Quicken Essentials on a Macbook Nano
Applications, Mac March 9th, 2010 by Shai Perednik
UPDATE: See below for the fix.
I just purchased the new Quicken Essentials for mac to run on my MSI Wind Macbook Nano only to find out that the icon is marked with an strikeout.
When you double click the icon your told
“You cannot use this version of the application Quicken Essentials.app with this version of Mac OS X.
The Quicken Essentials requirements say Leopard or Snow Leopard. So is it possible Intuit has actually hard coded “Atom=False” to prevent Atom users from running the app?
FIX
I’ve found the issue and the fix.The minimum requirements are 10.5.8 and I’m running to 10.5.7. So here’s the fix:
- Right click Quicken Essentials.app
- Click “Show Package Contents”
- Open the “Contents” folder
- Open the info.plist
- Look for “Minimum system version”
- It will have a value of “10.5.8″. Change that to “10.5.7″.
That’s it. The icon still has the slash across it, but it opens and works fine on my 10.5.7 Macbook Wind. You could probably change it to 1o.5.6 or whatever, but I havn’t tested that.
Tags: application, atom, Essentials, Hackintosh, intuit, Leopard, Mac OS, macbook, MSI, nano, netbook, quicken
Macbook Nano at Chase
Uncategorized September 29th, 2009 by Shai Perednik
10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines
My Clippings September 26th, 2009 by System
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Everyone would agree that usability is an important aspect of Web design. Whether you’re working on a portfolio website, online store or Web app, making your pages easy and enjoyable for your visitors to use is key. Many studies have been done over the years on various aspects of Web and interface design, and the findings are valuable in helping us improve our work. Here are 10 useful usability findings and guidelines that may help you improve the user experience on your websites.
Form Labels Work Best Above The Field
A study by UX Matters found that the ideal position for labels in forms is above the fields. On many forms, labels are put to the left of the fields, creating a two-column layout; while this looks good, it’s not the easiest layout to use. Why is that? Because forms are generally vertically oriented; i.e. users fill the form from top to bottom. Users scan the form downwards as they go along. And following the label to the field below is easier than finding the field to the right of the label.
Tumblr features a simple and elegant sign-up form that adheres to UX Matter’s recommendation.
Positioning labels on the left also poses another problem: do you left-align or right-align the labels? Left-aligning makes the form scannable but disconnects the labels from the fields, making it difficult to see which label applies to which field. Right-aligning does the reverses: it makes for a good-looking but less scannable form. Labels above fields work best in most circumstances. The study also found that labels should not be bold, although this recommendation is not conclusive.
Users Focus On Faces
People instinctively notice other people right away when they come into view. On Web pages, we tend to focus on people’s faces and eyes, which gives marketers a good technique for attracting attention. But our attraction to people’s faces and eyes is only the beginning; it turns out we actually glance in the direction the person in the image is looking in.
Eye-tracking heat map of a baby looking directly at us, from the UsableWorld study.
And now the baby is looking at the content. Notice the increase in people looking at the headline and text.
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