no snapshot releases.
Unsupported Releases
- These are releases for platforms that we might support in the futureor used to support.
64-bit Releases:
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes HP Tru64 Unix chimera-1.3-tru64.exe
Size: 95937093 bytes
MD5: 7a84b2a39371a077c51bc348db057f28Dec 09, 2008 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Tru64 5.1B.Headless Linux 64-bit chimera-1.15-linux_x86_64_osmesa.bin
Size: 147996792 bytes
MD5: 9e0d9cd66645c49c82aa68a508338621Dec 18, 2020 Instructions
Documentation
For (web) servers. Compiled on CentOS 5.11.32-bit Releases (for small memory computers):
Platform Installer, Size, and Checksum Date Notes Mac OS X chimera-1.11.2-mac.dmg
Size: 103774888 bytes
MD5: fa2ccd9c17c456d71088e81129c862d6Dec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.Mac OS X (X Windows) chimera-1.11.2-mac_x11.dmg
Size: 91230485 bytes
MD5: a42b0463f5d51ff845cc459cd3de66c3Dec 02, 2016 Instructions
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Runs on Mac OS X 10.8 or later.Linux chimera-1.11.2-linux.bin
Size: 119742278 bytes
MD5: 47dd12fbcbcfe01ea678599dd7001a6bDec 02, 2016 Instructions
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Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).SGI IRIX chimera-1.3-irix.exe
Size: 91949632 bytes
MD5: 503399e4bcddd58d736e686925feefebDec 09, 2008 Instructions
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Runs on IRIX 6.5.10+ with current C++ runtime patches.Headless Linux chimera-1.11.2-linux_osmesa.bin
Size: 113253259 bytes
MD5: 4f8b829bf5838566ba7a3afefdccb02dDec 02, 2016 Instructions
Documentation
For (web) servers. Compiled on Debian 4 (etch).
Operating system | macOS |
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Service name | Dock.app |
Type | Taskbar |
The Dock is a prominent feature of the graphical user interface of macOS. It is used to launch applications and to switch between running applications. The Dock is also a prominent feature of macOS's predecessor NeXTSTEP and OpenStep operating systems. The earliest known implementations of a dock are found in operating systems such as RISC OS and NeXTSTEP. iOS has its own version of the Dock for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as does iPadOS for the iPad.
Apple applied for a US patent for the design of the Dock in 1999 and was granted the patent in October 2008, nearly a decade later.[1] Any application can be dragged and dropped onto the Dock to add it to the dock, and any application can be dragged from the dock to remove it, except for Finder and Trash, which are permanent fixtures as the leftmost and rightmost items (or highest and lowest items if the Dock is vertically oriented), respectively. Part of the macOS Core Services, Dock.app is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/.
Overview[edit]
In NeXTSTEP and OpenStep, the Dock is an application launcher that holds icons for frequently used programs. The icon for the Workspace Manager and the Recycler are always visible. The Dock indicates if a program is not running by showing an ellipsis below its icon. If the program is running, there isn't an ellipsis on the icon. In macOS, running applications have been variously identified by a small black triangle (Mac OS X 10.0-10.4) a blue-tinted luminous dot (Mac OS X 10.5-10.7), a horizontal light bar (OS X 10.8 and 10.9), and a simple black or white dot (OS X 10.10-present).
In macOS, however, the Dock is used as a repository for any program or file in the operating system. It can hold any number of items and resizes them dynamically to fit while using magnification to better view smaller items. By default, it appears on the bottom edge of the screen, but it can also instead be placed on the left or right edges of the screen if the user wishes. Applications that do not normally keep icons in the Dock will still appear there when running and remain until they are quit. These features are unlike those of the dock in the NeXT operating systems where the capacity of the Dock is dependent on display resolution. This may be an attempt to recover some Shelf functionality since macOS inherits no other such technology from NeXTSTEP. (Minimal Shelf functionality has been implemented in the Finder.)
The changes to the dock bring its functionality also close to that of Apple's Newton OSButton Bar, as found in the MessagePad 2x00 series and the likes. Applications could be dragged in and out of the Extras Drawer, a Finder-like app, onto the bar. Also, when the screen was put into landscape mode, the user could choose to position the Button Bar at the right or left side of the screen, just like the Dock in macOS.
Mac Os Versions
The macOS Dock also has extended menus that control applications without making them visible on screen. On most applications it has simple options such as Quit, Keep In Dock, Remove From Dock, and other options, though some applications use these menus for other purposes, such as iTunes, which uses this menu as a way for a user to control certain playback options. Other Applications include changing the status of an online alias (MSN, AIM/iChat etc.) or automatically saving the changes that have been made in a document (There is no current application with this feature made available for macOS). Docklings (in Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier) can also be opened by using the right-mouse button, if the mouse has one, but most of the time either clicking and holding or control-click will bring the menu up.
In Mac OS X Leopard, docklings were replaced by Stacks. Stacks 'stack' files into a small organized folder on the Dock, and they can be opened by left-clicking.Stacks could be shown in three ways: a 'fan', a 'grid', or a 'list', which is similar to docklings. In grid view, the folders in that stack can be opened directly in that stack without the need to open Finder.
In iOS, the dock is used to store applications and, since iOS 4, folders containing applications. Unlike the macOS dock, a maximum of 4 icons can be placed in the dock on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The maximum for the iPad however is 16 icons (13 apps and 3 recently opened apps). The size of the dock on iOS cannot be changed.
When an application on the Dock is launched by clicking on it, it will jump until the software is finished loading. Additionally, when an application requires attention from a user, it will jump even higher until its icon is clicked and the user attends to its demands.
Design[edit]
The original version of the dock, found in Mac OS X Public Beta to 10.0, presents a flat white translucent interface with the Aqua styled pinstripes. The dock found in Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.4 removes the pinstripes, but otherwise is identical. Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.7 presents the applications on a three-dimensional glassy surface from a perspective instead of the traditional flat one, resembling Sun Microsystems' Project Looking Glass application dock.[2] OS X 10.8 to 10.9 changes the look to resemble frosted glass with rounded corners. OS X 10.10 and later revert to a two-dimensional appearance, similar to Mac OS X 10.4, although more translucent and with a iOS 7 blur effect.
In iPhone OS 1 to 3, the dock used a metal look which looks similar to the front of the Power Mac G5 (2003-2005) and Mac Pro(2006-2012 or 2019-). iPhone OS 3.2 for iPad and iOS 4 to 6 adopted the dock design from Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.7 which was used until iOS 7, which uses a similar dock from Mac OS X Tiger but with iOS 7 styled blur effects.[citation needed] In iOS 11, the dock for the iPad and iPhone X is redesigned to more resemble the macOS dock.[3][4]
Related software[edit]
The classic Mac OS does have a dock-like application called Launcher, which was first introduced with Macintosh Performa models in 1993 and later included as part of System 7.5.1. It performs the same basic function.[5] Also, add-ons such as DragThing added a dock for users of earlier versions.
Microsoft implemented a simplified dock feature in Windows 98 with the Quick Launch toolbar and this feature remained until Windows 7, where it was replaced by the Superbar, which implements functionality similar to the macOS Dock.
Various docks are also used in Linux and BSD. Some examples are Window Maker (which emulates the look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI), Docky, and Avant Window Navigator, KXDocker (amongst others) for KDE and various other gdesklet/adesklets docks, AfterStep's Wharf (a derivation from the NeXTstep UI), iTask NG (a module used with some Enlightenment-based Linux distributions such as gOS) and Blackbox's Slit.
Criticism[edit]
Bruce Tognazzini, a usability consultant who worked for Apple in the 1980s and 1990s before Mac OS X was developed, wrote an article in 2001 listing ten problems he saw with the Dock. This article was updated in 2004, removing two of the original criticisms and adding a new one. One of his concerns was that the Dock uses too much screen space. Another was that icons only show their labels when the pointer hovers over them, so similar-looking folders, files, and windows are difficult to distinguish. Tognazzini also criticized the fact that when icons are dragged out of the Dock, they vanish with no easy way to get them back; he called this behavior 'object annihilation'.[6]
John Siracusa, writing for Ars Technica, also pointed out some issues with the Dock around the releases of Mac OS X Public Beta in 2000. He noted that because the Dock is centered, adding and removing icons changes the location of the other icons.[7] In a review of Mac OS X v10.0 the following year, he also noted that the Dock does far too many tasks than it should for optimum ease-of-use, including launching apps, switching apps, opening files, and holding minimized windows.[8] Siracusa further criticized the Dock after the release of Mac OS X v10.5, noting that it was made less usable for the sake of eye-candy. Siracusa criticized the 3D look and reflections, the faint blue indicator for open applications, and less distinguishable files and folders.[9]
Thom Holwerda, a managing editor OSNews, stated some concerns with the Dock, including the facts that it grows in both directions, holds the Trash icon, and has no persistent labels. Holwerda also criticized the revised Dock appearance in Mac OS X v10.5.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^tweet_btn(), Austin Modine 8 Oct 2008 at 19:02. 'Apple patents OS X Dock'. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^Leopard dock resembles Sun's Project Looking Glass? - Engadget
- ^Tepper, Fitz. 'iOS 11 brings drag-and-drop, windows and a file system to iPad | TechCrunch'. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^Gartenberg, Chaim (June 5, 2017). 'iPad gets overhauled multitasking and other major software updates in iOS 11'. The Verge. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^Moore, Charles (October 2, 2001). 'Using the Mac OS Launcher'. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^Tognazzini, Bruce (January 1, 2004). 'Top Nine Reasons the Apple Dock Still Sucks'. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
- ^John Siracusa (2000). 'Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water'. Ars Technica. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
- ^John Siracusa (2001). 'Mac OS X 10.0 - User Interface'. Ars Technica. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
- ^John Siracusa (October 28, 2007). 'Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review'. Ars Technica. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
- ^Thom Howlerda (October 17, 2007). 'Common Usability Terms, pt. VI: the Dock'. OSNews. Retrieved February 28, 2008.