http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/ Engadget Comments for Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
Multitouch represents major hypocrisy for a company that claims a two-button mouse is "too complicated" for its customers. A visible button is too much to handle, but users are supposed to guess at invisible multi-fingered swiping gestures? Gestures that are undiscoverable without reading documentation.

Then again, this same company doesn't put real Delete keys on its laptops, and expects users to know obscure two-handed hotkey combinations to do simple things like sending unwanted items from their desktop to the trash.

Apple should spend less time dicking around with gimmicks and more time fixing problems that cripple its OS. And then it can start thinking about customers, who aren't served by laptops with no FireWire and with cheeseball glossy screens that show more of you and what's behind you than what's on the screen.]]>Nov 16th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
I know Microsoft wishes Windows didn't have a registry. The problem is that when you try to replace the registry without breaking existing software, you end up with something almost exactly like the registry.]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
Yes the PLISTs or Property Lists are OS X's registers/official lists, but colloquially we only refer to Windows Registry as a registry.]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
The Registry was an attempt to prevent the mess that is a scattered bunch of preference files, receipts, and other turds scattered all over a system. Successful? Maybe not. But at least Windows has an uninstaller for apps. The Mac inexplicably does not, after all these years.]]>Nov 16th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
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You know what else I'd like to see? A hack that turns the lightbulb in the energy saver preferences into a florescent one like on the new macbooks. Or, a new macbook, but those are expensive :-p]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
You can change any PreferencePane icon by changing the ICNS file in /System/Library/PreferencePanes//Contents/Resources/]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
And, IIRC, the earliest TiBooks can't take the hack.

(I'm running the hack (iScroll) on my 1.2GHz iBook G4 12".)]]>Nov 15th 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
No, but they would have a better sense of things that actually matter in the world.]]>Nov 15th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
a. watch pulp fiction
b. locate your sense of humor]]>Nov 15th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/I'm low ranking you just because the joke wasn't very funny to begin with. It was never meant to be. The only thing that's funny was how it was timed in the film. Its usage here? Badly timed AND completely unnecessary.]]>Nov 15th 2008 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
Besides, a ~1/9th kilogrammer would sound weird.]]>Nov 16th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
So much for product support.]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
I driver hacked my iBook so i could get two finger scroll and right click via two fingers.

2 OS's came out and it was never unlocked. This will be no different.]]>Nov 15th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
We always knew these machines could handle it - they use the same controller as the iPhone/IPT]]>Nov 15th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
I love my Apple products, but I don't see myself buying another one until Apple stops treating their customers like shit. I paid a premium for my Mac and my iPod, so I expect to be treated like a valued customer rather than a pile of shit. It wouldn't be as surprising if a company like Dell tried to nickle-and-dime me to death...but I expect a lot more of a company like Apple that sells its products with much higher margins.]]>Nov 15th 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
Damn right, man. I'm disgusted with how Apple treats its customers. I was also burned by the iPod Touch fiasco. Money-grabbing bastards. >_]]>Nov 16th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
This happened to me with the iPod touch as well. I paid $19.99 for the January software update that included the iPhone mail, weather, stocks, and Maps applications. Few months later, they offer the 2.0 package for $9.99 which INCLUDED the same apps as well as the 2.0 firmware. I was so upset, and there was no way I'd be spending $30 on apps that should have been with the iPod touch from the get go. Granted, I had a $20 gift card balance, but still.

Then I found the beauty of direct firmware downloads :-)]]>Dec 1st 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
I'm sure the new gestures would be nice, but not exactly a must have factor.]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/
Yeah, I'm being lazy....]]>Nov 15th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=unibody+macbook]]>Nov 15th 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/15/four-finger-gestures-hacked-into-older-macbooks/Nov 15th 2008 5:09PM