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Ok, the new Apple keyboard isn’t so bad now that I’ve realized that they’ve moved the eject key (bastards) and I’ve started to use the iTunes control keys. I still have to look down more than I’m happy with, but I’ve picked up a lot of speed in the last 72 hours. I imagine that in a few days I’ll be up to my previous speed. And best of all, this one doesn’t look like it’s going to collect cat hair like the previous keyboards.

In other changes, I’m warming up to Leopard. Except for Stacks. Stacks still have earned my hatred. I think stacks could be fixed with a few small tweaks.

First, make the Stack use the folder icon and do not change the icon based on what’s new in the Stack. Changing icons is an easy way for me to not recognize my folder. Whoever let that out of Apple should not only be fired, but they should also be tried by a jury of their peers.

Second, make the folder open with a control-click. Not the folder that contains the folder (as it does now) but the actual folder itself (like the 10.4 click behavior).

Third, move the “Show in Finder” link so it’s always the closest link to the dock.

Lastly, don’t truncate the names of folders in the grid view. A folder named “Adob…s CS3″ is positively useless. The fact that even “Show in Finder” has been truncated to the unintelligible “Show…inder” should be evidence enough that this is a bad implementation of this idea.

Otherwise, Leopard is mostly working out fine. My video does feel a tad pokey though for some reason. While my friends are telling tales of speed increases, my machine feels responsive but with a touch of lag. Might be time to upgrade my venerable GeForce 5200 for something with a bit more moxy – like an ATI Radeon 9600 with 256MB of memory.

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