I’ve been kicking the tires on Jaguar the last few days, and I’m impressed. Maybe not $129 impressed, but impressed nonetheless. The OS is more responsive and the polish is impressive — the Finder in 10.1.5 always seemed a couple clicks off. And of course, the stability’s still rock solid. That said, here are my only three complaints:

- Disabling command-tab for app switching, which LiteSwitch X handled much more logically than the OS did. Now command-tab can’t be taken away from the OS, and I’m stuck option-tabbing through apps.

- My cheapo laser printer doesn’t work anymore. Samsung says they’re working on a new driver. Perhaps they’re too busy with other tasks.

- My broadband connection now drops every time I put the ‘puter to sleep. I can’t figure out anyway to get it back other than restarting. Which is no fun at all, since the ease of low-power sleep in OS X was perhaps my favorite feature of the system.

Anyone with suggestions on fixing one or more of these problems should email me, yo.

28 August 2002

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28 August | 20:02 | josh

Note to the terminally bored: I fixed the printer through an old device driver from pre-10.1.5. But the broadband problem still looms large...

28 August | 22:29 | James Edmunds

Josh,
We met once in Lafayette for dinner with my friend Calvin Trillin, when you were about to go to Yale. Since then, we've had a couple of e-mail contacts over blog matters.
About the broadband drop... what model Mac is it? What is the connection? (i.e., iBook w/AirPort card, etc. etc.).
I don't have the answer for you on this but I will be digging around various sources for it since I will not want to install Jaguar until this is solved... as you pointed out, one of the nicest things about the OS X is the ability to come back from sleep. I use iBook, and to just open the lid and be there on the net is fantastic. More fantastic, I think, than anything about Jaguar!
Hope all else is well. I enjoy dropping into your blog from time to time. Though not enough, nothing is ever enough...
Best,
James Edmunds

29 August | 17:15 | Erica

I feel SOOOO much better now that I know your printing issue is solved. I can sleep at night.

29 August | 17:51 | josh

Don't make me come over there, Erica.

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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)