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Robert wrote:
What is a 'Flying Window' Tom?
I have not seen (noticed) any difference in the way Mail works for a long while (Years).
Notes does seem to have some anomalies in the iterations of editing existing notes, all of a sudden it will create a 'New' Note, and switch focus to that leaving the previous version as it was before the edit, I think...
I have only just noticed it in the last week or so.
Robert-
When you open an email and when you reply to an email, there is an ugly animation on the screen, flying the window into view...something you might have expected in Microsoft Bob!!!
Tom, sorry for the delayed response, I have been checking this out. I have never seen the 'Flying Windows' effect you describe. Opening eMails and replying to an eMail simply causes a new window to appear instantly.
Quite a while ago (Snow Leopard?) I downloaded an application called Tinker Tool, which is a very useful extra set of [deeper] preference settings. My main reason was to be able to set the default screen shot format to JPEG rather than TIFF. My Screenshots are almost always used to post illustrations in forums, so If I capture in TIFF I always have to open software to convert the image to JPEG, which is a pain especially if I am in a hurry. TinkerTool allows the user to select from a comprehensive range of formats to store screen shots in.
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerToolSys2.html
I haven't bothered to access it since I installed it and set it up initially to my needs it has survived numerous updates and both beta and public. I suspect the settings I made must have suppressed the Flying Windows effect you describe. I took a look and discovered my TinkerTool was not compatible with Mavericks so I have updated it to the latest version.
I now have the Flying Window effect you describe!!! <vbg>
But only for replies to eMails, not for opening an email to read. So it must have been a setting in TinkerTool which was suppressing the feature. To be honest I don't find the flying window offensive, I don't feel it adds anything to my use of the computer but it doesn't get in my way particularly.
I have tinkered with the settings in TinkerTool but I haven't found a combo to suppress the flying windows when replying to eMails yet. I will tinker some more, it may be in TinkerToolSys2, which I haven't updated yet. if I can't find it I will contact Bresink and ask the Q. Given the flying window has started since I updated TinkerTools it must be related.
Another useful thing you can set is to restore the repeat key............. More use to me than diacritic characters. Simple enough to revert if my needs change.
TinkerTool is NOT meddling with the system, it is simply providing access to existing preference setting which Apple have chosen to hide. As I have discovered, the settings survive major and minor system updates. I hope this may be of some interest.
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Robert.